Deathlike, on 24 August 2014 - 12:40 AM, said:
The thing is... people wanted to play with each other despite the nature of the challenge.
My preference is to avoid it, but it doesn't bother me either way.
The solo queue is always a challenge, but not because it is easy... it's because it's virtually random in its design that the reliability of your teammates is based on their reputation... or pure fortune. While the only constant is you, see other people people consistently do something else like do their own thing and complain about you not helping them despite them being the first one to die is not what I consider... enjoyable.
I live it all the time. I totally understand. At no point though is being frustrated with an experience viable justification for cheating/exploiting/or otherwise being a twit. The moment you make that a legit excuse then you've hucked even vague reference of fairness out the window. If you're going to make rules... they're the RULES. If they're just general suggestions than they exist only to punish some people and reward others.
I get people wanting to play in spite of the nature of the challenge. People feel that way about stuff all the time. I like games but dont' want to pay for them - that doesn't make game piracy legit. I like good food but dropping $100 on a meal at my favorite restaurant is pretty expensive to do very often. That doesn't mean I dine and dash.
Cheating is cheating is cheating. You don't play gray with that or you don't have a game at all.
Besides, pug queue isn't that bad. It has its ups and downs, so does the group queue. If people don't want that they can play single player games. 7 Days To Die just did a massive update. KSP, Pixel Piracy, Space Engineers, there's a lot of options. Want more hardcore PvP with less rules? ARMA2 with the DayZ mod is still 10x better than DayZ standalone. I recommend Namalsk mod for DayZ. If someone named Mischief nukes you with a satchel charge hidden behind a supply crate, then loots your corpse and emotes 'checks both ways for witnesses before giving it a good molesting', that totally wasn't me
There is no such thing as justified exploiting. You can say it's a bad contest and bad balancing and whatever other complaints you have. None of them are an excuse to cheat/exploit though.