Punishment for exploitation of Power Leveling

[Scherwiz]

Someone is mad they're going to get banned for exploiting.

Please... SE can't even handle exploitation correctly, they completely botched Salvage dupes in XI, and besides this isn't exploitation.

[Jennestia]

Please... SE can't even handle exploitation correctly, they completely botched Salvage dupes in XI, and besides this isn't exploitation.

They didn't botch anything--Full linkshells vanished because they all took part in the exploit, not to mention people who "didn't know anything but went along for the ride" got banned as well, they also banned and reverted gil totals of those who took part in the Tavnazia subligar glitch back in mid 2004.

They know how to handle exploitations, they're just more busy getting this game off the ground to honestly do something about exploits and bots. By the by, exploit means more than just the typical implementation, exploiting means, given official response, being afk and leveling while being powerleveled, you're exploiting a bug that way.

Definition:

Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)

If you do nothing at all and gaining levels while a higher level friend or friends are killing things, you're exploiting the bug which they basically stated it was.

[Krausus]

They didn't botch anything--Full linkshells vanished because they all took part in the exploit, not to mention people who "didn't know anything but went along for the ride" got banned as well, they also banned and reverted gil totals of those who took part in the Tavnazia subligar glitch back in mid 2004.

They know how to handle exploitations, they're just more busy getting this game off the ground to honestly do something about exploits and bots. By the by, exploit means more than just the typical implementation, exploiting means, given official response, being afk and leveling while being powerleveled, you're exploiting a bug that way.

Definition:


If you do nothing at all and gaining levels while a higher level friend or friends are killing things, you're exploiting the bug which they basically stated it was.

thats the core definition of the word exploit, it is used differently when it comes to games and even more with MMOs.

exploiting in MMOs can be defined as "abusing an unintended effect gaining an unfair advantage" with PL the effect was intended just not the extent that it was, this is in no way the players fault and it is in no way an unfair advantage.