One thing Bungie does right (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Monday, April 18, 2016, 16:33 (3384 days ago) @ Claude Errera

They do not punish their players when they don't actually cheat.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/use-of-in-game-glitch-could-lead-to-punishment-for-division-players/

The problem with enforcing a code of conduct is that it requires the player to read the developer's mind, as to what's a 'known issue or bug', which is entirely unreasonable. All players know is what the came code allows them to do.

Fouling is against the rules in Basketball right? But if you are down a point with 12 seconds left, you're going to intentionally foul their worst shooter, hope he misses his free throws, and then hope you gain the lead on your next possession. You can never fault someone for using the rules to their advantage. It doesn't matter what was intended, all that matters is what the rules actually are.

So, thanks Bungie. Seriously.

I'm completely confused as to why that particular fuckup doesn't get fixed properly. According to the story, a mode introduced LAST WEEK, which was supposed to drop rare loot at a rate of once per week, is being exploited to drop rare loot unlimited times. They've implemented a hotfix (and though there is another workaround, I'm assuming another hotfix is inbound)... but they're not sure how to handle the fact that the gear's already out there.

Um... instead of 'punishing' the players, why not just go through the gear, and remote all but one instance of the new, rare, loot? Assume anyone who has multiple pieces has done it successfully at least once, leave them the one piece - delete everything else. Why is this not an option?

I don't have an answer for you, but I can say that the exploit has ruined the game. The gear gap is so huge that players who refuse to exploit have nearly zero chance in the pvp of the dark zone, and when you join a group to do the missions, it takes over an hour just to find a group that doesn't want to exploit for the loot. I thought the game was about having fun, not getting look after 20 minutes of sheer boredom, but no, apparently people only want the loot.

I think it's at a point where they either rollback the servers and destroy all of that loot or have to introduce a non-exploitable easy loot system to get everyone up to a much higher level of loot than the exploiters have just to get everyone back on even footing again.

The sad thing is that the core exploits all involve mobile cover letting players clip through walls - why they don't just disable that is beyond me.