Glossary of terms.

CCP is a game company who wants to launch this "triple-A game" and become some sort of shining star in the ocean of video games out there with their one-shard sandboxy ideals.

CPM is a group of players who have the trust of the community and acts as the mediator between CCP and players.

AFK is the exploit that allows risk-free farming of reward that is normally gained by active gameplay, by taking advantage of the real playing people.

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In the ideal situation.

CCP, with their ideals and goals in mind, what they do should have the wider gaming community in mind, because people are always watching. Maybe not now, but in the future, whatever you do is your history, and your history tells people what kind of games you make, and how you run it. To CCP, AFK should be regarded as an exploit and those who make use of it should be punished, or at least set a target of getting the problem fixed.

CPM, with player's interest in mind, should discourage this AFK exploit because it is not doing the game any good. It is a stupid bug, a stupid exploit that ruins the game for those who want to actually play. CPM, normally, should discourage AFK farming, and should be communicating to CCP about how unhealthy this is.

AFK, being an exploit that ruins, nullify, invalidate, even discourage active gameplay (why fight a fight without your teammates when you can just AFK with them?), should be made illegal, discouraged, and eliminated with the fury of a thousand suns.

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In reality.

CCP is quiet about the whole thing, and does not seem to care about the cancer that is killing the game.

CPM is actively AFKing, and openly talks about it in the forum, and takes no action to discourage this exploit.

AFK is not regarded as an exploit, and is the most rewarding way, the perfect way to "play" the game.

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In my heart, crying out loud.

What the flying kittens.