Elite Dangerous: Trojanisches Video – Spieler tricksen Entwickler aus, damit die Exploits verhindern

In Elite Dangerous, players have now forced the developers to address a nasty exploit known as Combat Logging.

Most gamers are probably familiar with the so-called “Rage Quit.” You log out angrily before you ultimately lose. For most games, this doesn’t matter much – you still lose anyway. However, it is called “Combat Logging” when the loser gains an advantage by logging out. This is the case in Elite Dangerous. In a duel, the loser simply logs out and avoids defeat.

If you exit the game just before losing in Elite Dangerous using the Alt+F4 key combination, your spaceship will not be damaged or destroyed. This is referred to as Combat Logging. Some players filed a complaint with the developer, Frontier Developments. They explained that this is an exploit, meaning unauthorized use of a game bug. However, the developers have not taken any action against it so far.

Trapped in a “trojan video”

Therefore, some frustrated players around Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” came up with a plan to force the development team to take action against this “Combat Logging.” Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” created a video in which he recorded the Combat Logging in the online game. He uploaded this video to YouTube and sent a link to Frontier Developments. He also received a response stating that they would observe the player’s behavior in the video.

What the developers did not know was that Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” had marked his video on YouTube as “unlisted,” giving access only to those who knew the link. After the developers’ response, it turned out that this video had zero views. Frontier Developments had not watched it at all.

The developers apologize

Then, the community lead of Elite Dangerous, Zac Antonaci, reached out and apologized. He explained that they did not act with the necessary diligence in this particular case. Normally, they would take Combat Logging seriously and monitor players exhibiting this behavior, as well as take appropriate measures. Anyone who notices Combat Logging should report it accordingly. The team will then investigate the matter.

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