In the MMORPG Lost Ark, players recently outsmarted Amazon and not only got valuable items, but were also able to keep them after the ban. Now comes the next reaction from the developers.
How did the players receive the items? There was an exploit in the MMORPG Lost Ark on Steam that many players used to secure a lot of money and valuable items as well as upgrade materials. Amazon responded to the situation a short time later and banned players depending on how much they had used the exploit.
The bans have already been lifted for the first players. They were now able to return to their characters and were in for a big surprise.
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Bans are over, items are still there
What happened to the items? How exactly they did it is not clear, but some players still had items, materials, and other items they obtained through their exploit after their two-week ban.
The Amazon developers have overlooked something, which is now causing anger in the community. On various platforms, some players post what their characters look like after the ban, scaring the community.
What do the characters look like? User Stormcrow1172 on Reddit gives an example. He posts a screenshot there with a list:
The player stole items worth 1.5 million gold, which were still there even after he was banned. As a punishment, his gold was set to -9,000, which he can probably make up for quickly.
This is probably just one example of many that are now causing the developers to take action again and address the players.
Amazon is trying to limit the damage
What is Amazon Games doing now? The developers at Amazon Games have once again reached out to players and wrote in their statement that there were some “edge cases” in which items or chests obtained through cheating remained in players’ accounts.
Therefore, the ban duration of the players would now be adjusted and “additional permanent bans would be imposed”. The players’ gold should also fall even further if these items have already been used or destroyed. You can find the full statement on X.com.
How does the community react to the events? The community is beside itself and can hardly believe that players can simply continue playing again after two weeks with stolen items worth millions. The statement from Amazon Games has had little effect so far and the mood is extremely bad.
Tempers are running high on Reddit. Reddit user grinine writes: “[…] I’ve never seen so many mistakes in a game. At this point I feel sorry for those who play honestly and fairly. We could call this game Clown Ark from now on.”
Fit-Stick251 also feels betrayed on Reddit: “This game/company doesn’t deserve your devotion, they don’t respect us, they respect their own TOS [Anmerkung der Redaktion: Nutzungsbedingungen] not. […] The best thing I did was leave LA the moment I started becoming a clown.”
Commenting on Amazon Games’ statement, joker_mafia writes on Reddit: “PR bullshit, just like the first time, let’s not forget that so far they haven’t done anything against people who have duplicated unbound gold and sometimes even talked about it.”
The players are angry and the mood is generally very bad. Many players are demanding permanent ban penalties for everyone who used the exploit and a clear crackdown on cheaters. However, Amazon Games seems to still want to stick to their original approach of staggered bans: Through a trick, the players in the MMORPG Lost Ark on Steam are getting really rich, and now Amazon is reacting