It is *absolutely* cheating. (Destiny)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Thursday, October 15, 2015, 14:32 (3564 days ago) @ Cody Miller

It's not really cheating. It's simply using a combination of interacting game elements to your advantage.

You're nuts, Cody. Where do you come up with this crap?

cheating (v)
1) act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination.

It's not like the player just activates his/her Super and it lasts forever, with the player not being able to anything about it. No, the player needs to actively and purposefully extend the timer through a specific action before the clock runs out, and they have to do it repeatedly.

It doesn't matter if it's in PvE or PvP, actively using an exploit to gain an unfair advantage anywhere is cheating. The real question is, "how bad is it?" I'll certainly argue that cheating in PvE is a different situation than cheating in PvP because cheating in the Crucible impacts other players directly. Therefore, going to the trouble to exploit the glitch in a Crucible match is 100%, Grade-AAA, Organic, 3-Michelin Star, Certified Cheating. No two ways to slice it. If you're using this exploit in PvP, you are a jerk and have no business playing with others.*

Now, because it's obviously a bug and relatively simple to execute, I don't think people who are using it should be punished harshly (but I do think a week-long ban from Trials would be appropriate). The real mea culpa here is on Bungie, and it's up to them to patch this quickly and seal the rupture.

*I know some folks here and elsewhere tried the exploit just to see if it worked. Using it once is different than using it twice.