No one has any right to tell anyone how to play in the sandbox. You built a sand castle? Here, I'm gonna destroy it even though you spent 6 months creating it. You bought those shovels for the sandbox? Here, let me steal them from you. You worked hard for that ISK? Here, let me scam them from you.

What I'm trying to say here is that everyone here is allowed to do as they wish. We are in New Eden which means there are very little rules and CCP doesn't care how we use the tools they give us.

Did CCP punish the players crashing those LAVs? No they didn't. I was there when those shenanigans occurred and when orbital strikes were coming in literally every minute during the whole 15 minute match. CCP will fix the problem the AFKing but will not punish the players who were AFKing because no rules were broken.

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I remember the "limitless orbital" bug you mentioned. It was tested once and reported immediately to CCP by the corp who first discovered it. As a result, it was used only once or twice before an extended downtime kicked in fixing it.

What I'm trying to say here is that everyone here is allowed to do as they wish.

No one has any right to tell anyone how to play in the sandbox.

genius

Protobear squads and incompetent new-berries ruin my experience too.

So what? CCP never told me that I have no choice but to jump out of the MCC. But I do it anyways because I like the action of stabbing enemies. And I don't see CCP telling me that I shouldn't team kill my fellow blueberries with an LAV (remembering to switch seats just before impact).

It's incredible how some of you people act. Just because someone used a legitimate mechanic in a way you don't agree with, suddenly you want to punish them for it?

Well, I should've known you were just trolling me this whole time. I'll give you 9/10 for keeping me up like this.

I don't AFK. Did you even read my posts? I'm the guy willing to run into a gunfight with a knife while I see heavies with HMGs parking themselves in the MCC doing nothing and you call me an AFKer?

Say whatever you want, but no rules were broken up to this point. It's as simple as that.

I agree that farming SP via AFKing must stop because I don't like it. But I don't and never will agree that the AFK players should be punished by having their SP removed when the system was intentionally put into place by CCP.

An exploit, in video games, is the use of a bug or glitches, rates, hit boxes, or speed, etc. by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers.

Overall, what I'm trying to say here is that it's one thing to remove the AFK SP farming but it's another to try to retroactively remove the SP earned when none of the players who were farming were breaking any rules. Yes, I defend their actions by virtue of the fact that they can do whatever they want with the tools given to them. Yes, their actions cheapen our efforts for those of us who actually put forth effort and therefore this mechanic in which SP is earned for time played must be removed. But I will not stand silent to the fact that some people here want to remove the SP earned this way.

Since no rules were broken, there should be no punishment (in this case removing SP earned). Just simply take away the AFK-promoting mechanic and be done with it.

We'll just end this debate here right now and wait for CCP to make an official announcement on the matter.

23. You may not exploit any bug in EVE Online to gain an unfair advantage over other players. You may not communicate the existence of any exploitable bug to others directly or through a public forum. Bugs should be reported through the bug reporting tool on our website.

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