Seeing this topic back and running, I'll put in my FINAL two cents about cheating, specifically with ABing. After this, I'll just be eating popcorn like the rest of the lurkers
It is my up most ethical belief that ABing and SSers don't themselves ruin the economy nor the experience of the legitimate player. Is it when cheaters (good or bad, saints or assholes, victim or culprit) use their automation "play" with a higher ability than they already have. The only way ABers and SSers are completely neutral in my opinion are if they follow the same level of performance as if the user was playing legitimate in buy times AND frequency of restocking. For ABers, their times times need to match their natural buy times. For example, someone whose max speed within the 1800ms shouldn't AB with times less than 1200ms. The only reason why people are hating on ABers is because they give an advantage in speed. With all the trolls and crybabies in-game, they seldom never complain about the automation of the actions, but rather the insane speeds that cheater abuse. Coconut Bra.