Quote Originally Posted by sister morphine View Post
So you're saying that because a handful of players (as a proportion of the whole) spent money on something they must have realised was a colossal snafu - I defy any reasonable person would think this was legit; in no way was it just "buying gold from the store"- then it should either have been allowed to stand (giving those players a massive, massive advantage) or the entire game should have been stopped so as not to upset the people whose actions would have been the cause of the game being shut down in that event. Lol.

Once more we see the sense of entitlement some have; how dare they stop me from getting my normal placing in indie rank. News flash: the game isn't run according to any individual player's desires. Time to move on.
You okay? Normally you make a lot more sense than this...

My approach: Since Gree knew about this error shortly after it was released, they should have taken the game down for maintenance, fixed the error and pulled back all the items from the package in question and refunded the player's money (or at least instruct customer service to take this approach for anyone who asked).

Your approach: you agree with the way Gree handled this, which was to ban some players right away, which then put their syndicates in a disadvantage during battles. Other players that bought the package in question were not banned until hours later and were allowed to keep their stat gains and the items they gained for their syndicates, which allowed them to buy more bonuses. In addition, Gree pulled back the gold in question (as well as all the cash in their banks and the current LTB's in some cases for whatever reason), and replace it with a quantity of gold they felt was fair without giving the players any option for a refund.

Since I didn't buy the gold and I'm not in a top syndicate (only a couple players in our syn bought this package as the rest of us play gold free) the impact on my game was minimal. However, I think it's crazy how Some people are trying to call these players cheaters when all they did was push the 'buy' button. Since you're okay with Gree's approach I guess you benefitted from this error either by buying the gold yourself or being in a syndicate that benefitted from these purchases. It's okay if you feel entitled to keep these items. It doesn't make you a bad person.