I seriously don't get some of this (Destiny)

by Avateur , Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 11:16 (3937 days ago) @ Korny

That reminds me of when people would use some map exploits in Crysis 2, getting out of the map where they could kill people, but nobody could hurt them. Their excuse was "if the developers didn't want me to go out there, they wouldn't have put it into the game."

Technically it's in the code, and technically "anyone can learn to do it", but it's still cheating.
It's the same crap that happened with BXR and crab walking and all other historical exploits where people played the game in an unbalanced and unintended way. It's cheating, and if the devs can fix it, they'll fix it. Were the MCC not simply a test for the future of the multiplayer of Halo, it too would have removed exploits and cheats like Superbouncing and such...

The thing is, everything you just named actually is cheating. Bungie said so themselves back in the day. And the Crysis example is even moreso because you've gone outside of the map and no one can touch you all while you kill them. I get that your problem is with Cody's narrow and incorrect definition of what cheating is, but patching a sniper platform doesn't quite fit the bill (not that you ever implied that it did). :P

If Bungie wants to remove exploits and cheats, a loud minority crying about "legitimate strategy" isn't going to stop them... It's pretty apparent even now, with a very small minority complaining that fusion rifles are overpowered, but Bungie is addressing Auto Rifles and Shotguns, which actually ARE overpowered, as evident by stats and tons of data.

You're correct about them patching. Loot caves and sniper platforms are not exploits and cheats, though. Bungie will patch what they want, though.

As for weapon balance, the Beta alone should have told them that the Auto Rifles and Shotguns were overpowered. They didn't get the memo. Now they did. Also, we had this talk about Fusion Rifles in Halo 4, and you were wrong then, too. The Fusion Rifles will get patched eventually, just like the Bolt Shot. Just watch.