There’s no good excuse for exploiting lol. Are you saying either players must dupe/buy dupes themselves or being left behind by exploiters? That sounds pretty pathetic for a game lmao. Way to destroy a game is to popularize exploiting.
"if i dont do it, someone else will"
uniting jews since the fall of babylon

but no, its not that. its more like, "if someone doesnt do it, i wont have it". basically dupes are good because they make things cheaper for everyone, so elitists cant gatekeep gear. this ofc matters much more in arpgs with good pvp like d2, where skill is most valued and acquiring gear is just a necessary evil
also exploiting doesnt NEED any excuse, if its under the game rules, its all good by me. the only ppl getting mad about exploits are those who are salty cause they didnt get the chance to do it