Since this thread keeps getting posts stripped from it...I am going to post my thoughts.
At some point we were only allowed 3 accounts and only allowed to log in once per account, but could have all three on at once, grouped and playing with each other from the same IP.
I took a break after LIVE and when I came back we could have MANY MORE accounts and they could ALL BE ONLINE at one time.
After a patch a few weeks ago we were able to group gate, stay in formation and regroup on other side of gate. I had great confidence in the DEVS and saw this a plus to the EnB community and an example of what could be possible for future enhancements.
Shortly ater the feature was added people found a way to exploit it by gating through faction gates as a leader that the others in the group would not be able to go through naturally.
A patch was added to stop that. The DEVS made it so you had to be of the correct faction, regardless of leader, to go through the gate. The DEVS acted quick with patch and it seemed to be resolved.
With the next weeks update the DEVS made a patch so that same IP's could not group gate anymore. They realized that people were creating many characters and making full groups to use the auto gate feature to gain as much explore XP as possible using the auto gate feature
My concern is...did anyone even realize this was going to happen? Do any of the devs even consider the exploiters in all the games we play and just didnt even feel this could happen?
Have the Devs ever played or developed for other games to know the extent of how far players will go to take advantage of the system?
When the group gating feature was added I ASSUMED they had considered what could happen and weighed it in their decision to add the group gating feature.
I have lost my confidence in the devs decisions for not thinking this would happen and then killing it the way they have after they implement it.
I absolutely love this game and love what has been made possible from the hard work of the DEVS. But the decision making for how the players will handle the game play is not in their skill set.
You want to see how far people will go to exploit a game like this...go see the SWGEmu forums and check out the archives. I have been involved with that game for too many years and see the worst behaviors for finding any angle they can to exploit any feature from any game to give them selves and advantage.
Never underestimte the ammount of effort player will take to take advantage of ANY GAME!