Patch 8.2 - Experience Eliminated Aura

Originally Posted by FelPlague

what? so just say "hey im gunna go do some stuff, why dont you go level for a bit and catch up" what person in their right mind goes "oh im a level ahead of you, let me turn off exp"

Are you seriously telling people NOT to play with others in an mmo... especially their friends? the hell is wrong with you...

Originally Posted by BlueRemedy

Good to know the solution to playing with a friend is now to tell them to play solo. It's almost incomprehensible what a disaster of design modern WoW is.

or just... dont turn off exp? as simple as that...

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Originally Posted by Cerilis

Because that kinda defeats the point of leveling together (I'm thinking about more than just one or two levels here though).

That's at least how my boyfriend and me handle it.

so he got ahead of you in levels, sounds like he wasnt leveling together with you in the first place.

if one of you want to play an allied race then the other could simply play one with you aswell.

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Originally Posted by chaoticcrono

Are you seriously telling people NOT to play with others in an mmo... especially their friends? the hell is wrong with you...

no im saying if you want to level together, then level together, if one of you is aheasd of the other and want to let the other catch up, let the other level up abit and catch up to you, like we always did before.
i have literally never heard of someone going to turn off exp so their friend could catch up...

Originally Posted by FelPlague

or just... dont turn off exp? as simple as that...

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so he got ahead of you in levels, sounds like he wasnt leveling together with you in the first place.

if one of you want to play an allied race then the other could simply play one with you aswell.

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no im saying if you want to level together, then level together, if one of you is aheasd of the other and want to let the other catch up, let the other level up abit and catch up to you, like we always did before.
i have literally never heard of someone going to turn off exp so their friend could catch up...

whats wrong with turning off xp to continue playing with your friend while they catch up?

Originally Posted by chaoticcrono

whats wrong with turning off xp to continue playing with your friend while they catch up?

It's just the old "only my way is the right way"-mentality.

Originally Posted by chaoticcrono

whats wrong with turning off xp to continue playing with your friend while they catch up?

or dont, and just play with them anyways since content scales..?
why do you need to be the exact same level?

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Originally Posted by Cerilis

It's just the old "only my way is the right way"-mentality.

or you could just level with your boyfriend without turning off exp?
you do know the world scales right...?

Originally Posted by FelPlague

or dont, and just play with them anyways since content scales..?
why do you need to be the exact same level?

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or you could just level with your boyfriend without turning off exp?
you do know the world scales right...?

so you cant answer the question... just gonna continue to tell other people how to play... how bout let people play how they want and mind your own business.

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Originally Posted by Cerilis

It's just the old "only my way is the right way"-mentality.

Yep... people with that mentality should go pound sand.

Originally Posted by Cerilis

so much for letting your friend catch up when leveling together if one you plays a hero class or allied race...

Erm.

You can still play together at different levels... the world scales. A 111 can play and run dungeons with a 119... a 61 with a 79....

This is a bit silly, really.

Originally Posted by chaoticcrono

so you cant answer the question... just gonna continue to tell other people how to play... how bout let people play how they want and mind your own business.

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Yep... people with that mentality should go pound sand.

whats wrong with turning off exp to help people level? you are literally just doing quests for no exp, when you could just do the quests gain exp, and... thats it... just play the fucking game, there is no need to turn off the exp.

Look at all these people shoving their own foot as far down their throats as possible before even having the details about the change. I know I'm shocked.

Originally Posted by Vilendor

At Actizzard HQ:
-They don't buy enough real money level boost, what should we do?!
-Lets ruin a perfectly fine, harmless, clever and fun ingame activity, ran by players for ingame gold. How dare they steal our dollars?!?!

What's so fun about sitting AFK and letting someone else do all the work?

Originally Posted by FelPlague

whats wrong with turning off exp to help people level? you are literally just doing quests for no exp, when you could just do the quests gain exp, and... thats it... just play the fucking game, there is no need to turn off the exp.

There's no need to play the game at all so don't...

for that matter there's no need for you to post on the forums, so stop doing it.

I know its hard for you to understand but blizz added the ability for people to turn off xp so people could use said feature and its a feature people wanted for a variety of reasons and you're more then welcome to not use it if you dont want to but to sit there and tell people they shouldn't use a feature they want to use simply because you dont care for said feature is repugnant and you may wanna figure out why you are so concerned with how other people play a game when what they're doing in no way affects you.

WoW is such a convoluted mess of a game now. One crap system layered on top of other crap systems, all trying to fix the real root of the problem which is that Blizzard doesnt actually have a design philosophy anymore.

Originally Posted by Onikaroshi

Within their game they do. They also don't adhere to alpha or beta test definitions. Definitions themselves aren't set in stone either, they're fluid and change all the time.

Give me a few examples of definitions that change all the time...

Originally Posted by chaoticcrono

There's no need to play the game at all so don't...

for that matter there's no need for you to post on the forums, so stop doing it.

I know its hard for you to understand but blizz added the ability for people to turn off xp so people could use said feature and its a feature people wanted for a variety of reasons and you're more then welcome to not use it if you dont want to but to sit there and tell people they shouldn't use a feature they want to use simply because you dont care for said feature is repugnant and you may wanna figure out why you are so concerned with how other people play a game when what they're doing in no way affects you.

And Blizzard decided they don’t want it being used the way it is. In looking for a solution the one they came up with is this one. If you want to turn off XP and wait for your friend, family, guildie, whatever, you are free to do that. If they really are that close to you then you can still go around together and do quests and tag the same mobs while not being in a group.
Unfortunately, a side effect is that you can’t do instances together while you have XP off. Your options there are to turn it on for your dungeon queues and back off for world questing. There are still work arounds for people that are truly in the situation you keep stating you are in, while almost completely ending the power leveling that Blizz wants to stop.
Yes, overall it sucks; but this isn’t really something Blizzard can address towards just the power level abusers. It is unfortunately one of those situations where a blanket fix is happening and others are being brought into it.

Its funny that this is the big outrage.

Originally Posted by Casperite

Give me a few examples of definitions that change all the time...

Years ago if you used the word Gay you were most likely referring to happy or fun, Gay old time. Today if you use the word Gay you most likely referring to a homosexual male, definitions shift and since "Video Game Exploit" isn't actually defined in any dictionary it's really not set in stone and is up to the developer to decide what they consider an exploit.

Originally Posted by FelPlague

and ten no one will do it because why do something that takes longer if it has no reward?
gamers will always choose the path of least resistance.

Because they enjoy it. I'm leveling to 60 in classic as a Holy Paladin. When legendary weapons drop in Borderlands 2 during normal mode I vendor them because it makes the game too easy. Only reason I don't like scaling is because it makes the game feel exactly the same from 1-120.

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Originally Posted by Arainie

I guess I'm not with the times nowdays, I like to be informed before I post any silly claims or start whinging away.

Want me to see it put all the information in the same place.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

but it's not Blizzard making all these posts.

So my stance stands.

I realize that Blizz put a blue post saying that this stupid aura change would just affect people who joined groups manually, but reading the thread on the main forums about it and all the people who use this to run dungeons with xp frozen toons with friends or family, this is just a dogshit idea that should never see the light of day, and Blizz ought to be ashamed if they go along with it.

prob just killing the lvl boosters before the new 120 boost comes out soon, based on that survey they sent out.

Originally Posted by Onikaroshi

Years ago if you used the word Gay you were most likely referring to happy or fun, Gay old time. Today if you use the word Gay you most likely referring to a homosexual male, definitions shift and since "Video Game Exploit" isn't actually defined in any dictionary it's really not set in stone and is up to the developer to decide what they consider an exploit.

You still on about this? You're discussing two different things:

The word "exploit" as used conversationally, and the word "exploit" as term used for the purposes for rules of the game.

People using XP locked 110 characters to boost others is not how the game designers intended the game to work. Doing so detracts from the game in general. According to the English Language, Logic, Rational Thinking and Plain Fucking Common Sense that's called exploiting the situation.

Now, I can agree with you that it's not an "exploit" in the sense of being a bannable offense. Which is why Blizzard have introduced a system to stop the problem instead of just banning the offenders.

And it's a good fix.