The layering exploit allows you to spawn the exact same node, right in front of you, over and over, instantly. You can literally click to harvest the node, swap layers in seconds, and immediately click to harvest it again. For hours and hours and hours.
I saw somebody with nearly 1000 Black Lotus. If you didn’t know, these things are absolutely gold. At this point I don’t doubt people have ~1 million gold worth of items due to these exploits.
FIX THIS!
EDIT! I’VE JUST BEEN TOLD HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR LAYER AND SWAP AUTOMATICALLY!!!
I’ve been told that the method to determine your unique layer has now been figured out, and boy oh boy, it is easy!
That’s it - Classic is in big trouble. Blizzard needs to fix this asap!
Don’t worry this will all be fixed in Phase 2 lol. But ya this is an issue with layering, this is all known, blizzard knows it, nothing they cna do. Punishing a player who is “exploiting” something they knew and we all know was going to be an issue would be silly. In the lifespan of classic this is not going to be an issue, and the economy will stabilize.
yeah, layer hopping abuse can be a problem, but this particular claim needs some backup. 1000 black lotus? 3000 arcanes? I’ma need something more than a forum post.
#1 they can determine who was hopping layers as this information is surely tracked and stored.
#2 During the timestamps of layer abusing, delete all items gained by that player.
#3 During the timestamps of layer abusing, revert all XP gained by that player.
#4 If layer abusing occurs X number of times, issue a ban for X amount of time.
AS FOR THE PEOPLE SAYING IT IS FALSE:
It doesn’t take much of a thought process here. You can spawn a node in seconds. Let us assume 2x a minute. Do that for 10 hours. That is 1200 units of Black Lotus right there.
That 10 hours will give you enough gold for the ENTIRE LIFETIME OF THE GAME.
Ya that would be a huge amount of players to go after lol for something that was known way ahead of time, even by them. They knew people would do this, expected people to do this, nothing is going to be done. If your mad, go play a different game or get over it…
Debateable: if they’re all in one dude’s bank, they aren’t available unless he sells them. so he and his guild can let flasks go onsie-twosie, keeping the price high. See: diamonds IRL.
Come on, man. Its the internet. What would be the point of any of this if we couldn’t go ballistic over something that might be completely fabricated?
It is not a bannable thing until Blizzard says it is. It is nothing wrong with them doing it either. They are utilizing something that blizzard put into place. Layering is also not permanent. It is going away. Let the little toad abuse and abuse. He will develop a reputation and no one will work with him. That is what communities are for.
The reason I want proof is that while you can swap layers, you can’t force a new layer to spawn. you have as many layers as exist and IDK how many that is. so sure, maybe you get 10 times the spawns, but that still won’t be 1000. I find the claim heavily suspect in general, more evident of fearmongering than legitimate issue.