Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35180316-20180409075909/@comment-193.90.12.116-20180428071657

107.167.112.72 wrote: Keep going hulk. No one has really mentioned the real reason they allow hacking: frustration. If you've been following the discussion about social media lately, these companies key metric is "engagement". Frustration is one of the key manipulations they use to keep us playing longer. EA has won worst company in America, and this is against Verizon, Exxon, and Amazon. The executive group, given the companies reputation, self selects for sociopathy. What is the end result of the cheaters? Frustration. This drives average rubes to spend more time, money or ad clicks, thus more revenue. The last special event showed how they want to manipulate users. 8.3 was near impossible for mere mortals FU'd. I skipped it, but it stuck in my craw something fierce. While certainly there may be bad coding in the chain, it's the executives saying, "Ha, that'll drive engagement!" Make no mistake, this game is a manipulation of users to drive engagement period. EA may have acquired a quality product, but they knew they had a huge dopamine factory they could manufacture legions of junkies with. That's how they think.

This is basically the same thing I've been saying since I started playing this game. They won't stop havkers and cheats, because to a certain extent, it encourages spending.

This is one of the reasons I feel Hulk is wasting his time. They might go after a few flagrant users if enough people complain, but they won't stop it completely.