At WildStar , there was apparently a severe disruption in the economic system. An exploit in the garden caused a spontaneous increase in gold, which then led to rampant inflation. However, the problem has been brought under control by Carbine.
A “exploit” in the “Garden” – there’s not much more to hear from official sources – and we don’t want to fuel this further, caused unrest in WildStar over the last 24-48 hours. On Reddit, players were already screaming disaster: Players allegedly exploited massively, and the C.R.E.D.D. price had risen to 30 Platinum.
How will everything turn out in the future? Players were calling for a rollback – the damage was too great, couldn’t be fixed, the Chua in the well has fallen, now the only solution is to erase the last days.
Carbine responded through the official forum, stating: They are aware of the exploit, will respond, and are giving players who are guilty here a few hours to come forward. Those who do not will face the ban hammer even harder than before. They said a rollback was unnecessary, the dimensions of the exploit were still manageable enough to fix manually – and then the banning likely began. They are preparing a hotfix. In the meantime, gardening is disabled.
Mein MMO states: It is always extremely difficult to assess from the outside how many players have been banned, how great the damage is, and whether all the “counterfeit money” will really disappear from the game. The reaction of fans on social media is not proportional to the actual damage done. This will ultimately only become evident over time. In The Elder Scrolls Online, something very similar took place right at the beginning, and ArcheAge just recently. These are problems that every MMO will eventually face. The “rollback” is often demanded. However, publishers now seem to dread it like the devil fears holy water. Because even all the “innocents” would be directly affected, as well as players who didn’t even notice it: This is a slaughter. Everyone notices it, then there’s no going back anymore.
