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Anne-Marie Ostler

Last Epoch dev disables family sharing in its action RPG in an attempt to curb "significant" botting and real-money trading abuse

Last Epoch.

Last Epoch's developer has disabled family sharing in an effort to combat real-money trading and botting in the popular action RPG.

The buying and selling of in-game items for real-world money is pretty much an inevitability in any online game where trading is involved. It's a big problem for developers as this practice of buying your way to a better build not only gives players an unfair advantage and throws the in-game economy out of whack but also paves the way for bot-infested servers and financial scams.

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