When you find a flaw in the game you're suppose to report it to a GM. However imagine the first people who did the salvage exploit. Do you think SE would have banned them for doing it in the first place?
I remember way back when some ultimate hacker guy was going through loop holes in FFXI and doing shit that was crazy or something. Anyway he compiled it all and then sent it in and they basically said thanks for your findings but we have to ban you.
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