Capping flags while invis?

PVP Battlegrounds
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Can you use invis pots and start capping without popping out of stealth? That’s the main thing I’m wondering.

I mean, yes, sometimes my eyes get tired watching a flag, but I have ‘seen’ rogues do what the OP described. It’s like by the time you see the flag-turn animation, there’s only a second or so before it caps and then you do actually see the rogue.

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LOL… maybe Blizzard is actually playing 4d chess with us and coded some hack into the game that makes it so when a rogue de-stealths within 5 yards of a flag, they throw a delay before other players see the rogue appear on their end. basically a handicap to rogues to make it easier to ninja? maybe it’s working as intended :smiley:

think about that maybe lol

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I’m glad I’m not the only one. A lot of people here seem to think I was talking about being clever or hiding behind poles, but I specifically meant not rendering (nameplate or character) until the cap is done.

I’ll definitely be reporting anyone I see do that in the future, with the expectation they are knowingly exploiting something…

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Yeah, I’m all for rogues, mages, whatever trying to do their sneaky stuff to cap flags, BUT upon clicking that little golden gear symbol they should automatically become visible for the full duration and invis pots shouldn’t work either. Just speaking from a logical standpoint which I’m not sure blizz agrees with. :cowboy_hat_face:

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Pretty sure it’s not an exploit. At least, not one you can consciously use.

I think it’s because a Rogue/Mage clicks on the Flag and there’s a lag in the Server which causes the server to not immediately recognize that they left stealth. So they get an extra second of where they’re still stealthed while capping.

If anything, it’s more of a issue with how fast you can cap flags now that you can actually cap within a Global Cooldown.

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I see this a lot in rated battlegrounds. It’s actually considered a hack in my opinion because it requires a 3rd party program. From what I’ve heard, it has something to do with a VPN. They are actually phasing out while capping a base. It’s pretty awful that these sorts of things are running wild… especially in rated game play. I report them but nothing ever happens. The real problem is when you report someone it’s all just AI stuff now days. I went as far as opening a ticket and waited days for a response and I only received a response that was clearly copy/pasted that was barely relevant to the problem. Starting to think that all in game responses are AI. Game Masters probably don’t even exist anymore. If they do exist, I’ve sure lost faith in them :sob:. In the off chance that there is a GM that sees this I just have to say… I’ve been playing this game since 2006. If I report someone for cheating, you can take it to the bank that the person I reported is cheating. You should do something about it.

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That rogue shadow duel should be more obvious. Like deep purple on the edge of the screen.

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Sir and or madam, this post was 5 years old. LOL