Okay so here is a bottom line many in the anti exploit camp are missing:
People did not use this exploit because the game was too hard for them. Most people did not even use it for the gold. Most people used it to get more mats to either avoid excessive farming or the fact that some mats are overly limited in their supply. They did this to improve their experience, to build their ideal team.
The exploit had no negative impact on those not using it. I hadn't even considered using it until my third pt at which point I did so to save myself some time farmin materials. What materials you might ask? Tier 2 ones. For Battlemaster Mail I had since getting it as random schematic loot in the hinterlands before even recruiting the templars. THAT made things easy. Not the exploit, but instead Bioware's working as intended loot system.
My point here is that the exploit was not a crutch for most of us, not something we needed to beat the game. Rather, it was something we used to enrich our experience by avoiding excessive amounts of mmo style grinding that have no place in a single player experience. If I want to sink vast amounts of time into harvesting materials or money I have an Eve Online account (I don't mine resources on there but I could).
This exploit allowed people to cut out tedious hours of farming that did nothing but turn people off the game, thus making them less likely to buy dlc when it comes out, which is the last thing Bioware should want. PC players will just use mods and the Cheat Engine as I already do but console players, who this game was clearly made for, are screwed.
Long story short I think people should consider more deeply the use of the exploits before instantly assuming everybody who used it was "casual" or bad at the game. That just is not the case.
In my opinion Bioware made a bad decision from both a community and business stand point. This decision benefitted nobody besides perhaps indignant designers infuriated we were enjoying the game more by not playing quite as intended or elitist "hardcore" gamers, stroking their nether regions as they laugh at the rest of us "casuals."
As a disclaimer this is opinion. My thoughts, my stance, my opinion, with a moderate amount of solid fact mixed in.
Edit: Adding spacing since indentations did not work
Thanks for sharing.
Though, I swear as much as you try to explain this to them, they still bash you for using the exploit and they don't care why you're using them. Ridiculous.
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Funny now that you mention it, because that was the first thought that came to my mind when I heard about this. And I still believe it was the only reason they did it.
