Originally posted by deakon

Yes its not a nice thing that ea are trying to do, but tbh its not something most other companies wouldn't do if its costing them money.

The argument its a bug they should have fixed before release doesn't work, if a bank puts cash that isn't yours into your account and you spend it, you will have to pay it back otherwise they will take legal action, regardless of whether or not the mistake was theirs.

Whoa there, this is nothing like your analogy. The weapons in question are part of the game and obtainable in the main game that you purchased not something extra they accidently gave you. 

Dear EA,

Well, this is your fault. If only you had spent the time to find this glitch, you could have spent a bit more in QA and made more in the actual game. Not only is this fair, but you guys have literally no case. Since you didn't spend the time to fix the bugs in the game, players can exploit them. This is not even relateable to stealing. The closest thing this situation would relate to is a person who goes into "Sam's" (Bulk grocery store that provides free samples) and that person getting a free lunch by eating only samples for free instead of paying for food at their deli area. Not only did you provide a means for the person to not pay you for a product, but now you accepted it as part of the game unless you find a way to fix the in game issue.

Sincerely,

Gamers

P.S. Good luck pursuing this and having customers.

Originally posted by tiefighter25

Thoughts you dirty stinkin' pirates?

The OP is doing a really good job of reporting these bugs. In EA's EULA you can be perma banned from all their services for not reporting potential bugs. So the OP and others are only doing their job.

This is a single player game. Wait till single player games are on-line only (DRM).

Better yet...

Hey this is EA.

Hey you player playing our MMO.

I'm sorry, you've been perma-banned.

We noticed you have been gaing XP too quickly.

Clearly you were intened to buy XP boosts to accelerate XP at this level.

You are a thief.

Futhermore, lawsuits, anti-piracy,  etc.

To appeal: create an Origin acount and buy the" I'm sorry" unlock.

Originally posted by Kaerigan

Originally posted by tiefighter25

"So, arguably if you go into this game knowing you are supposed to be paying for these weapons and you notice a glitch allows you to accumulate them without paying, that's theft as well."

SUPPOSED TO? Excuse me?! 

My view on this: exploit away. We shouldn't tolerate cash shop crap in single player games, at least not ones there's already a fee for.

There's no excuse for exploiting. Even if it's an EA game.

Originally posted by tiefighter25

From a British solicitor (wigged up lawyer):

at Lupton, Fawcett, Lee & Priestley

So wait, your title states "EA feels", but you're quoting an IP lawyer?

Hope the BBC vetted their report better than you did.

I think its funny EA thought players were robbing THEM! Hah! thats a good one. I dont really see any point to defending EA for anything. If they cant make a quality game, they deserve everything they get (and more-so)

Originally posted by RefMinor

Originally posted by tiefighter25

Thanks for the wig correction.

Also, I forgot to mention it's Day 1 on-disc DLC unlocks apparently. (Or rather, obviously.)

Now that's fraud, making you pay for something you have already purchased, you own the disc with all the relevant 1s and 0s

But you don't own the ones and zeros to unlock it.

It's intellectual property, you don't own it.  Sad but true.

However, the comparison with the baker is so stupid.  You aren't taking anything from them, and you are only depriving them of something extra if you would have paid real life money had you not exploited.  For people like me, that's a clear 'no'.

Doesn't matter if it was an exploit or not.  I have yet to see a single-player game which doesn't have a working hack or trainer for an in-game currency.  This goes beyond simple exploitation of bugs.

Once you put the game in the players' hands, they feel they have the right to do as they please with it.  Make it impossible for them to cheat the system or they will find a way to do it.

If it is a single-player offline game, does it really matter if someone cheated?

My reaction. 

Its not a good analogy.  Its like going to a buffet and every 5 chickens you eat gets you a free drink and people found out how to eat 5 chickens for their free drink!

You can pay for your drink  if you dont want to eat 5 chickens but come on...Its a buffet! Eat dem chikuns! 

If it's robbery then the players are only doing what EA has been doing for years.

You may not own the code but you own whatever is on the disc EA can't send someone to your house to retrieve the disc..

There is going to come a time when EA will develop a system that kills the player if they don't give them their life's savings, and then claim it was the players fault for not paying...

Calling it now!

Originally posted by vgamer
This is a single player game right? So what's a cash shop doing in a SP game anyway...? Just honestly curious. Do you need it for something?

People really are out of touch with the SP gaming realm around here, just about every game has this today. It's not just those made by EA.