Then why did you choose to do this during the anniversary celebration when a large number of players were spending money? These people might have just spent a lot of money recently. These players exploited this loophole and were banned. So, will you solve this problem in the future so that other players can’t obtain silver coins at the root cause? Most of these players have been around for a long time. Have you ever reminded and warned them about the issue in the past, making them realize their mistakes? Will these kinds of behaviors, once they are detected or similar ones, not be allowed to be corrected and will they be permanently banned on the spot?
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So is there a list of all those bannable apparently obvious exploits then?
Because apparently they arent as obvious as you claim they are.
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Spending money doesn’t prevent you from getting banned
If these people just did it once then reported how they did it to us they would have been fine
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Not sure what specifically got these guys “outlisted” but honestly I’m glad to see these kinds of small updates for the community, it gives me hope that the devs care at least somewhat.
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I can easily explain
- We needed to understand how many people were using the exploit
- We needed to find the best way to fix it, for it need collect all information (there were several options, will show them in the future)
- Possibly, and this is a very unpleasant situation (and as a player, I can understand that), but spending money doesn’t prevent you from getting banned
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you pay for a service, but you break one of the terms of the service → service is terminated.
Thats just how things work. Im not saying its right or wrong, so just dont break rules and we will all be happy.
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And telling the playerbase that you are investigating these kinds of exploits was not possible?
Maybe some people wouldnt have tried to do that kind of crap in the first place if they knew it would get them banned.
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So what you mean is that you haven’t figured out the cause of the bug yet？
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You should solve the problem from the root: limit the maximum stacking quantity of experience boosters to 5 and remove the time limit for experience boosters.
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Imagine if we told people HOW to reproduce the exploit - how many people would try to reproduce it to check if it really works? Or another case: someone made accounts for sale using this exploit. Just imagine it, and the number of people possibly involved in this exploit COULD really be more than 66.
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While that is true, even people that didn’t even read the terms should understand that this was not the intended player experience.
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Farming people who will never shoot back at you ever on purpose is a pretty obvious exploit
Like I said if it was just about using your stacked boosters from silver chests or the BP the ban list would be way longer, but it’s not, because using them in that situation is just normal game mechanics
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As far as I know, the players who were banned might only represent the tip of the iceberg. The actual number of people affected is much larger than what has been publicly disclosed. Although most players outside the Chinese region were initially unaware of this, the incident seems to have originated from someone posting a custom screenshot in the community that exploited the mechanism to obtain approximately 100,000 silver coins. The content was then gradually spread, drawing the attention of players in other regions such as the Russian region, and eventually prompting the official intervention and imposition of penalties. However, in the end, this exposure merely accelerated the processing procedure rather than being the root cause of the problem.
Among these players who were banned, many were veterans who had been supporting the game since its launch or during the testing phase. Some even have been playing it continuously since 2021 or 2022. They have devoted a great deal of time and enthusiasm, which clearly shows their love for the game. I understand that profiting from the game’s mechanisms is inappropriate, but many people find the “direct permanent ban” as an extreme measure unacceptable.
In fact, Gaijin had much more lenient options for handling the situation, such as confiscating the silver coins obtained through loopholes, and then deducting a proportionate amount from the subsequent competition earnings until the “debt” was repaid - similar to compensating for the losses through a “community service” within the game. However, the official chose to enforce the ban after the discount promotion ended, which inevitably gave the impression that “they will settle the accounts after the players have spent all their money”, and even seemed like taking the easy way out at the expense of the long-term interests.
They truly deserve to be condemned without any excuse. Is it right to let them be hung on the shameful pillar of the game and be ridiculed by everyone? I don’t think so. This is just a game after all. Not long ago, someone had just deposited real money into the account, but suddenly the account vanished. Emotionally, it’s really hard to accept - it feels like being treated like “the one who still wanted to make a last-minute grab” before leaving.
Furthermore, it is obvious that these vulnerabilities have existed for quite some time. During this period, there have been multiple version updates and activities. Has the official not noticed at all? Did Gaijin ever issue timely alerts, warnings, or offer any buffer processing opportunities? The answer is no. They seemed to have witnessed it all, but they never took any preventive measures or implemented a gradual approach. Instead, they simply banned without any warning, leaving no room for negotiation.
Therefore, I believe that Gaijin’s approach in this matter was neither considerate nor compassionate. They completely failed to offer these gaming enthusiasts another chance.
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You may have missed the key point in what he said. What he meant was: why did you deliberately keep silent the whole time and only suddenly crack down and ban them right after the 5th-anniversary promotion — the peak period when people spend the most money? Your goal was to let them spend the very last of their money before slaughtering them and draining every bit of their remaining value.
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I want to apologize for my violation, though I do have some thoughts regarding the severity of the penalty.
Over the past five years, various game bugs and similar experience-gaining methods—such as the soldier merging exploit in the Academy, the preferential treatment for Dutch IPs due to legal compliance, and earning excessive points through endless repairing or healing in matches—were never formally penalized or publicly prohibited.
This wave of bans has also affected community promoters like myself, who have voluntarily built Chinese communities around Enlisted. To us, this outcome is genuinely disappointing.
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I understand that spending money doesn’t guarantee any benefits. But I’m asking if it’s too late to act after this large-scale discount event. Shouldn’t the money they just deposited be like being thrown into water, creating a pit? Since these people have already committed crimes, why are they only taking action now at this critical moment instead of earlier, when they could have been warned and punished to prevent these behaviors in the first place? In the past, I asked veteran players about similar situations. Back then, there were fewer restrictions on customizations, so they would directly create customizations, then go to the initial respawn point to repair sandbags, block AI, repair machine gun shelters, and play for several hours, leveling up from level one to complete the campaign and reach the maximum level. This time, is it more serious because it’s using currency (if opening chests specifically to collect powerful weapons like stingers - it seems they could also retrieve them later)?
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This matter will eventually become known to everyone. So, will （ ） fix this problem in the game?
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We will talk about this separately, since the changes will need to be described in detail
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So, is it really that simple? It’s just that ordinary players were killed by the oligarchs with an abundance of powerful weapons in their illegal boxes, that’s all.
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