Star Citizen has a problem. No, not the fact that it's been in development for well over a decade, or that it still has no hard release date on the horizon despite raising almost $1 billion in development funds. The problem is that the markets in Cloud Imperium Games' space sim alpha are riddled with questionably obtained goods.
Unscrupulous players are using various exploits to duplicate valuable items en-masse, enabling them to make money and buy expensive ships quickly while flooding the market with duped goods. Not only is this viewed as unsportsmanlike by many players, but it's also throwing the game's economy out of whack.
The situation has been threatening to boil over for a while, but it finally came to a head in the runup to the release of Star Citizen's latest update. With the relea...
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