In Secret World Legends, various players were suddenly banned after having a few cozy grind sessions. There may be an unknown exploit behind this.
Update: Funcom has now responded to our inquiry and explained that it was indeed an exploit. The associated bug has since been fixed and players can grind peacefully again, even with teams. By the way, only a small number of players were banned, who had exploited this exploit to an extreme degree and, for example, farmed over 15 million XP illegally.
Secret World Legends is primarily about mysteries and cool stories. Nevertheless, it is still an online role-playing game and this also includes a proper grind. For instance, when you want to acquire some cool items or farm XP for skill points.
There’s actually nothing wrong with that, but those who take grinding too far in a group are likely to get banned quickly right now.
Secret World Legends – Grinding prohibited!
The player and Reddit user Eleraan just wanted to grind for a few rounds in Transylvania with a few other guys. He fought his way through the Carpathians for about five hours until it got too boring for him and he logged out with a well-filled XP and game money account.
When he wanted to log back in later, he was quite surprised because his account was temporarily banned. The reason was said to be an exploit. However, Eleraan claims he did nothing wrong, just grinded hard – as one does in MMOs.
Secret World Legends – Is it an exploit?
He posted his fate on Reddit, and soon other players reported similar experiences. They also complained that they were banned for harmless grinding. An official statement from Funcom is still missing.
Many players suspect that it has to do with a bug that incorrectly calculates XP in groups and multiplies it with group members. Therefore, the problem may lie here. However, certainty will only come when Funcom itself addresses the issue.
We have therefore requested clarification from the developers. Until then, you should rather avoid extensive grind sessions in groups.
Also interesting: This is how the first 30 minutes of Secret World Legends play out
