#IIP-XX: White Hat Illuvitar accessory for White Hat hackers

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little salmon
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**Simple Summary: **
This proposal suggests giving away a White Hat Illuvitar Accessory to players who find game-breaking exploits and report them to Illuvium.

Overview:
This IIP would allow hackers to find game-breaking exploits and report them to Illuvium and get something in return that is really rare and valuable. That way, hopefully, there would be less reason to hack in game and more reason to report it right away and Illuvium can deal with it.

White Hat hacker would get a White Hat Illuvitar Headwear Accessory that would give a large Power Boost for your Illuvitar. Pure numbers and who and how would someone deserve a White Hat is up to Illuvium.

Rationale:
Motivate hackers to report game-breaking exploits instead of using them to harm the economy and the game. It’s up to Illuvium devs to decide what earns White Hat and what doesn’t. Quick example would be: Bug in the Arena that helps you win Survival does not earn you a White Hat. Travel hack that allows you to see all the Illuvials on the map earns one if you can help Illuvium solve the problem.

There is a lot of work needed to be done for that, and therefore it costs a lot of money in the first place. White Hat accessory needs to be done and adjusted for every Illuvitar, already live or yet to come. But dev time is the only cost for DAO and there is no rush in doing this quickly.

It should not devalue other Illuvitar accessories as it should be (hopefully) really rare. But it would still be very desirable because of it Power Boost and rarity.

Test Cases:
Rocket League had similar thing introduced before. You would get a special topper if you found a game-breaking exploit and reported it. The item was tradable and it was the most expensive item in the game - and as such it was desirable to report the exploits rather then use them to your advantage. In the end there is less than 10 White Hats in existence.

velvet quarry
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I see potential in having some sort of reward for whoever finds game-breaking bugs. That being said, I don't think an Illuvitar accessory has nearly enough appeal for them to want to come forward with it instead of exploiting the bug.

Let's not forget that the difference between a white hat and a black hat is merely their moral compass.

shell garden
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Team ruled out new accessories multiple times, it's way too much work as they would have to fit it to every single illuvitar.

lean shoal
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It would probably be one of those partnership illuvitars so its an ultra exclusive illuvitar where you cant add any accessories