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You guys need to address this quickly.
You guys need to address this quickly.
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FDev, you need to deal with the on-foot merit *exploit/cheat* quickly.
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Huzzah \o/
I hope they act hard and swift on this. Personally I think CMDRs that make guides based on exploits should be banned, flocked, tarred, feathered and forced to listen to Neil Diamond or Barry Manilow for extended periods of time.
And I hope they are able to roll back the supposed 30k merits per hour for those who used that exploit, and also do that.
I wish we wouldn't live in a world where gamers happily accept exploits to gain an andvantage because "reward!". I remember when I tried Hitman (the first one of the new ones, I think) I was baffled when it showed that leaderboard after completing a mission, and it was full of dorks who had cheated their way to finishing in one second or even fractions of that.
Gamers on a broad basis are just dumb. There, I said it.
And I hope they are able to roll back the supposed 30k merits per hour for those who used that exploit, and also do that.
I wish we wouldn't live in a world where gamers happily accept exploits to gain an andvantage because "reward!". I remember when I tried Hitman (the first one of the new ones, I think) I was baffled when it showed that leaderboard after completing a mission, and it was full of dorks who had cheated their way to finishing in one second or even fractions of that.
Gamers on a broad basis are just dumb. There, I said it.
It'd be funny if we got in game merits for forum activity
Maybe people wouldn't seek exploits like this if the Merit grind wasn't worse than the grind for more than $1 usd in an NFT/Crypto asset flip.
Point taken
Yes. 10% for the big guy. It’s obviously no big secret. The totals going up in many places are pretty telling. Perhaps you edit your reply too.
Concealing or being needlessly vague about the nature of an exploit isn't how awareness is raised and awareness needs to be raised if it's to be corrected. An exploit not widely known enough to cause problems is likely to go unaddressed and may well be abused to greater cumulative effect over the long run.
Anyway, it's a given that a significant fraction of any player base is going to exploit any ambiguity or bug they encounter and think nothing of doing so. Thus mechanisms with balance implications need to be tested with an eye on how to break them/defy their intent, preferably long before they make it to public release.
Anyway, it's a given that a significant fraction of any player base is going to exploit any ambiguity or bug they encounter and think nothing of doing so. Thus mechanisms with balance implications need to be tested with an eye on how to break them/defy their intent, preferably long before they make it to public release.
I deleted the details from my post, but unfortunately it was quoted in Kamiyoda's post.
Thankfully no one pays attention to that weird commander so we're probably safe
Today there is an exploit, then FD will patch it and there will be a new exploit.
The game has been like this since day 1. You either take advantage of them or you don't.
The game has been like this since day 1. You either take advantage of them or you don't.
nah, it still pays less than Rare Trading and it is more boring too.
It is already fixed, until next rebalance...
This is silly. There is no big secret to keep, and with YT guides out there being pushed by the algorithm it's not exactly hard to find if you look for merit guides.
Is it?
Yes, to many players the game is "make a number increase" rather than "have a good time".
Agreed. Security through obscurity works poorly in IT and it certainly doesn't work well in ED either. Reddit and YouTube posts made certain of that.
Guess. The one is producing merits based on a bug, the other one based on a questionable game design. The one is an exploit, the other is within the game rules, even if it sucks and needs to be nerfed
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