One thing Bungie does right (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Monday, April 18, 2016, 22:49 (3234 days ago) @ Ragashingo

Why not?

Why does a developer lose the ability to enforce the rules they made in the game they made just because you don't like their rules? Does using "anything and everything" include killing other players with plastic sporks? Not their in game avatars, the actual players. It's a game with a loot system, the universal unlimited get out of jail and consequences card in gaming, so "anything and everything is justifiabl", right?

Oh come on. Seriously? You know that's not even close to a legitimate comparison. In fact, it's down right dumb. Yeah, playing a loot game gives you a license to murder actual people, that's exactly what I was saying. Don't be thick.

Also, see the other posts in this thread about the community managers and developers using other exploits on their streams. They haven't exactly fostered a culture in which using exploits in frowned upon, so any punishment they dole out at this point would just be bullshit hypocrisy.

Personally, I think players should have the responsibility to play with fairness and sportsmanship. And those that don't should be punished. And when what is and isn't fair comes into question, they should err on the side of caution, especially when not doing so negatively and adversely effects the experiences of other players.

This is just the BXR argument all over again. At the end of the day it's the developers' responsibility to test their games and make sure stuff like this doesn't occur. At the highest levels of any competitive activity, sportsmanship doesn't really factor into it. So long as the "rules" (in this case, the game itself) allow it, it will be used. It's not right or fair, but that's the way it is, and punishing the players seems like a bad way to try and fix the dev's mistake.