I think
you're the one missing my point actually. I already answered this, but for your convenience I'll repost it here:
And just because you seem to think it's not plausible that dupers would engage in real money trade, here's one such example:
I don't know what you mean by "
cloning these things for weeks". This current duping glitch was made public to everyone roughly 3 days ago. That's a far cry from the
weeks you claim.
Furthermore, this glitch is in no way close to the speed of cloning as the original one too; that glitch allowed people to pump 12m straight into their pockets within 45 seconds. This glitch is a multi-step process and you can only clone 5 items at once which takes much longer to do. Also, the margin for error is higher than the orignal glitch, which in itself acts as a deterrent for a lot of players. For this glitch to cause significant damage to AC's economy, we'd have to see this live for quite a bit longer to see a huge shift.
And let's just say for arguments sake that this will cause catastrophic damage to the economy, as you say it will, it'll be patched within days like the original glitch, after which the economy will stabalize after some time. I wouldn't worry too much about it, especially now that it's been made public.