Guild Wars 2

Erasculio.2914:

Dao Jones.6720:

Absolutely. When I was trying to gather ectos for my legendary, I would regularly buy the cheapest T6 mats (or guildies sent them to me) and make either rare level 80 daggers, or rare level 80 warhorns, which I could then grind and hope to get ectos from.

Which means you knew how the salvaging system works – how when salvaging those daggers and warhorns you would get mithril back and maybe an ecto, while when salvaging the snowflake jewels you actually got mithril, maybe an ecto, and also the snowflake jewel, which was enough for making a new piece of jewelry.

The fact it had such a higher return than the other recipes you admittedly knew about, and that it was different enough that you actually tried crafting a rare jewel instead of your usual options (daggers and warhorns) shows how you understood it was not the same thing. In other words, how it was something in a different order of magnitude from other recipes in the game, which you quickly tried to make a profit from, even if you failed.

In other words, how it was an exploit you tried to abuse.

arjeidi.2690:

Where did ANet say this was an exploit?

It was obviously an exploit. Saying it wasn’t obivious is the same as claiming that stealing isn’t a crime unless there’s a sign in each store saying so.

Yet again – YOU do not get to determine what is obvious for the entire community. ANet placed this recipe into the game. It was openly questioned on THEIR forums. They didn’t even bother to respond. Now they hand out permabans to gamers – paying customers – that are using their new recipe to their own fiscal advantage. What a concept. Trying to use crafting to earn a profit. How dare they…

Some of the assumptions and stubborn accusations in this thread are ridiculous. People can rant and try to talk down to those impacted by this all they please. It does nothing to change the facts of what took place. I’m proud to be a member of the same guild as Dao and others. In my short time getting to know these folks, they are one of the outright best gaming communities I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy their company, their constant humor, casual yet effective approach to teamwork gaming and quite clearly – their integrity – which was paramount to why I recently joined.

Can’t say I feel the same about being a paying customer of the ArenaNet community at the moment. And just to be clear, that isn’t directed at any other customers whatsoever. Enjoy the back and forth. I’ve read enough to see this isn’t a debate based on achieving any sensible justice for several innocent victims of a developer’s inhouse mistake, then compounded by their own unjust reaction.