Dark Devices - Phase 1 Exploit

[Badger]

The timer is relevant. Why would you consider a timer for a fate an oversight by the devs? You have X amount of time to complete Y conditions. The event will continue until the conditions are met (Win) or the players run out of time (Lose).

The timer is not the oversight; it's the obscene amount of XP you can earn by completely ignoring the objectives. Even if there are other FATEs that have similar mechanics the mob density and respawn rate are much lower so they're not farmed in such a manner. People are so protective of this exploit that they resort to harassment and false botting reports to try to get back at people who just do the FATE as it is intended to be done. That is reason enough alone to fix it, but I can also toss in that it is grossly out of proportion compared to every other FATE of this level (20x more in fact) and that should be a huge indicator that this is not intended.

[DSN]

Even if there are other FATEs that have similar mechanics the mob density and respawn rate are much lower so they're not farmed in such a manner.

The game uses a dynamic system based on activity, the more players the more frequently it will spawn enemies. This is why you can solo a fate or 20x the enemies arrive when you have more people participating.

What you are missing here is this is a 49 Fate and people are leveling based on it for their 2nd + classes when they have no more quests or are burnt on questing on their first character. This increases the number of players here exponentially.

If this was a level 5 fate you wouldn't notice as there would be much fewer people swarming it. What is really going on here is the combination of the number of players, level and strength of enemies, and players with level 45+ abilities available to them.

This is not an exploit you are confusing other factors as exploitation of the game.