Alyona Kolomiitseva said:
More answers have arrived.
I understand that it's hard to accept any changes. Especially if they are related to BGs. You have probably mastered them after a long time and after putting so many efforts into them.
However, as we have mentioned, there were some players who were using an exploit. There is a certain way how the BGs should work. But those players have found a vulnerability in the system.
Let me ensure you that you and other fair players who were using this strategy are not among those who have caused this change.
It was a hard decision to change the system when we knew that the changes will affect one of the most popular Infestations strategy. But it was necessary.
We strive to give the same opportunities to all players, and we had to make BGs fair and equal for everyone.
Though you may need some time to adapt, you will soon notice that the new system is exactly the same as it was before, with one minor change which affected only 1-bar strategy.
If you have any other questions, please ask.
Drogar61 said:
@Alyona,
You said that Plarium solved problem with BG. So, no one can take advantage after change. Why malicious way is still secret?
Simple show us that way and your words will get power. Avoiding right answers, and continually repeating words on which we already reacted will lead us to nowhere.
Simple think for big reward for you and other Plarium's speakers. Isn't it worth?
Since I don't like seeing Alyona being ganged up on when she's right, I'll inform you all that I have recently heard certain details about the previous exploit, and this change does seem to have affected it. Although, from what I understand, it would have affected the method more if the bgs were still as they were at the beginning of the year (effectively guaranteed small payouts upon breaking a bg).
Other than that, I just want to put out the thought that it might be that the developer just answer our questions that she passes on directly, without any additional context. If that was the case, she wouldn't be able to give us specifics on some of our follow up questions. Also, if that's the case, she's not necessarily the one that should be receiving our ire.
Edit: Forgot to address why it is probably still secret. This exploit was EXTREMELY powerful. Someone going in as a medium-sized hammer/ wall could end up being tremendously huge (as an example, think about going from 10 mil off to 80 mil off in one week). I can imagine that Plarium doesn't want any details of this released, as it could be possible in future version of the bgs to extrapolate this technique to exploit them.