Hacking

[TasteyPies]

Don't get me wrong people, im not mean when I hack! I always try and help out / pl noobs. When i'm in aparty and they say im killing too much I heal instead and stuff. I always give items to noobs and stuff. If my hacking hasa negetive impact on the gaming community I always find a way around. The thing is...I usualy only hack AFTER I have spent a long time building my charicter.

[Ichy]

If I was good enough to hack an mmorpg I'd go get certified and have some company pay me the big money to take shots at their security so that they can further improve it, not sit around and hit games.

Seriously, hacking multiplayer games always hurts the community of any particular online gaming community, even if you've reached the top of the ladder legit, because for starters you're encouraging more people to do it and most of them won't have the decency to at least wait till they're at the end, nor keep their ill gotten money and items to themselves... it always finds a way out into the public. Furthermore, because of this, I take it personally when I hear people have been hacking or botting one of my favorite games. I work hard in RL and pay my money to be a member of this game and all the entertainment it provides me. FFXI in particular really is one Hell of a master stroke for MMORPGs imo, and hacked lvls and money and items and abilities would really ruin the entire game. Nothing at all to be proud of when you consider how long and hard everyone else has worked at their in-game achievements.

Now that we've all vented so much steam out over our mutual feelings regarding MMO Hackers, let me ask you something for a moment. Do currently play or intend to play FFXI?