Promulgator
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Accurate.
Not to mention; no FPS or atmospheric combat ... no VOIP ... breaking the economy by selling all of the basic parts so nobody needs to craft them, buying ore, and selling super OP ships at the beginning .... -
1 minute ago, Arctic_fox said:
K bye then. Nothing of value will have been lost.
If you don't think paying customers so engaged that they are discovering bugs are of value, your social worker should take your computer away because you're too disabled to use the internet.
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2 minutes ago, Flamm said:
in order to show my disagrement about NQ prema-BAN action i decide to stop play DU for at least one Month.
Same. I'm disappointed I can't actually go in and "unsubscribe" so they get the hint now rather than when I simply don't renew in a month or two.
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29 minutes ago, NQ-Naerais said:
Hello Noveans,
At this stage it’s hard to ignore that the “Market Heist” has definitely caused a stir of dialogue and reactions both in our community and on the internet.
We have taken some time to look at the situation in more detail: the actions of these players are not ok, not condoned, and will not be tolerated. We stand by our decision, and we’d like to better explain it.
Most of what Novaquark builds within the game world, such as markets, institutes or the Arkship is not a player-owned construct. It is a part of the game play designed to serve all players. There are exceptions, like shipwrecks, which are designed for salvaging, and clearly communicated as such.
We did, indeed, state to players that if RDMS is not properly set on a construct, and it results in theft, it’s part of the game and we won’t act upon it. This is to acknowledge that treason can happen in an organization, for instance, and is part of the emergent gameplay we’re trying to promote.
Now, this does obviously not apply to NQ-built constructs, which are designed to serve a specific purpose in the game. It is obvious that these constructs, owned by NQ accounts or Aphelia, are not meant to be interacted with in the same manner as player constructs. Besides, they may contain some highly overpowered and unbalanced elements which were never meant to fall in the hands of players. So the situation with the market is clearly covered by section 5.2 of the EULA: “You must refrain from engaging in any behaviour that could harm NOVAQUARK’s image and/or reputation, that could harm one or more other Users or have a negative impact on their gaming experience, or that is detrimental to the proper functioning of the Game.”
Finally, and for the record, the issue with the market did not result in a wrongly-set RDMS, but rather in a duplication bug. Part of what we use is the same tools as players to build constructs. We create one district, then duplicate it. Something went wrong in the duplication process of one of the markets, which resulted in players being able to edit it.
Were we harsh? Yes. But we had previously communicated that we would no longer tolerate abuses of bugs and issues. We do realize that perhaps this started innocently enough in that someone pressed “B” while standing on a market. But it went beyond this, and that shows intention. The players involved indicated that they reported the issue, and after further investigation, one did, though not by following the proper feedback channel: they pinged a staff account on Discord in the middle of the night. We’ve clearly stated that staff do not respond to pings on Discord, and that the reporting method for exploits and bugs of this nature is either via our ticket system, or via a community manager on the forums.
Even a proper attempt to inform us about an exploit doesn’t mean that it’s OK to go on and abuse it. Communicating an exploit to the NQ staff doesn’t serve as a way to absolve the players, it’s only meant to ensure that we fix the issue - it’s not a free pass to use an exploit. The banned players destroyed a player market by dismantling it, and the fact that they communicated with us via Reddit with a request not to be banned shows that they knew what they were doing was wrong. They posted on Reddit, proud of their ‘achievement’ and of the destruction.
In the end, repairing the damage cost us hours of manpower across multiple departments, which could have been invested into further progressing the game.
That is why we take this seriously.
Here are a couple of things that we’d like to reiterate:
- We are in beta. Things aren’t always going to work as intended. But we have a persistent, single-shard universe, and altering its foundations impacts all players.
- Bug Fixes aren’t instant. They take manpower time to find, investigate, fix, test and roll out. We try to make sure that fixing a bug doesn’t introduce a dozen more.
- As beta players, we count on you to help us and report bugs, not abuse them. We believe that this is fairly standard for most games.
We genuinely hope this brings some clarity to the situation, and ask you all to remember this is a communal effort. We’re in this together.
Sincerely,
The Novaquark Team
Weak. Scapegoating. Poor leadership. No accountability. Bad communication. Terrible decision.
I'm out.
Next time you fck up, man up, take responsibility, have a laugh because It's a game, and keep people who are so engaged in the game that they're curious and exploring every possible aspect of it. These people finding bugs are the ones you want. You're going to be left with some boring ass vanilla gamers who want to stay in their bubble and not touch anything, and this whole game is going to be bugged to shit and will become unpopulated.
Reverse the decision and show you've actually learned from YOUR mistakes, and I'll be renewing. Otherwise, I'm not putting another dime into a game with immature devs who blame their users rather than take responsibility. -
14 minutes ago, le_souriceau said:
Then you have some problems, if such simple thing is diffucult to understand.
If it's "obvious" why were they allowed to edit it? Not being allowed to edit it would have made it "obvious". To me, the fact that NQ 'allowed' them to edit it OBVIOUSLY means it was something they were 'allowed' to do.
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On 10/21/2020 at 8:39 PM, Ram said:
Plenty of people care. Ones with decent moral standing. Thats why offenders were punished. Arbitrary lol. Ingame mechanic lol. Yes completely leave out any contexts to make it seem like they didn't do nuffin.
you're the same dude who is going to cry when you get killed in PVP. This is no different than the human-based 'immoral' actions of a PVPer, taking advantage of noobs who leave their stuff unlocked. Except the 'noob' happened to be a staffer and they banned someone because their pride was hurt.
In a game being developed to allow interesting human on human interactions, a ban for utilizing an in-game mechanic (call it spin if you want but that's what it was) when a human made a mistake is ridiculous, arbitrary, and a great reason for me to not renew. I'm the type of person who will take advantage of you when you leave something unlocked, unattended, or undefended in the game because of the excitement. I don't want to be banned for outwitting you or catching you slipping. -
4 minutes ago, JohnnyTazer said:
It doesn't matter. Same amount of people would cancel their sub if they weren't banned.
lol. They dropped a ban on someone for using an in-game mechanic that was their fck-up. Nobody cares if someone edited market 15 because the devs left it unlocked. Just like nobody (including NQ) would care if you cried because you left your base unlocked.
I'm not going to put more time into this game when arbitrary bans are handed out.- GraXXoR, Supermega and nottheuberjuice
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I'm canceling my sub because of this.
Exploit with mining units
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At a minimum, we need our talent points to be reset. This is insanely game-changing and we've invested WEEKS of time into talents that helped us with calibrations and calibration times which we'll now never use up.