Exploit:
make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand.
The ONLY person who has the power to decide what is or is not fair on the server is the server owner. The fact that it has been or is going to be fixed would confirm that the server owner deemed this to be an unfair or underhand issue, thus and Exploit.
As I mentioned, I do not believe any punishment is in order, because as far as exploiting goes, its pretty low on the list of being departmental to the server.
It was an exploit, it is being fixed.
Bye.
Lol you can google definitions all day if you like, it doesn't make you right.
You can't call a mechanic of the game an exploit, if you're not prepared to class every other mechanic of the game being used in the same way, an exploit as well. In fact, MMO companies cannot legally ban you from a game if the "exploit" has been based around a mechanic that they have intentionally implemented to the game (Such as these trade/group windows)
The level of punishment is irrelevant, if you are to go around changing mechanics because people have learned to use them cleverly, then you will forever be facing an uphill battle...as my previous example would present, i'm sure it wouldn't be well received by Warriors who have used it for many years.
Personally I think it would be rather interesting to see the results of such a change
