Quote Originally Posted by Xerek View Post
If it was the developers' actions that brought this response from the community then yes, they deserve part of the blame.
That's far too subjective of a statement to be valid though. Where do you draw the line? Is it at "fun"? I'd argue those griefers are having fun doing what they do, at the expense of others. It's pretty terrible to defend the actions of **** people, just because you don't agree with something the devs do to the game.

You can't logically blame the devs for the bad actions of others in this type of context. They created content, regardless if the individual liked it or not, and people are supposed to do it as intended (which doesn't involve messing with other peoples objectives). That'd be like blaming the victim(s) of a crime IRL for having existed at all, or to a lesser extent, blaming anyone frustrated by the griefers actions for taking part in something said griefer has problems with. No one is that high and mighty.