yay still higher level

Did he get a ticket response that said it was either allowed or not allowed to level using that method?

Hard to say - in the future, make sure that you inquire personally into any questionable means of leveling and get a reply before you proceed. I know it has saved my skin to do so in the past. I am sorry for the bad luck you've experienced, but you should be more weary of such things.

My opinion from my perspective:

Admins,, you did mistakes
Exploiters who didn't know they were exploiting based on some events that happened couple years ago,, you did mistakes too...

But who is more right? what i have always been told, Costumers are always more right..

But first, apologize, admit you did a mistake.. then ask and it should be guaranteed that ATLEAST your profile or your character gets to the same state it was before you did that said exploit, refunding you the money you spent and the SP that was lost.. (SP Lost.. wait,, i remember something called NEW SP SYSTEM.. which wasn't implied on higher levels who got their core skills maxed before C2..)


Me honestly if i was an Admin, i would look deeply into the exploits of Leveling overall, as a past SD Proud player, Leveling really differs from Class to class, and its most efficient on ShM Class... Which is preeeeeetty not fair i should say, whether you use slave or 2 accounts... i'm too lazy to think of a way to solve this issue but i will look more into it later.. And, if i was an admin again.. i would do what i said above earlier, reset every harmed/punished character to the state before the exploiting.. Thats my 2 cents here..

HURRY CLOSE COPPER! most broken and long standing leveling place (and they just keep spawning!)


yeaa.... revert those levels.

My thoughts: I am not my predecessor. Voom and I have different ways of handling situations. My job training for this job was practically non-existent and I have had to learn and grow rather quickly by asking questions of the current dev team and playerbase. I have obviously fumbled and made mistakes along the way. The decision to revert the levels was mine. I take full responsibility for this decision and the results of it. I weighed what was the best option for the playerbase as a whole, and reverting those levels for a fair gameplay environment was the best option.

I am more than willing to discuss this further with any and all who have questions, comments, or concerns. I will always make myself available for discussion and conversation from the players. We also actively read and consider every suggestion in the Suggestions forums, and I highly encourage you to make suggestions if you have ideas that can help improve Star Sonata.

You can PM me, email me at bageese@starsonata.com, submit a ticket, or hop on IRC and pm me there. I will try to answer questions if I feel the public needs to know the answers, however I am also willing to continue this discussion in private message.