If SE can't handle exploits now, why will they be able to in 2.0?

[Azurymber]

Even if 2.0 is the best game ever, it will end up falling apart and bleeding customers due to poor game management.

Garuda was the best example of this.
"Hey guys, please don't blackmage burn"
everyone blackmage burns

So after garuda's little exploit you had a ton of "hardcore" players with every weapon, and a fight that most people had no chance in. None of the hardcore players wanted to do garuda because, surprise surprise, they all exploited it and got all the weapons.

The last few days has been no different.
SE releases this atmos event
Hardcore players (many who play non stop all day) exploit the system non stop, get 100s of thousesands of seals.

SE changes the system, and now people get almost nothing.


While I fully understand not wanting people to exploit the game, here is a tip: STOP THE EXPLOITS IMMEDIATELY

Allowing some hardcore players to exploit to their delight and then screwing over casual players who may not be able to waste 24 hours of their life doing a repetitive event in one go is -NOT- a good policy.

All it will do is scare people away from this game.

So please, when 2.0 comes around, learn from the mistakes you have made OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again.

To be honest I stopped caring about gear or achievements or anything in this game months ago as it became clear that the majority of hardcore players have botted and expploited their way to prominence.

But I really want 2.0 to survive. and no one likes coming to a game on a friday night only to realize that their friends just got all the GC gear that they have spent 100+ hours grinding chocobos for, and now they can't even get the remaining gear without grinding another 100+ hours.

At the moment SE's message to people is: "If theres an exploit, abuse it -as fast as you can- becasue we aren't going to do anything about it, and if you just wait you will end up with less gear and weaker than everyone else"

And now if there will be a gear-score system, people will not want to be at a disadvantage.

[Elexia]

The problem is SE was being generous and people abused, so now all they have to do is not be nice and generous and there won't be any abusing.

[Ruisu]

Hardcore players (many who play non stop all day) exploit the system non stop, get 100s of thousesands of seals.

Except this wasn't an exploit, the exploit was people spending those seals on something they can NPC for millions and millions of gil.

[Azurymber]

The problem is SE was being generous and people abused, so now all they have to do is not be nice and generous and there won't be any abusing.

Except that all the people who abused it got away with it
Just like all the people who abused garuda got away with that
Just like all the people that botted all their crafts to 50 got away with that (And I know at least 20 people on my server who openly admit it, have been reported to the GM for it, and still have their char. I even have screenshots of some discussing which bot is better and how to use them)

Why would anyone want to play a game that essentially turns into a competition for gear when the majority of the player base is openly exploiting/cheating, and where people make a day free every patch so they can make sure they get to exploit whatever screwup there is before its fixed.

[Azurymber]

Except this wasn't an exploit, the exploit was people spending those seals on something they can NPC for millions and millions of gil.

Which is fine, then you fix those gil prices and don't screw the community over on seals. If the seal droprate wasn't an exploit why would they fix it and piss a lot of people off?

[Neomarl]

No one gives a crap about you casuals. Cry more.

[Davy]

Except this wasn't an exploit, the exploit was people spending those seals on something they can NPC for millions and millions of gil.

What are you talking about . . . What can you purchase with GC Seals and seal to a NPC for Millions of Gil. . . .

As they say, Pics or it doesn't exist or don't make blind statements with no proof. . . .

[Ruisu]

What are you talking about . . . What can you purchase with GC Seals and seal to a NPC for Millions of Gil. . . .

As they say, Pics or it doesn't exist or don't make blind statements with no proof. . . .

50K GC seals. Purchase Dawn Drops, NPC them. You would end up with about ~4.4 Mil.

[Tahldon]

No one gives a crap about you casuals. Cry more.

Wow! The balls on this one, guys!

[Reika]

Wow! The balls on this one, guys!

What, no 'Omg we have a badass here' picture?