Originally Posted by
ilhanna
Thanks for the Goblin event; my guild and I enjoyed it and made a fair profit out of it. I love that bosses dropped massive glintergild chests and Gyrm eggs; I looted some of them. I love Korruption on my low level alts. I finally got my warrior gear decked in higher tier fury jewels thanks to the Jewel Chests and the running around to search for altars and farm energy essences. I think the Pestilence hauberk's color combo is elegant and wish it were a vanity. My favorite part was of course the guild-wide organized altar hunt, though this was severely curtailed after the hotfix. But overall I'm satisfied with the event.
For future energy-based event (Ursoth? Though I really much prefer a wholly fresh innovative event), please review and restructure the special (bonus) map scheme: how it is accessed, cost for entry, and reward. The fact that each access cost three energy kits will make people think before spending, especially in terms of who they want to share the bonus map with and whether they can recoup the cost. This is the root of all the exploits. The existing scheme also opens the possibility of people just waiting for free rides, which IMO isn't fair to people who buy energy kits to craft relic.
Furthermore, I think a more precise system should be devised to identify and cull cheaters from people who play within the boundaries of game mechanic. I don't know how complex this might be from the backstage side of things but what happened this event indicated to me that from your side it wasn't always evident who was really cheating and who was playing normally, otherwise noone would have been wrongfully banned. STS holds the only hard proof of any TOS violation and this data should be rock solid to back up any potentially controversial decisions like banning. I hope to see better integrity and consistency in terms of basis for decisions in future.
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