Talk:Tutorial: FAQ/@comment-72.128.30.6-20131206210250/@comment-1482018-20131206210530

F5 spamming is when you encounter a resource node, and as you pass it you refresh the game. It'll keep the resource that you passed through without encountering the next enemy node.

Obviously the devs don't like that (you're kind of cheating your way to free resources),  but there is no evidence of them banning anyone for doing it (everyone's been doing this since dawn of time). So that's why we said use it at own risk.