Why isn't it possible to wipe duped items?

[trev186 389]

Had some green horn with less than 200 hours in game offer me items he proudly admitted to duping and even went as far to say he could dupe anything.

I turned the trade down but it got me thinking...

I had heard that now the devs have ways of tracking who or what has been duped by the use of item ids.

If this is the case why not program the persistence. And central loot system to check for duped ids and have those items vanish.

This seems possible given that the devs nuked all weapon attatchments and drum mags the last two patches regardless if they were in inventory or not.

Why not apply a similiar system to the duped item ids.

Obliterate the original and the duped...have it check every 5 seconds or so.

[irl-calibre 744]

this will be stamped on hard eventually don't worry.

[trev186 389]

this will be stamped on hard eventually don't worry.

Every time they have tried by way of hive wipe the dupers come back and it just punishes normal players.

This solution of making duped gear disappear eliminates it conpletely... Any duped item regardless of method would vanish in seconds along with its original

Edited April 8, 2015 by trev186

[stinkenheim 249]

Duping and general exploiting is standard behaviour in any game with the potential to do it. Doesn't make it right, but considering how early in development the game is, the more ways that they can find to dupe gear now the fewer should make it through to the final version.

Duped gear will eventually be able to be identified and central loot economy is a huge part of making that happen but it will take time.