Exploration has been almost entirely limited/removed in retail from what ive seen, due to the level of polish they needed for the world when flying mounts were added, along with the cataclysm map rework even. So, in classic, are the many exploration spots that are now available again bannable to go back into AS LONG AS YOU DONT USE IT FOR AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE? Im aware that if you use it to exploit, that will obviously be a bannable offense, however, im asking for places that merely look weird or cool, outside of the intended play area that can only be accessed via wall climbing/wall jumping.
If by exploration you mean exploiting a terrain bug to go under the map or into walls, I wouldn’t risk it.
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Well people still use the bug where you can attack Chromaggus through a wall to completely trivialize the fight.
You can go through any instance portal in the game without triggering the instance.
You can fly inside the “inaccessible” buildings in Cathedral District by just… flying into a roof.
You can get out of Mechagon Workshop and out into eastern Drustvar, or just Mechagon Junkyard, while still instanced, in Mythic+.
You can jump right out of Neltharion’s Lair with a Demon Hunter. And Throne of the Tides. And Well of Eternity. And End Time. And, and, and, etc, etc, etc.
You can jump right out of the Emerald Dreamway hub area as a Druid (or anyone with leaps while on Kalec’s quest for T2 Crucible of Flame).
There’s plenty of broken crap still. It’s just that a lot of it has to do with instances at this point.
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Try it and see
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technically you could get in trouble, but tbh blizzard doesnt care or monitor classic that closely
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The only thing that is 100% guaranteed to be bannable is modifying the game files to show a clear path to gm island. The rest, swimming to quel’thalas, etc not bannable.
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also just curious, is GM island even in classic? i wouldnt try to go there if it is, since ive heard being there is an insta-tempban, though ive also heard some people say its completely absent from classics map.
I cannot say, I know for sure it’s been removed on retail though.
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Guildie told me about demon hunter jumping up black temple chains to go kill illidan. Still have to kill the first couple bosses for doors to open to get to where the chains are. I got pretty high on the chains, but not whichever spot allowed him to get to Illidan. Pretty sure he wasn’t pulling my chain though.
i suppose thats true. i barely play retail anymore so i havent really tried much of these things
They completely removed GM island which is a real shame. From classic and retail.
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Not sure about now, but in vanilla, we jumped the wall to hyjal, then summoned guildies in the water under the tree and drown them. Good times 
A gm finally whispered us after about two hours and said we had to leave.
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Or modifications altering the characters… 
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Exploration is not bannable.
Knowingly doing things you aren’t supposed to do, is a grey area.
Don’t confuse them.
im sort of confused what you specifically mean by
“knowingly doing things you aren’t supposed to do”
Eh, it’s a bit of a weird space with terminology. You’re right in terms of the intent though, just the terms are weird.
Because “exploiting” implies you gain some unfair benefit from doing it. The VAST majority of things of this nature that we’re talking about here grant 0 advantage. Blizzard just doesn’t want you there because it’s unfinished/won’t be finished and gives a poor impression of the game if it’s shared around and someone not in the know sees it.
Exploration is used because you’re seeing areas that aren’t normally accessible. You’re seeing things that take going out of your way to find, as opposed to just stumbling through the standard map and seeing it all basically on accident.
You are asking if accessing a place that you know has been deemed “bannable” is ok.
You know you aren’t supposed to access it.
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oh, i see. But what would differentiate exploration areas and areas that are deemed to be bannable, that i shouldn’t be in? i would assume it would be in any places that give you an advantage, but besides that, are there any other places that would be categorized as that?
IIRC the only reason GM Island was insta ban was because it required actually screwing with something to get to. Not just abusing clipping through a barrier with a mount or something.
I don’t remember what exactly was required to get there, but I’m pretty sure it was one of the “okay that’s going a bit far” things.
Standard stuff I don’t think they tend to ban for. Just a “hey you can’t be here” and the equivalent of a verbal warning. If they even notice. And honestly I doubt they notice anymore.