How the layer-exploit suspensions will go down

WoW Classic WoW Classic General Discussion
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The system is being abused for the purpose of greed and to cheaply get ahead of the curb.

I’ll give two definitions of the word ‘exploit’ from the Oxford dictionary to put this case to rest:

  1. Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
    “500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology”

  2. Make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand.
    “the company was exploiting a legal loophole”

There you have it my friend. No matter how many opinions you can muster you can’t beat the dictionary.

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according to the TOS they can ban you for anything they want to ban you for.

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So everything in WoW has been exploited so everything and everyone should be banned

#MyClassic

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It’s done lad.

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Well maybe when I was little

#MyClassic

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So, looks like it’s much ado about nothing, which is what I’ve suspected for days:

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fo real tho no one cares… esp. blizzard.

wanna know why? those “cheaters” are paid subscribers and your world is make believe!! keep your $15, LOL they got MILLIONS

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and you can’t beat reality — Money is real from “cheaters” or not, and your $15 isn’t anything compared to their money.

This is also how the real world works, hate to be the one to break it to you at this stage in your emotional development…

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Bro what are you talking about lol…

You’re right, my $15 is nothing. But collectively the $15 of all the people who don’t cheat is something.

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Yes. Thank you Blizzard Classic Team!

This was a train wreck approaching Classic and I am pleased they responded in time.

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Official stance: they acknowledge layering, sanction its use within reason, will add a timer, and the abuses are not as bad as advertised.

Options:

  1. Carry on with Classic (my choice)
  2. Quit because of Layering (whether the issue is real or imagined)
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Making use of layering is the same as making use of any other in game mechanic, be it the auction house, flight paths, or your Hearthstone.

They put it in the game intentionally for us to use. Not our fault it’s a terrible idea and is awful in every way. I’m going to use it until I’m told otherwise, because the way I see it it’s just another part of the game. Like taking the boat from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine.

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That’s good to know

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Even though we literally saw live on stream APES had HUNDREDS of arane crystals.

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I suspect APES will get dinged. Not only have they destroyed their server economy, they made a mockery of raid achievements. You can get away with a lot, but you can’t trash the one thing the devs care about most (raids).

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Yeah. Not gonna happen.

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A statement is already being made. Blizzard will not tolerate exploitation for their beloved Classic.

Exploiters will be tracked down easily and either suspensions and/or a wipe of their character will occur.

This is serious. The Classic Team loves this game more than we do. They are not going to allow a few exploiters to hurt Classic. It is not worth the risk either. I mean they are probably raking in $10-30 million per month in subs? Other MMO’s have experienced declines when economies get screwed.

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It turns out that layer hopping using this /who technique doesn’t actually work and people have been lying that it is effective. See the latest blue post from blizzard (not a new thread just a post in a thread)

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Imagine actually thinking people are going to get banned for layer hopping.

The absolute state of the Classic forums.

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Well you could start spending the next day layer-hopping using 3rd party addons and farming mats/nodes and see how it works out for you…

I hope you don’t as you seem like a nice Orc.