- Blizzard absolutely should have stated it was an exploit and using the exploit would result in a ban.
- Blizzard should implement methods (such as events) that dramatically increase the speed of leveling.
- Anyone who used the exploit should be penalized.
- Content creators who publicized the exploit should receive stiffer penalties.
All of these statements are true, and do not invalidate each other.
Dude come on, we both jumped on people in the Classic forums for making statements about WoW's population to suit their narrative, you can use it as well but you can't claim it is as a fact that it is hemorrhaging subs. Are they losing subs? Most likely yes. Are they losing them at an 'alarming' rate? I don't think so. But that is just a guess.
And the wow refuge meme can mostly be just that too. A meme. There could be other factors besides just wow refugees on sub growth for other games. I'm not naive however, I'm sure some people leaving WoW are going to other MMOs causing them to grow, but we don't know how many either.
People need to go back and read the eula :
Cheats; i.e. methods, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, influencing and/or facilitating the gameplay, including exploits of any in-game bugs, and thereby granting you and/or any other user an advantage over other players not using such methods;
If you signed it and then played the game and did something that is mentioned above then you had it coming , own it
People need to stop parroting youtubers
Contrary to the belief that some are saying, it actually isn't a good idea for Blizzard to do this. It only pushes players to believe that any other exploit in the game they find is okay until Blizzard singles it out and says "no it's not." Blizzard should have to hold anyone's hand to point out an obvious exploit is actually an exploit.
What is there to cover? Something is not an exploit just because Blizzard talks about it. They legally don't have to talk about anything before taking account action. Their rights are all covered in the EULA and TOS.
Is it possible "innocent" people got caught up? Sure. Some might have not realized it was an exploit after watching some streamer or friend/guildy do it. But ignorance isn't really a defense. Most people would be able to tell that the item is not working as intended if it only works when you have 1 item stacks.
"Man is his own star. His acts are his angels, good or ill, While his fatal shadows walk silently beside him."-Rhyme of the Primeval Paradine AFC 54
You know a community is bad when moderators lock a thread because "...this isnt the place to talk about it either seeing as it will get trolled..."
Is there any actual proof this is a thing?
ESO and XIV both just had expansion announcements and are getting their usual boons due to that which will stick around for a few months before and after each xpac. Nothing to do with WoW and pretty sure no other MMO is in a growth or boom, period.
This seems like an actual meme, aka not real. Feelcraft at best. The majority of players that quit or take breaks from WoW don't actually play other MMOs as obvious by the massive disparity in player bases. WoW has lost probably 5 mil subs over the last half decade or so, those 5 million didn't magically turn up in other MMOs they just play other games. Which is why the genre as a whole outside of the big 3 is dying. Only a fraction of the players that quit WoW actually turn up in other MMOs, most probably just start playing whatever the current fad is(IE in the past mobas, or now BRs)
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Your "factually" incorrect there as you make a statement of fact for "signs" which are not fact in any way ... there err signs, ie a guess or possibility, you have no actual facts you can use to prove with facts that what your suggesting is correct.
And given Blizz no longer release sub numbers ... your pretty much grasping at thin air.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men: Jean Rostand. Yeah, Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair colour!.
Classic: "The tank is the driver, the healer is the fuel, and the DPS are the kids sitting in the back seat screaming and asking if they're there yet."
Irony >> "do they even realize that having a state religion IS THE REASON WE LEFT BRITTEN? god these people are idiots"
Don't you realize there's a significant difference between the two situations? Between "I just have to camp that spawn point" and "I'll separate the exp potions in stacks of 1"?
People didn't get banned for using the Tools of the trade cauldron bug because the players using this bug did nothing wrong (albeit ethically questionable, but that's not the issue here). They just clicked on a item that happened to respawn faster, good for them.
People got banned for using the exp potion bug because they deliberately separated the potions and made the item not work as intended.
It would have been the same if the exp potions had given, let's say, a flat +200% xp instead of +10% without any players' action. It's not the player's fault if an item isn't working as intended, it's his fault if he's deliberately making the item not work as intended (in that case, stacking the bonus).
Last edited by Barzotti; 2019-03-25 at 12:39 AM.
No, the drama is a direct product of people thinking it's OK to abuse it. It was clearly not intended, and you cannot take silence to mean it's OK. That's just a stupid assumption to make. We all know Blizzard has sucked majorly at communicating lately.
So unstacking items is now exploit?
Honestly? 100% developers fault.
If they would be sued over such ban they would loose.
As there is no way prove that is not working as intended. No external tool was used and it wasnt even complicated.
Blizz shoud Just rollback those toons and fix the bug. Admit to mistake. Pride is going to be their downfall