Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
No what I said is simple logic that is true regardless of context. Unless you're trying to argue that the act of purchasing a house is a good deed for the simple fact that you're allowed to do it?

Being allowed to do something doesn't automatically mean that the act of doing it is good. Not being allowed to do something doesn't automatically mean the act itself is selfish or malicious.

Permission and restriction are not infallible indications of moral standing. If they were...well rules would never change. And everyone knows the housing rules have changed quite a bit since the feature came to the game.

Permission and restriction only state what we are able to freely do. Nothing more.
I've read your post about 3 times now, revisited the original sentiment and still... ehhhh.

I agree with the way you've written it but disagree with the way it's being applied here because the concept of what's good and morality only matter in areas where there are consequences to dictate those terms. Our game is consequence free outside of the TOS because it's not real life.

So I 100% agree with you, what you've written is right and makes sense. But this is a virtual world and I don't have to care if people think that me taking advantage of perfectly normalized and legal actions before the game environment changed is moral.

I will concede you are probably right though. Reading it again and yeah, it makes sense for life but does not feel as though it applies within this context.


Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
What is punishment?

Games do change over time and so do their player bases. Sometimes games have to change what used to be okay to accommodate the current needs. Players have to give up things they used to have. As long as the rules are being applied equally to everyone, no one should be feeling "punished".

If the rule is one personal house per account, then removing any houses over that limit is not punishment. It's bringing that account in line with the current rules of the game. Removing every house from that account would be punishment.

Not saying that I think removing the grandfather clause should be done, only that it's removal is not punishment.
Give an example from an MMO that took away in game assets that gamers accrued. Not challenging, just genuinely looking for examples in MMOs so I can be proper terrified that SE might do it as well lol.

Has a game completely wiped out one of it's systems to replace it and forced everyone to move over? Something that cost a lot of hours and in game currency to aquire?