Why does this game still cater to exploiters and cheaters?

[Lux_Rayna]

So the main question i'm asking (and this is a question, not an argument):
Why does this game still allow the exploits, bots, etc, to continue? If there was an exploit like the blm thing in FFXI they usually fixed it within a few days and often banned people. Here, everyone openly rushes to exploit the game before its fixed. How is that sustainable in a competitive gaming environment when you are trying to attract 1000s of new people? Or is FFXIV supposed to be the new diablo 2 open battle net?

This is XIV not 2.0. Understand you are dealing with a very crappy engine that is easily exploitable. SE can't fix this engine, which is why we are abandoning XIV and moving on to 2.0. You ask why? Because this game isnt living to see 2013, thats why. What point would it serve? You can't plug all the holes, the engine and everything is too shitty. You can't punish ppl, because by the time you finish banning everyone there wont be a paying dollar left. There's just too many exploits, too many holes, and too many players that either purposefully, or accidentally, use them. Why bother, aside from the moral high road? Best you can do is fix exploits you find and leave the players be. Their exploits don't make a lick of difference in the long run because this game is going bye-bye. 2.0 will feature a new engine, better mechanics, and will likely not have any of the exploits ppl are finding now these days. Let ppl go to town on a dying game thats going in the trash heap. Remember XIV is not being patched, its being thrown out. 2.0 is a new disc, new game, new everything. More or less whatever goes on now just doesn't really matter. Bots aren't affecting the economy at all really, not that I can see and im a MW whore. PLing has been around since XI, so im wagering its not an exploit at all. Seems pretty intentional to me given their track record. Garuda exploit was just an oopsy but was patched quickly.

More or less because of the trash engine SE lets a lot of things slide. That, and the game will be entirely new anyway in a few months. Once the new game comes out, the hammer will start swinging.