That's not what I've been saying. Try to keep up.
Bug abuse is a problem. How big a problem it is can be debated. Clearly, in this instance Jagex thought there was enough abuse for them to take action against those who exploited this TH promotion. It wasn't the first time players found a way to exploit TH.
The moment the ability to buy spins/keys for Treasure Hunter, it became P2W. Bonds are also P2W, and players can use bonds for TH keys. Of course, keys can also be bought directly, or earned through gameplay.
Sure, the exploiters could've started off with a couple of daily and earned TH keys. However, unless they were extremely lucky with those initial keys, it is much more likely - certainly easier - for the exploiters to have started their promo abuse using keys they bought, whether they used bonds, oddments, or cash to make the initial purchases. Any way you slice it, that comes down to MTX and P2W. Yes, it's possible they just had a lot of oddments on hand, and used them to buy loads of TH keys. It's possible...but how did they amass such a huge supply of oddments? Through TH, which we know is P2W.
While it is theoretically possible that, through a lot of luck, some of these exploiters could've started off with a handful of daily and earned keys, then managed to gain enough oddments from those keys to buy more keys, then repeat their luck over and over until they had won over 20,000,000 XP from the lamps they didn't convert - it makes more sense that they'd have begun the process with more than a few keys. A basic prize converts to 30 oddments. You're bound to get some of these, so it seems quite unlikely the bug exploiters didn't rely on bought keys to get started. That's the P2W connection.
People win the lottery on a single ticket, but the odds are not good.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
08-Oct-2020 07:17:42
