Tool-assisted Pantheon Mod Farming

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AhuraFortunata wrote:

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Coulrophobia1989 wrote:

If you run a marathon, while your opponent takes the bus for the same distance, all your points still apply: it doesn't affect the race itself, it doesn't impact other runners and is helpful for the guy on the bus. You will still probably feel cheated, won't you?

Your feeling is not a legitimate reason for any request or demand. The only issue that matters is whether the program/tool violates any part of TOS or not. Your perception of fairness does not matter in an environment that has no element of competition. The only time when competition presents itself is right after new leauge, but we all know that race is over.

This is no ones fault but the designers, it should have been anticipated; it has happened before, yeah. Best they should do now is focus on how to resolve it, and that is where the problem lies right now cause they seem to be in denial instead. Retribution will just waste time and credibility.

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VernerHolt wrote:

And third party tools and plugins very much are a violation of TOS unless approved on case by case basis.
It's why flask macros were banned, map hacks were banned and Vaal side are load spike was cleaned up.
Knowing that an instance is going to contain master missions, legacy league content or better than average rewards from a monster is by default a cheat.
It creates issues with economy, namely, the people doing this can buy out big ticket uniques, craft mirror tier equipment, basically destroy the in game economy for everyone else that plays the game legitimately. It makes perfect sense that use of such tools is banned and users of such tools are also banned.
Whether or not GGG created the problem by the implementation of AN mods and the loot pinata mechanic is of no relevance.