Ubisoft community manager re: The Division exploit: "the team is looking into what can be done in terms of punishment for those who have exploited."

Disabling content also punishes the people who don't cheat. I've never really taken issue with account suspensions. You get a buffer for experimentation but once you go overboard with it you deserve what comes to you. If the content is viable when played properly, it doesn't make sense to me that you take it out indefinitely. Especially if the fix proves to be difficult.

Passing through walls, circumventing the loot system. These are major exploits that other games have justifiably dropped big ban hammers for. It's blatant cheating and players should know better. The fact that some games have tolerated this is a bad excuse. It's all the more reason that sometimes you need to set an example.

Many MMO's actually have operated on more of an honor system, where exploits become known and people limit how much they abuse them until official word comes out. The fact that games like Destiny are so broken and mismanaged doesn't really excuse it. Bungie really sucks and set a horrible standard that shouldn't be the one people look to.

I much prefer the honor system of real MMO's to the concept of exploit for as long as you can. That concept is game destroying and no fun for anyone. It allows people who cheat to go on cheating and continuing to reap the benefits denied to others once its fixed. It permanently rewards the scummy players, when the alternative system of heavy punishment will scare most people not to do it. Only a very select few are overpowered until they are caught. I think punishment is actually better for the "good" players of a given game.

The damage is done at this point. Everybody playing the division right now is an unashamed dirty cheater and Massive can't ban everybody. Going forward they just need to be clear that everyone got a pass and future glitches will be totally ban worthy.

Bungie and Massive both have done a terrible disservice to online games by being riddled with bugs they can't be bothered to address or fix. It pains me that the way people are exploiting like crazy and trying to justify it will be the standard going forward.

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