Fix the AV druid exploit

[Shadows-grobbulus]

@Azzuree-smolderweb

No they are calling that crap out before the first battle even occurs.

Correct. Alliance ask for a volunteer to hold druids before the gates have even opened.

@Crayoladream-atiesh

I think this would be a terrible idea. But I’m done with my rep grind for my alts so have at it. I know if they did this and I was in the middle of my rep grind, I would never set foot in there again.

Good riddance. BGs should be played to win, not viewed as a rep farm.

[Shotanakama-faerlina]

Playing AV with your 37 rogue? lol

[Mootwo-earthfury]

This is a great idea if the goal is to drive up horde queue times as alliance just won’t bother to play AV at all on their alts anymore, and that’s the only alliance left in there.

I’ve played AV a few hundred times at least and I’ve seen Ivus actually summoned around 5 times and not bug out once. The druids have been released most games and die most games to horde. When against the AV premades they never bothered with him.

[Crayoladream-atiesh]

@Shadows-grobbulus

Good riddance. BGs should be played to win, not viewed as a rep farm.

Yeah, screw people who don’t play the way I like to play. Hey, no skin off my nose. Let’s see what happens. I still think it’s a terrible idea.

[Ismiteu-faerlina]

@Shadows-grobbulus

Good riddance. BGs should be played to win, not viewed as a rep farm.

until actiblizzard fixes the map, all it will ever be is a rep farm for alliance.

[Graff-nathrezim]

@Ultrakill-atiesh

Exploit of clicking on druids within a few seconds so they dont go into battle.

It’s not an exploit, it’s a feature. That way you can time the release of the druids to the release of the ram riders. If they go separately they each get killed easily, releasing them together greatly increases the chances they can make a difference.

It’s a useful feature that Blizzard put in the game.

[Azzuree-smolderweb]

@Graff-nathrezim

If they go separately they each get killed easily, releasing them together greatly increases the chances they can make a difference.

They still get kited to the back of the horde zerg and killed (unless the horde are completely incompetent)

[Graff-nathrezim]

I said it increases the chances, it doesn’t make it certain that they will succeed. This is why you release them together, to give them the best possible chances and use them to mount an assault.

It’s certainly a long shot but better than just letting the druids just go off on their own.

[Azzuree-smolderweb]

Just because you CAN use this as a way to get a slight tactical advantage does not make this an intended mechanic. Nobody ever uses it for this reason either btw.

[Graff-nathrezim]

@Azzuree-smolderweb

Nobody ever uses it for this reason either btw.

I use it for this reason and I’ve seen others do so too.

AV has tons of quirks. Are they features or are they bugs? Blizzard hasn’t fixed them or commented on them so we have to assume they are features. Otherwise if they were bugs/exploits they would have gotten fixed, right?

I mean, if bugs don’t get fixed then they are de facto features. So if Blizzard wants to step in and fix all these AV features then we’ll know for sure. Until then it’s yet another tool in the game.

[Azzuree-smolderweb]

There are literally tons of exploits in the game that have not been fixed, but are still considered reportable offenses. Your arguement is on par with sneaking onto someone’s property because they have a hole in their fence, and saying its not against the law because if it were they would have fixed the fence.

[Valinia-incendius]

Ye fix the last bastion for alliance AV rep farming. Then nobody is gonna queue this trash bg ever again

[Graff-nathrezim]

@Azzuree-smolderweb

There are literally tons of exploits in the game that have not been fixed, but are still considered reportable offenses.

Sure but not the druids. No one, to my knowledge, has ever been banned for doing it. The same goes for the backdoors in AV, single pulls on Vann or Drek, and many other such “features”.

If they are bugs or exploits then Blizzard should act on them. Since they aren’t policing them or fixing them then all these are features and should be used at will.

[Maer-fairbanks]

yes lets remove one of the last incentives for alliance to queue for AV

[Ziryus-doomhammer (Ziryus)]

@Azzuree-smolderweb

There are literally tons of exploits in the game that have not been fixed, but are still considered reportable offenses. Your arguement is on par with sneaking onto someone’s property because they have a hole in their fence, and saying its not against the law because if it were they would have fixed the fence.

Well maybe if blizzard would fix the tree so he didn’t bug out when you summon him alliance would be more inclined to try to summon him.

[Crayoladream-atiesh]

@Maer-fairbanks

yes lets remove one of the last incentives for alliance to queue for AV

If it wouldn’t screw over so many alliance I would actually be in favor of this just to see what it would do to the queue.

[Daswings-moon-guard (Daswings)]

I’m not understanding this druid bug and what the OP meant by it.

[Sylvano-bloodsail-buccaneers]

If it means that even fewer people queue AV? Go for it.

IF queues reach 4-6 hours then most horde wont even be able to try and get a match in.

[Graff-nathrezim]

You go to the druids and turn in crystals. When they get enough they will head off to summon the tree guy. However, someone can keep talking to them and not stop and they will stay. People can continue to turn in crystals while the druids are stopped.

Some do this to hold the druids so they can be released at the same time as other troops, such as the ram riders. The druids and the riders are much stronger when combined like that and will have a better chance at actually getting to the summon point. Some people do it to allow extra turn-ins for rep.

[Azzuree-smolderweb]

Ally will assign somebody to talk to the druids in AV to keep them from running off after the set amount of storm crystals have been turned in for them to begin attempting to summon Treezus. The side effect of holding them in place is that this allows you to turn in an infinite amount of storm crystals for rep well after the summoning cap has been reached. This has become the ally AV meta. Turtle at SH and then SP to get as many turn ins as possible.