There's a difference between a bug and something that just isn't implemented yet.
- Imagine nobody ever takes wound damage, a wound system isn't implemented yet. (no horse weight system yet, you can carry anything on horseback)
- They implement wound damage but no way to heal it. (horse weight system implemented but no horse bags)
- A few weeks down the line, they add food and resting to heal wound damage. (horse bags are added)
That phase 1 ,when nobody took wound damage, that was not people "exploiting a bug".
We are in phase 2 right now and that's why people are complaining they rather wanted to wait with phase 2 until horse bags were ready.
So, yeah, especially your cheat engine analogy, utterly doesn't apply here. Huge difference AND different concept.
One is a feature that's missing that affects every player equally, the other is a cheating tool certain individuals can use to have an unfair advantage over others.