A Notice on Rockforth Fertiliser TWICE ?

[galahad2069]

Why are you conflating a working as intended game feature with cheating ?.

I was talking about abusing a feature (using it in an unitended way), not the feature itself. But as I said it's off topic here.

Trading is a working as intended game feature, too. Whether selling something at the same station where you bought it was intended or not had been anybody's guess until fdev made it clear that it wasn't.

 

[Stigbob]

I was talking about abusing a feature (using it in an unitended way), not the feature itself. But as I said it's off topic here.

Trading is a working as intended game feature, too. Whether selling something at the same station where you bought it was intended or not had been anybody's guess until fdev made it clear that it wasn't.

If your feelings are hurt about this being off topic why on earth did you bring it up ?.

 

[Factabulous]

Whether selling something at the same station where you bought it was intended or not had been anybody's guess until fdev made it clear that it wasn't.

lol. 7Mil in 10 seconds and you're thinking 'this looks legit, pretty sure they intended this'?

 

[Bigmaec]

lol. 7Mil in 10 seconds and you're thinking 'this looks legit, pretty sure they intended this'?

Yup sounds legit.

 

[Northpin]

Trading is a working as intended game feature, too. Whether selling something at the same station where you bought it was intended or not had been anybody's guess until fdev made it clear that it wasn't.

Oh, so for you trading means buying from a trader then selling back to the same trader with a healthy markup.
You should seek out to patent that definition

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

lol. 7Mil in 10 seconds and you're thinking 'this looks legit, pretty sure they intended this'?

So, people bought fertilizers - is that a new rare commodity? I really have no clue what's going on - and then sold it at the same station? And earned millions per transaction (in a Cutter I assume). FDev then removed those earnings.

Nice. FDev at its best.

 

[Bigmaec]

So, people bought fertilizers - is that a new rare commodity? I really have no clue what's going on - and then sold it at the same station? And earned millions per transaction (in a Cutter I assume). FDev then removed those earnings.

Nice. FDev at its best.

Why FD? I mean yes, they made an error but corrected it. Better say greedy players at it's best, instead of reporting an exploit, many made some billions and now complain...

 

[Stigbob]

So, people bought fertilizers - is that a new rare commodity? I really have no clue what's going on - and then sold it at the same station? And earned millions per transaction (in a Cutter I assume). FDev then removed those earnings.

Nice. FDev at its best.

You missed the best bit, the cheats who had NPC crew had more money removed than they gained from exploiting.

 

[JohnRoberts]

So, people bought fertilizers - is that a new rare commodity? I really have no clue what's going on - and then sold it at the same station? And earned millions per transaction (in a Cutter I assume). FDev then removed those earnings.

Nice. FDev at its best.

Yup, nice to see FDev reacting quickly to a situation, and doing the right thing. from me too.

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

Why FD? I mean yes, they made an error but corrected it. …

Yes, FDev making once again an error. Have they managed to do something recently that was not a failure and/or bug infested mess?
(currently looking at that nice blinking on the mission board).

That players will use any advantage they find is just what players do. That FDev removed the profits form that exploit is good. That FDev made the exploit possible in the first place is the real problem and considering the long tradition of FDev doing things like that it paints a really bad picture for FDev.

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

You missed the best bit, the cheats who had NPC crew had more money removed than they gained from exploiting.

I didn't miss that. It's just NPC crew, I consider them as money sinks, working as intended

 

[galahad2069]

lol. 7Mil in 10 seconds and you're thinking 'this looks legit, pretty sure they intended this'?

Well, from my previous experiences with frontier support I know for sure that fdev are very kind hearted ppl, so I wouldn't have excluded the possibility that they wanted players to have some cash before fleet carriers arrive. Or maybe as a compensation for the inconveniences caused by the buggy update. There might have been a number of reasons.

 

[Bigmaec]

Well, from my previous experiences with frontier support I know for sure that fdev are very kind hearted ppl, so I wouldn't have excluded the possibility that they wanted players to have some cash before fleet carriers arrive. Or maybe as a compensation for the inconveniences caused by the buggy update. There might have been a number of reasons.

Really? I have a bridge at Carcosa to sell, too...

 

[Factabulous]

Well, from my previous experiences with frontier support I know for sure that fdev are very kind hearted ppl, so I wouldn't have excluded the possibility that they wanted players to have some cash before fleet carriers arrive. Or maybe as a compensation for the inconveniences caused by the buggy update. There might have been a number of reasons.

So the defence is "fdev never mess anything up, so this must be deliberate", in which case you must think the double fine is deliberate - since you believe fdev never get things wrong. My head hurts

 

[galahad2069]

Really? I have a bridge at Carcosa to sell, too...

Don't be so negative towards fdev pls

 

[galahad2069]

So the defence is "fdev never mess anything up, so this must be deliberate", in which case you must think the double fine is deliberate - since you believe fdev never get things wrong. My head hurts

No, you get it wrong. There were quite a lot of "anything" they messed up in the update, but that surely doesn't mean they messed up everything?

 

[CMDR Carbo]

That's why you shouldn't exploit. FDEV has a reputation to mess things up, so don't count on them not messing things up when reverting your credits or assets.

 

[znôrt]

Why FD? I mean yes, they made an error but corrected it.

they introduced a bug that could have been flagged by a simple database constraint.
but obviously they don't have such elemental safeguards in their system.
sadly, they haven't any automated tests that could have flagged it either.
further, their qa didn't catch it.
further, they boldly went on and released that untested crap.
and even further, they rushed a correction and messed up the procedure.

on top of that, this is a swampy area where they already have had similar but a little more subtle bugs in the past. you would expect that area to have been thoroughly tested and riddled with integrity checks. no, it wasn't, because ... wait for it ... players are greedy?

"frontier at its best" is an ironic comment that goes to show to what extent the codebase must be rotting and crumbling under the weight of its own mess and how underskilled and inexperienced devs must be in charge of pushing that mess around.

Better say greedy players at it's best, instead of reporting an exploit, many made some billions and now complain...

those player's actions are beyond lame but frontier is solely responsible for this and fully deserves to be mocked to beagle point and back, just saying.

 

[Bigmaec]

they introduced a bug that could have been flagged by a simple database constraint.
but obviously they don't have such elemental safeguards in their system.
sadly, they haven't any automated tests that could have flagged it either.
further, their qa didn't catch it.
further, they boldly went on and released that untested crap.
and even further, they rushed a correction and messed up the procedure.

on top of that, this is a swampy area where they already have had similar but a little more subtle bugs in the past. you would expect that area to have been thoroughly tested and riddled with integrity checks. no, it wasn't, because ... wait for it ... players are greedy?

"frontier at its best" is an ironic comment that goes to show to what extent the codebase must be rotting and crumbling under the weight of its own mess and how underskilled and inexperienced devs must be in charge of pushing that mess around.



those player's actions are beyond lame but frontier is solely responsible for this and fully deserves to be mocked to beagle point and back, just saying.

I don't need this escapade to mock FD to beagle and back, though

 

[znôrt]

I don't need this escapade to mock FD to beagle and back, though

every little bit helps!!!