Kyouaku wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:13 pm
Alfa1986 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:44 pm
purely theoretically, giving your account to another person can be considered as a kind of exploit. a person without spending time in the game process receives certain game benefits in the form of leveling up or upgraded gears. but on the other hand, maybe you gave an account to the game so that he would just play and decide for himself whether he should create his own character to give a idea on hi-lvl of the game . there is nothing wrong or disturbing in this. so here it seems to me that depends on the situation and even more on interpretation.
I think "Exploit" is a word we use far too much nowadays.
exploit verb
ex·ploit | \ ik-ˈsplȯit
, ˈek-ˌsplȯit
\
exploited; exploiting; exploits
Definition of exploit (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
1 : to make productive use of : 'utilize exploiting your talents exploit your opponent's weakness'
2 : to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage 'exploiting migrant farm workers'
Every time someone makes good use of something it's an exploit hahahah, which I think is inherently natural(The word has a negative connotation to it, which I think is more due to modern day politics then actually warranted).
There is the second definition though, which im sure is the one you are hitting on: "to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage ". Would borrowing a trusted friends account fit under the definition? While the term historically been used to describe things like the US has done to South America, it does technically fall under that umbrella because not everyone will have access to a high level account. I know I wont LOL. Nor would I want one now, I like building up my DoK
Also, it is worth being noted that simply playing a well geared character in t4 SCs at all falls under that definition as well, as those poor sub 40's are useless hahaha. "Exploit" a general turn that I find is often overused.(Not always ofc) When all things are considered, I dont think there will be any meaningful negative effects on people if it's handled responsibly. It takes a lot of time to gear up new toons, and humans love variety every now and then. People did it all the time on OG warhammer and the game was still lots of fun and showed no ill effects because of it
I thin you are absolutely correct when you say each situation is unique and must be judged appropriately
that it would be absolutely clear what I meant I will describe two examples:
- if you hire someone for $ 100, and he plays 18/24 for a month to get a character of 80 level for you, it's bad, it's an extpoit.
- if you giving the account to your good friend for an hour / day / week, in which you are sure that he will not sell your account and steal your items or the game currency, then, it is not an exploit.