Guild Wars 2

I’m really hoping for, at least, one day ban for everyone who used them. It’s the most annoying experiecend i ever had in the game. The only annoying experience to be more precise.

I like how people are trying to say this is Arenanet’s fault. Right, because ArenaNet put you in the arena and forced you to play with the food buff right?

Also, there needs to be punishment for this. If not, why should people NOT exploit the game? Might as well every time something like this comes up abuse the hell out of it until it’s patched. Who cares if you are ruining countless player’s experiences?

Can we just ban the people doing this crap? Yeah, it’s an exploit that’s not really generating money, but it is being used to get the achievement easier, which should be bannable. -__-’

God Of Fissures.8627:

It is ArenaNet’s fault. Not the players’ fault for using game mechanics to their advantage.

Let me guess, you exploited it willfully and now you’re scared that there will be consequences for your behavior. Nobody put a gun to your head and told you to ruin the game for everybody else. That’s a choice you and you alone made.

Kaizz.7306:

Can we just ban the people doing this crap? Yeah, it’s an exploit that’s not really generating money, but it is being used to get the achievement easier, which should be bannable. -__-’

It is actually making money. I have screens of people who said they were using this exploit for money and they have made more than cof does and that says quite a lot about it.

Guys, when reporting PLEASE remember to hover over the food buff and make sure it’s a HP regen one before reporting.

Ghosttalon.2416:

How isn’t it? As people stated before players were banned for exploiting the snowflake, why would this be any different? It stops people from having fun during such a major event and I play games for fun…

It sucks that they have to result to banning on such small stuff. Hopefully they can change that policy into something especially if the player isn’t at fault. If the player continues to exploit and we pretty much know the reason. Their achievements they got using that exploit should reset. I can say if the player receives more than 10 reports then the achievements reset should occur. That way Anet knows the player continued using the exploit.

so how do we report these players if we arent allowed to post screenies of them? report under botting?

oZii.2864:

pump breaks a little here with all the ban stuff. I havent stepped into the game but if I did I probably would have had my magic find food buff on and superior sharpening stones because I was farming holo mobs. Someone could come straight from fractals, wvw or whatever and into the game not knowing that they have the buff and that it is working.

It may have started as an innocent mistake but I’m seeing 4-5 regenerating players per game now. That’s not not a mistake any more. That’s deliberate exploitation.

Azriel.9237:

so how do we report these players if we arent allowed to post screenies of them? report under botting?

Exactly my point. There’s no report option for bug abusing therefore I would be false reporting them if I chose anything else. What are we supposed to do if we can’t report lol?

They said not to post pics, and even if you do post pics it has no point if you actually don’t hover your cursor on their food buff cause it can be anything and not the healing foods. That way innocent players might get hurt for your mistake. And I won’t bother going to Dragon Ball and report players. I’ll just wait till it’s fixed. Not like the exploiters get something big out of it >_> they’re fun will end soon

I just wanted to report this, but I’m glad it already happened.

I ran into someone with the mango pie buff, which made him impossible to kill. So I went out of the game and ate some myself and went back inside and then I was invincible too. It’s really that simple to do.

It ruins the game so get it hot fixed now. I can’t even play anymore until my food buff runs out.

Hopefully, the exploiters get punished. Since this makes it REEAAALLY hard to get the Dragon Ball Victories achievement.

I hope they all get banned. at least those who continue to use it + losing progress in their achievements.

BAN them all. To Dragon bash end.

Shame, it’s really fun activity. I’ll wait untill it is fixed.

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nice to see how serious people take their fun. yes clearly everyone should get banned from the game permanently for ruining an optional pvp-based mini-game which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the game. after seeing how crazy it is in one match i felt it was kinda boring but i guess others just can’t help themselves and won’t play w/o it.

i don’t see why people don’t use some common sense and NOT play until its fixed? you have a whole month to play the kitten thing, getting all angry and worked up because its not working perfectly day one because of some kitten doesn’t fix or change anything. reporting these people if anything is making things worse by wasting the time of those people who look through those reports that are lookin for genuine cheaters and exploiters.

FYI, the players using the mango pies, for example, aren’t invincible; they’re just really hard to kill.

its not an exploit, its kitten poor quality control on Anets part.
I dont think people should be banned for using it personally. Just dont play, then all people using it will be in matches where no one can kill anyone else!

Anet need to stop releasing buggy untested content.

They fixed it somewhat for now!
Stopped people from eating the blasted food.

Rainzar.6905:

nice to see how serious people take their fun. yes clearly everyone should get banned from the game permanently for ruining an optional pvp-based mini-game which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the game. after seeing how crazy it is in one match i felt it was kinda boring but i guess others just can’t help themselves and won’t play w/o it.

i don’t see why people don’t use some common sense and NOT play until its fixed? you have a whole month to play the kitten thing, getting all angry and worked up because its not working perfectly day one because of some kitten doesn’t fix or change anything. reporting these people if anything is making things worse by wasting the time of those people who look through those reports that are lookin for genuine cheaters and exploiters.

Why should honest players step down for cheaters and exploiters? Why should anyone be blocked from something because others cant play fair? They know its a bug they keep abusing it, therefore they are “genuine cheaters and exploiters”. Also it’s shocking how insanely full of themselves they are, even when you talk to them and ask them to stop you get “i don’t care” or something similar as a reply. I guess to much time have passed since last wave of exploiters got punished. Anet should remind community there are rules and make example of them.

If the devs believe it is a bug, then by all means fix it. Until then, people shouldn’t be banned for playing the game in its current state. Bug or not, the developers are at fault for releasing an unfinished minigame.

Lucyfer.9517:

Why should honest players step down for cheaters and exploiters? Why should anyone be blocked from something because others cant play fair? They know its a bug they keep abusing it, therefore they are “genuine cheaters and exploiters”. Also it’s shocking how insanely full of themselves they are, even when you talk to them and ask them to stop you get “i don’t care” or something similar as a reply. I guess to much time have passed since last wave of exploiters got punished. Anet should remind community there are rules and make example of them.

because every single one is an exploiter…
someone put down a tray of some bufffood in LA overflow and naturally i took some.
didn’t even realise it makes DB really unfair for others until a match a few minutes ago where someone “quite upset” pointed my out to this bug. as far as the owning goes;
i won most of my crab toss matches with 200-300 points so wrecking randoms didn’t really seem suspicious and i just figured the health regen was a passive ability like the dragon damage, and why would it not be? there are so many players nearly invincible that one might think this is part of the game. i agree it’s not fair but banning someone over a minigame? overreacting much?

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

They said not to post pics, and even if you do post pics it has no point if you actually don’t hover your cursor on their food buff cause it can be anything and not the healing foods. That way innocent players might get hurt for your mistake. And I won’t bother going to Dragon Ball and report players. I’ll just wait till it’s fixed. Not like the exploiters get something big out of it >_> they’re fun will end soon

ive got a screenshot with the name and type of foodbuff listed in it, pls do tell how to proceed with this, it clearly states “gain health every second”.

i think the main point im heading with this is, ppl know thakittens an exploit, and yet they choose to do it.

Brutalistik.6473:

Ghosttalon.2416:

How isn’t it? As people stated before players were banned for exploiting the snowflake, why would this be any different? It stops people from having fun during such a major event and I play games for fun…

It sucks that they have to result to banning on such small stuff. Hopefully they can change that policy into something especially if the player isn’t at fault. If the player continues to exploit and we pretty much know the reason. Their achievements they got using that exploit should reset. I can say if the player receives more than 10 reports then the achievements reset should occur. That way Anet knows the player continued using the exploit.

Yes of course I’m not saying ban every single person that has entered the mini game with the regen health buff but they should ban those who knew that this was affecting the minigame and still continued. What many people don’t realize is that this exploit also makes it very easy for people to earn money and therefore it becomes a major problem. I wouldn’t mind a day ban and reset achievements on those who abused the exploit for gear but people that used it for a profit should indeed be permanently banned from the game.

Rainzar.6905:

nice to see how serious people take their fun. yes clearly everyone should get banned from the game permanently for ruining an optional pvp-based mini-game which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the game. after seeing how crazy it is in one match i felt it was kinda boring but i guess others just can’t help themselves and won’t play w/o it.

i don’t see why people don’t use some common sense and NOT play until its fixed? you have a whole month to play the kitten thing, getting all angry and worked up because its not working perfectly day one because of some kitten doesn’t fix or change anything. reporting these people if anything is making things worse by wasting the time of those people who look through those reports that are lookin for genuine cheaters and exploiters.

This wouldn’t be so much of a concern if it didn’t activate a profit margin for such exploiters. The candy and coffin can be sold for quite a bit and these exploiters will use this to their advantage. One of the exploiters I saw said that he earned 3g from the exploit alone and had most of the gear. I don’t see how you would consider this to be fair.

God Of Fissures.8627:

If the devs believe it is a bug, then by all means fix it. Until then, people shouldn’t be banned for playing the game in its current state. Bug or not, the developers are at fault for releasing an unfinished minigame.

Any bug can be called a developers fault. Whether they tested it or not, in the end the game is fully playable and this exploit ruined the whole thing just like exploits do. At least some form of punishment should be headed their way.

Crovax.7854:

Lucyfer.9517:

Why should honest players step down for cheaters and exploiters? Why should anyone be blocked from something because others cant play fair? They know its a bug they keep abusing it, therefore they are “genuine cheaters and exploiters”. Also it’s shocking how insanely full of themselves they are, even when you talk to them and ask them to stop you get “i don’t care” or something similar as a reply. I guess to much time have passed since last wave of exploiters got punished. Anet should remind community there are rules and make example of them.

because every single one is an exploiter…
someone put down a tray of some bufffood in LA overflow and naturally i took some.
didn’t even realise it makes DB really unfair for others until a match a few minutes ago where someone “quite upset” pointed my out to this bug. as far as the owning goes;
i won most of my crab toss matches with 200-300 points so wrecking randoms didn’t really seem suspicious and i just figured the health regen was a passive ability like the dragon damage, and why would it not be? there are so many players nearly invincible that one might think this is part of the game. i agree it’s not fair but banning someone over a minigame? overreacting much?

This exploit makes it easier for them to get the gear, achievements and money. I believe that exploiting items for profit would be certainly bannable. Just because most people do it does not mean that they don’t deserve to be punished! It’s not A-NETs fault that they didn’t read the ToC.

Ghosttalon.2416:

Rainzar.6905:

nice to see how serious people take their fun. yes clearly everyone should get banned from the game permanently for ruining an optional pvp-based mini-game which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the game. after seeing how crazy it is in one match i felt it was kinda boring but i guess others just can’t help themselves and won’t play w/o it.

i don’t see why people don’t use some common sense and NOT play until its fixed? you have a whole month to play the kitten thing, getting all angry and worked up because its not working perfectly day one because of some kitten doesn’t fix or change anything. reporting these people if anything is making things worse by wasting the time of those people who look through those reports that are lookin for genuine cheaters and exploiters.

This wouldn’t be so much of a concern if it didn’t activate a profit margin for such exploiters. The candy and coffin can be sold for quite a bit and these exploiters will use this to their advantage. One of the exploiters I saw said that he earned 3g from the exploit alone and had most of the gear. I don’t see how you would consider this to be fair.

how do you earn gold? you get sod all in reward win or lose.

If everbody gets a ban just for taking unfair advantage or making the game less fun for others in a pvp mini game can I then report all premade groups I encounter as a solo queuer in tpvp until matchmaking is fixed? This takes out all the fun too!

Seriuosly can you really blame people to use buff food, if almost every match has a lot of players in them already doing so? I remember a time you could you use some food in wvw that gave you unfair advantages too. Nothing happend then.

Cameirus.8407:

Ghosttalon.2416:

Rainzar.6905:

nice to see how serious people take their fun. yes clearly everyone should get banned from the game permanently for ruining an optional pvp-based mini-game which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the game. after seeing how crazy it is in one match i felt it was kinda boring but i guess others just can’t help themselves and won’t play w/o it.

i don’t see why people don’t use some common sense and NOT play until its fixed? you have a whole month to play the kitten thing, getting all angry and worked up because its not working perfectly day one because of some kitten doesn’t fix or change anything. reporting these people if anything is making things worse by wasting the time of those people who look through those reports that are lookin for genuine cheaters and exploiters.

This wouldn’t be so much of a concern if it didn’t activate a profit margin for such exploiters. The candy and coffin can be sold for quite a bit and these exploiters will use this to their advantage. One of the exploiters I saw said that he earned 3g from the exploit alone and had most of the gear. I don’t see how you would consider this to be fair.

how do you earn gold? you get sod all in reward win or lose.

You get candy and coffens which I mentioned above. When the event started candy was worth a silver if I remember correctly and you usually get 3-4 candies per coffen. Coffens themselves are also obtainable via the event. These exploiters can farm these with ease while other won’t get anything if they don’t score.

Entirely disabled? As in, you cannot consume them at all in the game until further notice?

I have to say, that’s a brilliant quickfix until the issue has been properly sorted out.

Thank you. I can now play Dragonball without any exploiters annoying me…

I found that this is also the case with food that restores health upon killing a player.

Im really sorry but I will loose all respect to ANET if they do not do anything about these guys. in EVERY online game I have ever played their rule is: If you find a exploit bug in a game and you know its wrong but you use it anyways you are bannable for a timeperiod/forever. People are all aware of these game rules and I have warned them about this ingame. I honestly think those people should be banned from this event until it over to make a example out of them that ANET do indeed take care of problematic people. Ive Reported 5 guys bot farming Ruins of Orr about 1 month ago and even put it up in forums. people assured me ANET takes care but those players are stull farming and they where not taken care of!… So ANET, are you really gana start setting a example or just have people like that have no respect for your game and rules provided the effordless hours you put in to make things possible?

wtf why you disable this regen food for pve/wvw???? so i must wait almost 1 month for use it or you disable it only for dragon bash arena?

I hope this includes on kill effects as well

Banning for such an event as a temporary mini game exploit is outrageous. Even if you win with or without cheating your rewards are non profitable for farming. Anet is the plumbers fixing their leak that the customer pays for. It is so petty to have these ideas over being irritated in a mini game that I believe is forgivable due to the fact it is not ruining the game Guild Wars 2 itself. Please fix this to make these people stop whining like girls just for a coffer you could get from mob drops or 5 achievement points.

slsharpshooter.5631:

Banning for such an event as a temporary mini game exploit is outrageous. Even if you win with or without cheating your rewards are non profitable for farming. Anet is the plumbers fixing their leak that the customer pays for. It is so petty to have these ideas over being irritated in a mini game that I believe is forgivable due to the fact it is not ruining the game Guild Wars 2 itself. Please fix this to make these people stop whining like girls just for a coffer you could get from mob drops or 5 achievement points.

Not everyone is playing this event because of farming you know. I personally enjoy this event and I like to play it even if I didn’t receive any reward from it but these exploiters ruined mine and countless others fun. At the end of the day just because there’s an alternative doesn’t mean that players will pick it. I play this game for fun.

slsharpshooter.5631:

Banning for such an event as a temporary mini game exploit is outrageous. Even if you win with or without cheating your rewards are non profitable for farming. Anet is the plumbers fixing their leak that the customer pays for. It is so petty to have these ideas over being irritated in a mini game that I believe is forgivable due to the fact it is not ruining the game Guild Wars 2 itself. Please fix this to make these people stop whining like girls just for a coffer you could get from mob drops or 5 achievement points.

Its not about a mini game its about punishing people who have no common morals in life. they cant even help themselves. And you did pay for the game already so actually no new content should come out.. partially they working for free to entertain us… you only paid one fee not a montly… so dont blame them on their testing mistakes. They forever bring out new little things and programing. The reason for this could be many things that perhaps they didnt entirely meet their deadlines or what ever but still, why even if they didnt think on these things would people misbehave like stupid apes? No respect! But to abuse and corrupt … if they woudnt do that, ANET could perfectly take care on this without now having to block off food used for other things. Besides this happens EVERYWHERE = people are not perfect WoW banned more than a 1000 people for explioting a dungeon…. was this their fault to for not thinking about it? Players KNOW when they do wrong but they CHOOSE to do this so why can there not be consequences for your choices. But thats exactly a good reason to argue now… but for me, nough said…cause there will always be morons… no matter how big or small the situation/event…

Although I did make a thread on the regen foods still not being fully nerfed I guess I’ll say it here. Trays do infact still work and the exploit is still happening although not as frequent.

Hellgrod.6719:

slsharpshooter.5631:

Banning for such an event as a temporary mini game exploit is outrageous. Even if you win with or without cheating your rewards are non profitable for farming. Anet is the plumbers fixing their leak that the customer pays for. It is so petty to have these ideas over being irritated in a mini game that I believe is forgivable due to the fact it is not ruining the game Guild Wars 2 itself. Please fix this to make these people stop whining like girls just for a coffer you could get from mob drops or 5 achievement points.

Its not about a mini game its about punishing people who have no common morals in life. they cant even help themselves. And you did pay for the game already so actually no new content should come out.. partially they working for free to entertain us… you only paid one fee not a montly… so dont blame them on their testing mistakes. They forever bring out new little things and programing. The reason for this could be many things that perhaps they didnt entirely meet their deadlines or what ever but still, why even if they didnt think on these things would people misbehave like stupid apes? No respect! But to abuse and corrupt … if they woudnt do that, ANET could perfectly take care on this without now having to block off food used for other things. Besides this happens EVERYWHERE = people are not perfect WoW banned more than a 1000 people for explioting a dungeon…. was this their fault to for not thinking about it? Players KNOW when they do wrong but they CHOOSE to do this so why can there not be consequences for your choices. But thats exactly a good reason to argue now… but for me, nough said…cause there will always be morons… no matter how big or small the situation/event…

Exactly. I said this before but I’ll say it again. It is not A-Nets fault if a bug gets exploited because every player should have read theToC which says to not to exploit bugs. Since they are breaking rules they should be banned, it’s not like they are being forced to play these games with such effects on and they could just wait until it wears off and then join the game but no, people seem to like to annoy others. I just don’t know why…

Sooo… Moa race disabled because of an exploit, and now this… 2 major bugs in two major addition to the Dragon Bash event.

Suggestion : Hire some peoples to test your stuff before release.

Blanche Neige.7241:

Sooo… Moa race disabled because of an exploit, and now this… 2 major bugs in two major addition to the Dragon Bash event.

Suggestion : Hire some peoples to test your stuff before release.

They probably did have people test their event but exploits happen either way. Should get fixed soon.

Regina Buenaobra.6193:

Secondly, food items that give the player health regeneration have been temporarily disabled in order to prevent their use in Dragon Ball Arena.

What. That’s unacceptable. You mean to say that “Oh, because of a problem in Dragon Bash, we’re going to disable a food item that gets used regularly in other content like WvW until we can fix said bug in Dragon Bash”? The proper solution is to disable Dragon Bash while the problem with Dragon Bash is sorted out.

I can’t believe some of you are trying to justify this. People know it’s an exploit but continue to do it anyway. I would say a 3 day ban wouldn’t be out of the question simply because they made the choice to ruin everyone else’s fun.

Well, as i said earlier, no surprises from Anet on this matter. Lets remember this day and save this thread for future reference, because next time i will be with the exploiters since Anet not only have no guts, but also, they really dont care.

P.S.: BTW, we should have the report exploit option.

As this issue has been resolved, this thread will be closed. Thank you.