Party wide twink XP debuff 8.2 .... WHAT?!

[Vystian-dalaran]

Just watched Bell’s latest vid, thankfully now there will be a buff for all members of the group it looks like that explicitly states when someone has switched off their xp. So you’ll instantly know what you’re in for the moment you join and can plan your bail/kick accordingly.

[Fastyboi-turalyon]

I personally twink for PvE. Not sure how that makes other players’ game experience worse

[anon23151774]

They did not label twinking as an exploit. The Tauren is being obtuse on purpose. He needs to point to the spot on the doll where the twink hurt him.

[Blimpo-thunderhorn (Blimpo)]

Great, now Trolls and Jerks can go turn their XP off and waste all the time people who want to level via by Island expeditions or dungeons

Obviously people with xp off will have to be in their own group otherwise it will penalize people.

[Fastyboi-turalyon]

Right now on the ptr it is not doing that though. Who knows with blizzard these days

[Amarlly-azuremyst (Amarlly)]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Great, now Trolls and Jerks can go turn their XP off and waste all the time people who want to level via by Island expeditions or dungeons.

@Kaivax

This won’t happen.

The change only affects groups that manually invite player characters who have XP off. There is no impact on players who find themselves automatically grouped by the matchmaker while doing PvP or Group Finder dungeons.

Per Blizz, trolling shouldn’t be possible.

[Elízer-stormreaver]

Twinks ruin the game!

[Waalsh-stormrage]

This is to maximize their boost token sales. Not even a conspiracy anymore.

[Fastyboi-turalyon]

120 boosts coming soon

[Ahleesa-malganis]

@Kaivax

The change only affects groups that manually invite player characters who have XP off. There is no impact on players who find themselves automatically grouped by the matchmaker while doing PvP or Group Finder dungeons.

This change also doesn’t affect anyone who has turned off XP for their own benefit, such as plundering old raids while keeping their level low enough to use their Aggramar’s Stride boots.

Official word.

[Thèón-emerald-dream (Thèón)]

If your idea of fun is holding an unfair gear advantage so you can ignore skill while making other players’ game experience worse, then you are the one with the problem

Max level mythic raiders in a random bg is the same thing. Why is it so bad at a lower level?

[Fastyboi-turalyon]

Recent, Offical word.

[Tilra-the-scryers (Tilra)]

why is this post flagged?

[Vicktoria-area-52 (Vicktoria)]

Yea you can buy a boost to 120 when 9.0 comes out. When the content is no longer relevant as a catch up mechanic.

[Thèón-emerald-dream (Thèón)]

Probably 8.3.

[Vicktoria-area-52 (Vicktoria)]

Did it work that way for WOD or legion?

[Thèón-emerald-dream (Thèón)]

Yes. In Legion.

[Vicktoria-area-52 (Vicktoria)]

You could boost to 110 at 7.3?

[Thèón-emerald-dream (Thèón)]

Yes. You could. I did it with my priest.

[Nirrti-borean-tundra]

I’m kinda baffled by the sheer number of people in here who see twinking ONLY as cheating, exploiting, and harmful. There are NUMEROUS reasons why someone might stop XP and twink out a character for their own reasons.

For example, right now, my entire guild is working toward the Herald of the Titans feat of strength which REQUIRES stopping XP at 77 and again at 80 to farm out the necessary gear for the fight. That necessary gear in many cases comes from dungeons so many of us have been queuing to try to get that gear since there aren’t always guildies online to run us through at max level.

Why should we be punished for trying to get this amazing feat of strength now that scaling has made it so difficult you HAVE to twink for it? Why should people we randomly group with be punished for it? etc. What is wrong, in general, with people enjoying the game the way they want to instead of this highly controlled, scripted way Blizz seems to keep herding us into?