I just want to say this is unfortunate. Gamer depression should be taken more seriously and you’ve displayed all the qualities of an equitable and empathic gamer. One of the telltale signs of a fun-motivated gamer is that they never, EVER report bugs or “exploits” in any game, including this one.
Such a gamer will always assume that whatever “advantage” or “setback” is built into the game is done as an intentional part of its mechanics.
It’s so funny when I see people conclude from the get-go that these are “exploits” that have won wars, destroyed economies, ruined their experience, & God knows what else. The tragic part is not the “exploit”. It’s how the “exploit” is handled. Unlike every MMO in the history of man, devs do something EXTRAORDINARILY different here when an “exploit” is reported: They become more obsessed with punishing everyone “using” it, than actually 1) determining whether it needs to be fixed, & 2) fixing it, as though the game was made by someone other than them. This is a fundamental problem resulting in not only many casualties like the OP, but all those that have simply left the game, because this is the most elementary way of running it humanly possible. And the sad thing is it really is a great game. The situation, like shutting down the tradehouse for the 2nd time now, and claiming that someone’s ice staff blew up ur computer, has sadly been childish both from the gamers that qq over this stuff & the devs who answer their temper tantrums by destroying the stability of the game and the confidence in their ability to protect both the gamers who whine, and the ones that don’t, EQUALLY.
I won’t purport to change it, but it sadly creates and perpetuates so much loss of faith in the high hopes of those that were hoping for a mature enough gamer base that knows how to turn down its graphics settings before whining and mature enough devs to not give a rat’s a** every time these completely blithering ****** bring up something that couldn’t possibly be more ridiculous.
The sad thing is all these big words used about this game; “bugs, exploits, hacks” etc. have been complete myths; I mean most laughable myths in the history of mmo games. If you don’t believe me, go bring someone from WoW; like a respectable person behind the engineering or maintenance of their game, and tell them any of this is a bug, and watch them laugh in ur face, because that is exactly what such a person deserves.
More ridiculous are these supposed colors that then claim “well this color had agreed not to use the exploit” - what the…I mean really. You are playing a GAME. Use everything it has. Report everything you want to report, but THEN, developers, triage this properly, cuz NOWHERE on the list of taking care of bugs and exploits in a game that you made is there supposed to be a step that involves banning players. Read the treatise “player bans commensurate with a developer’s own shortcomings are not becoming of a professional entity; and hence protocols and department separations are vital”; Blizzard was the very beacon of what this means. Shut nothing down. Ban no one. first; always first; fix ur game IF there is something to fix, and do it in the most silent, behind-the-scenes way possible, but report it from ur hotfix guy and put him under ability to be intelligently responded. If u want to have even greater service, then before you put the hotfix, propose it to see if it’s yet one of the 10,000 made-up things going on, like all the ones my whole server attests to, or if it’s something REAL that needs fundamental overhauls & changes.
It’s funny really, cuz since day one of this game, I’ve been on a server, that TO THIS DAY , and we’ve seen the videos, and we’ve been to the wars, and we’ve done the trades, have not been able to witness, recreate, be affected by, complain about a SINGLE BUG or exploit that has been claimed anywhere on this forum; I’m talking about NOT ONE PERSON. It’s a sad day in game-response and player-whining history when these are the kinds of things behind trade shutdowns, and that take the spotlight over real, advanceable issues, like the game’s underlying engine, packet-mechanics, and any appropriately sought-after balancing (but not by yelling “explolits” and saying it took our whole map and now they drive a maserati, live in 2 houses, & have a void armor fashion show).
But, I do want to thank that we are on a forum where threads that even involve appropriate criticism or a display of the casualties caused, be it by developer or gamer, are given the love and freedom to be visible and have their position expressed.
