An exploit in the beta test of the Neverwinter MMO caused such dramatic inflation that developer Perfect world rolled back the servers.
Cryptic Studio's Dungeons & Dragons based game uses a currency called astral diamonds, and so many were produced by the exploit that the damage to the in-game economy was deemed irreparable.
"Thanks in no small part to the efforts of our continually amazing Beta community, we were able to quickly identify the exploit and the perpetrators," said the publisher in a forum post.
"Once identified, we took immediate action, calling in the entire development and publishing teams to lock down the Neverwinter OBT as we sought out a solution."
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