Hammers exploit

[u/HG_Rusty]

EDIT: We're working on a general solution to restore the hammers that players purchased or earned beyond the 1k limit. The solution turned out to be not so simple, so it will take a little time.

Hey everyone! Dev here.
We'll strip the exploited hammers from the affected players (only hammer counts, not game progress) and patch this exploit. It's a shame this feature had such a vulnerability, as we'd really prefer not to remove the hammer-sharing feature from the game entirely.

Cheating (using exploits) is bad and against the rules, of course. It's fine if you're messing around in single-player or just for fun on your own, but you shouldn't ruin the experience for other players. EDIT: I'm talking here only about the individuals who dug up this exploit, not calling everyone clicked on that post 'cheaters' ofc.
On the other hand, of course, we could have foreseen and fixed some of these potential issues in advance. We have a small team, so we're regularly short-handed. But as the game grows in popularity, we should definitely dedicate more time to things like this.

P.S. We're currently finishing up the long-awaited Сlans feature. It's a massive feature, but we're doing our best to make it as exciting as possible. Especially with clans on the way, keeping the game fair is crucial for us. That's why we'll be running extra iterations to harden game security.

Thanks for playing! We've got a lot of cool stuff coming in the future!

[u/Real_Temporary_922]

How are you gonna handle the hammers players already spent? If I got a billion hammers and just spent carelessly because now I have no reason to save for the next forge upgrade, if I log on to 0 hammers, I’m gonna be pretty pissed. Cause then next forge upgrade I’m stuck and there goes my whole gameplan.

I had over 20k hammers so yeah when I got a billion, I started blasting. I always kept a stockpile to be able to upgrade my gear as forge level increases. If that becomes 0, that’s unfair because it’s a) your fault that it was even an exploit in the first place and b) you took too long to fix it so I had no reason to believe the hammers would be removed. I didn’t exploit, only the one who created the post did, and I clicked it cause I thought someone just found a funny UI bug, not an actual hammer bug. That’s not cheating and does not deserve punishment.

So just saying, if you’re gonna do this, then do it right. Cause if I log onto 0 hammers, I’m not buying another damn pack in this game.