Exploits and You!

**9mmfu**

Hello everyone, I thought I would touch base with the folks that frequent this board about tracking down exploits. Basically I think we all realize they hurt the game in the long run and fustrate folks in the short run when they are on the receiving end of them. I also realize most of the folks that made the effort to test on the Test World would also normally report them when found.

I would like to make open to everyone that if you find or hear about and exploit please feel free to contact me with a PM with repro steps so that I can investigate it. The clearer the steps the faster the turn around time can be for a fix in most cases. Also please state whether you have personally reproduced it. Doing a exploit once or twice to report the issue and then NEVER using it again should not get you into trouble.

This is in an effort to help us get good repro steps on all those problems we all want fixed as quickly as possible.

Thanks you for all your efforts to make MxO a better game than it has ever been.

Zacharias

I think you had forgoten something..... you must say it before someone would say "But no one had say it

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Send it with /bug or send NoRepro an PM...... but pls, dont write a thread about an exploit and descripe it in all the ways you can get it too

**Zionner_Vector**

Yeah but the only thing i dont get is....why should we get banned for a bug that isnt our fault this is a GAME its not like we've done a crime because we use an ability that has a bug in it and lets us keep on useing it over and over again!!

All im saying is that SOEs being a little too harsh about banning and suspending people over bugs!

(P.S to NoRepro ---- SMILEY

Zacharias

We are not talkin about bugs, we are talkin about exploits..... these little glitches who gives you some bonuses...

Example:
You find an exploit, this exploit gives you on all defenses the cap and on all precises the cap..... You use it first only agains some NPCs, you /bug it and send NoRepro a PM.
But then, you use it constantly, for Missions, against other players or in Events..... this isnt realy fair against other players who dont know this exploit and it destroy the fun for other players....
I think, and I hope, when you use an exploit for your first time or test it only you dont get banned..... but if you use it constantly and against other players you will be banned....

**Zionner_Vector**

yeah but i mean the same thing bugs, exploits overall thier too harsh with banning

**Zionner_Vector**

ok i know wht u mean with the against other players...but i dont see wht the harm is in using it in stuff like fightin NPCs and Missions

Zacharias

I mean especiliy in constructs or on Pandoras Box missions.....

**Zionner_Vector**

i understand that but just normal missions....

Zacharias

Why do you need exploits in normal missions?

An exploit is the same thing like an cheat....

RockyB

I've sent you one earlier about an exploit which I'd just realised.
Makes me rather sad, on refelection, to realise several instances where
people have been using this for their own gain. This has been happening
for a few months now too.

**Rexxhavukk**

Let me get this straight....

an exploit ....is something that used to be a ploit..... but isn't anymore?

LiquidZ

Roger, Roger.

I'll see what I can do.

**Ic3b3rg**

Well seeing how its monday now and everyone is hopefully back in the office, maybe we can get a couple of the exploits i found cleared outta the way.