@Misha
"As stated by myself and Kate on more than one occasion during the making of this post, SvS Bounty trading is not cheating. It is not an exploit, as reiterated by @Shamus The Brute, it is a loophole that was created on accident by Disney Interactive when they developed an SvS mode that was neither complete nor polished."
Wait, wait, wait. It's okay fine to rip off a loophole?
People can soft peddle it any way they want, and call it anything they want. Whether it was an accident or on purpose mistake by disney, it's still a flaw that people take advantage of to gain something they would not gain normally. That is plain and simple gaming the system other than it was intended. People know of it, they can choose to do it or not. The ones that choose the flaw gain the advantage regardless what it is, and the people who choose to play without taking advantage of the flaw do not gain the advantage. It's as simple as that.
I'm sorry you're logic is flawed in trying to defend an exploit. Exploit is a broad term that doesn't always mean cheating.
I am using an exploit right now, 2 that I know of. A swimming shortcut I saw in a looters post in the recent past. And when standing in a group with 20 people crushing Remi in 20 seconds. That isn't possible alone, and alone I would never have access to that many drops in that short span of time.
It is certainly an exploit in the physical sense of time and gain, however this wouldn't be considered cheating as it's only using numbers to speed things up. It's not a code or inserted program. Ganging a boss is fully acceptable by everyone as it is logically practical to do it. But in a straight game sense that doesn't make it any more ethical or moral to do so. Ganging a boss isn't a flaw or loophole, it's actually a developed technique that doesn't break any technical rules or regs. In tlopo that is. Tlopo has no raids or dungeons where its a rule you have to have 5 or more players to participate. We create our own little instant raids against bosses, by random gatherings mostly.
But boss ganging isn't at all like shooting you bud repeatedly at port for bounty. And asking tiberias to somehow come up with screenshots of a dynamic scenario of sea battles and exploits you know is almost an impossibility is completely unfair and a ruse to disrupt his claims.
How about you come up with a visual that port squatting isn't an exploit like you claim? Take your time.