
Originally Posted by
Animusprime
From my understanding this glitch has been around for quite some time. I know of a few shells on Asura that were using this glitch for the majority of 2008. I was made aware of it a few months before SE. Like the other 900 people I chose to put this to its fullest.
I'm a tad upset, I wont lie and say this doesn't hurt. I've put a lot of time into the game and surely the rewards did not justify this. I really thought I'd go out in a blaze of glory rather then banned for 2 salvage drops.
I do regret the choice to drag others into this mess. I am a leader of a end game shell, and currently hold almost 100% of the shells inventory. Not only did I screw things up for those under my watch, I pulled 6-8 players down with me. To those people I cannot say this enough. I am sorry for what I have done. This is my fault and I accept the blame and anger because of the choice I made.
I am currently unaware of my punishment, though it is more likely I'm part of the 56% that wont see their accounts again. With that being said, I'd encourage those of you taking joy in this to learn the lessons we're learning right now.
I did not cause harm to anyone in this game threw my actions until today. If anything the choice to exploit the drop pool made the majority of us very happy until SE chose to punish us for our actions.
I also would like to refute the idea that I am an immoral person. It's hard to confirm this in such a place as this, but my track record in real life would show I am a man of morals. I've never been fired from a job, never slept around while I was in a relationship, never stolen money, manipulated friends, or committed a crime beyond a simple traffic violation. I don't shit on my neighbors and steal from children. So get over it, I know I will.
Final Fantasy is a game, and like anything in this world there are fanatics to match. While you may love this game as much as I do, I beg you to take your emotion out of the situation and consider what exactly you're putting your time into. Square-Enix has proven time and time again they will protect their creation over what the player base would like it to be. This salvage glitch is not only another example of weight SE's ideals put on there players, but would completely consume the issue in itself.
Either way I saw someone say no one was owning up on the thread, so here you are. Hope you guys can poke some holes in what I said and continue to take joy in the whole situation in general. Really speaks to your higher standard to point fingers and kick others.