Diablo 4 players are getting banned for using that "seasonal exploit bug"
www.eurogamer.net
Blizzard is banning players who use the "seasonal exploit" in Diablo 4. That's according to players on the game's subre…
  • El Barto@lzrprt.sbsEnglish
    515·
    1 year ago

    Blizzard was quick to clamp down on the unethical practice

    Unethical practice… it’s a video game ffs, you coded a buggy game and are now trying to guilt people for using said bug by claiming their actions are unethical… let’s look at how ethical your company is hey blizzard?

    Glass houses and whatnot.

    I’m glad I’ve never given blizzard a cent of my money.

    • meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      let’s look at how ethical your company is hey blizzard?

      “Uhh…we’re Microsoft now, nobody named Blizzard has ever been at this address.”

    • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      68·
      1 year ago

      Blizzard was good until Activision merged and took over the leaders

  • DeriHunter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    292·
    1 year ago

    We released a game with a huge bug, but it’s your fault that you take advantage of it. Imagine paying $70 at least only to be baned because of this bs

    • winterayars@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      142·
      1 year ago

      This is the absolute worst thing to come out of the “free to play”/“pay to win” genre of games. “Our game is full of bugs? No, it’s the children that are wrong.”

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    318·
    1 year ago

    I despise companies that pull bullshit like this. Yes, it is obviously an exploit. Yes, it is breaking the game. However, Blizzard, YOU RELEASED THE BROKEN BULLSHIT. This isn’t some freeware title hoping to eek by on a donation. This is a multi billion dollar company that has had years of development to get this shit right. Fuck you, Blizzard. I’m glad I didn’t pay for your shit, and I will continue with that trend into the foreseeable future. Dump some of your capital into QA instead of CEO wallets. Companies shouldn’t be able to ban someone from playing something that they paid for, unless explicitly stated in the EULA, and a generic clause about “exploits” isn’t explicit.

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        114·
        1 year ago

        You’ve missed the point. I don’t want them to list every potential bug. I know that isn’t possible. What I want is to not have this knee-jerk ban reaction because someone found a bug and used it to their advantage. As far as I’m concerned, until something is said to the community about a particular bug, the game is working as intended, and the onus is on the company to sort it out. That’s like if you bought a ticket to Disney, went inside, went to restaurant, ordered your meal, and a disgruntled employee told you, “No charge,” and let you walk off without paying. You think Disney should ban someone because they accepted a free lunch after paying $60 to enter the park? No. They should fire the employee, which, in this analogy, means fixing the bug.

  • Aurix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    Ridiculous for single player games, this is what I see D4 as primarily. People should be able to do whatever they want and exploit whatever. Mark their save as modded, exclude them from rankings and PvP and call it a day. But companies don’t want that, because it would potentially hurt their nasty IAP schemes.

    I also don’t have much sympathy for the victims, because they bought a product from a well known awful company.

  • M1st3rM@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    1810·
    1 year ago

    The exploit in question: You disconnect and transfer non-seasonal items to a seasonal character.

    Sounds like a ban worthy exploit to me

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    147·
    1 year ago

    I’m not surprised to see this at all. Blizzard has always been pretty protective of their in-game economies, and this exploit flooded the seasonal realm with a ton of gold that shouldn’t have been there. Anybody who tried this should have 100% expected to get banned.

      • Chozo@kbin.social
        104·
        1 year ago

        Rollbacks with live service games generally don’t go over well with the players, especially the ones who did nothing wrong in the first place.

        The problem with doing a rollback is that, unless you want to spend a lot of time fixing the things the rollback breaks, you have to roll EVERYTHING on the server back. This means all players will have progress reset and items lost. More players are likely to quit the game than Blizzard will lose by banning a few cheaters.

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          you have to roll EVERYTHING on the server back.

          Why is this implied? Why can’t a single character or account be rolled without affect any other character?

  • Aphroditusss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    117·
    1 year ago

    I’m glad I ditched this dumpster fire early on as soon as I got a satisfying amount of hours played. Definitely the last time blizzard will see my money, at least on the Diablo franchise.

    • khab@kbin.social
      71·
      1 year ago

      Jaysis. Just stop buying these exploitative and morally bankrupt games. No “at least on the X franchise”. No “I won’t pay any microtransactions”. No “I won’t preorder”.

      They will not change, nor get better as long as they’re selling.

      Just STOP buying this shite, everyone.

      • Aphroditusss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately I was very young when D3 came out and I never played Immortals. So I had to learn from D4 ¯_(ツ)_/¯