In this 2018 GDC talk, CCP Games’ David Einarsson discusses the handling of an impactful exploit in EVE Online and the many challenges entailed therein.
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What’s interesting about his postmortem of how CCP handled players abusing this exploit is the ways in which the studio tried to maintain honest and open communication, even as it meted out punishment.
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Addressing Exploit Abuse in EVE Online with Customer Care