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How is it abuse when they’re just making use of a feature the staff PURPOSELY added?
They don’t even gain anything from it because they lose money uploading, nobody just uploads ton of stuff with the intent to refund it when other stuff is released. Some people just have multiple uploads and stop using them, so they refund it to buy something they will use.
That is not abuse or an exploit, if it was removed because you guys no longer support a system where people can freely refund then that’s fine but to say it was to fix an exploit/bug from the start was just a poor move.
There was just miscommunication from the start, and Hoyt made it sound like they were using some sort of illegal game exploit.
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Not really going into this so deep but let me get you the definition of exploit.
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In video games, an exploit is the use of a bug or glitches, game system, rates, hit boxes, speed or level design etc. by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers.
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Yes this refund system was added, but It was never designed to be used as a crutch for new Items and other newly released content. That is where the exploit comes in, because this wasn't the intended purpose. Just because it wasn't patched for years, doesn't mean it didn't need to be patched. The purpose of Refunds was for players that didn't like there uploads, so we would compensate them with at least half price towards there next upload after 24 hour time span. So by implementing Refund Tokens we fixed this exploit of the Refund System instead of removing entirely still giving the players that option.
If you guys want to Nitpick about the choice of word "Exploit", then this conversation is going to get no where. This change was indeed needed and sometimes along the way adjustments need to be made.