FINAL EDIT: Despite these issues, we still need to be thankful of Blizzard. See here: Despite layering exploits, we should be thankful of Blizzard
EDIT: I would love to be shown that what I am seeing is wrong. I am not here to spread misinformation. My post shows the results of my own testing and the honest interpretation of those results. It does appears to be correct. You can test this all for yourself. Take a look at the data results and tell me what your conclusion is.
If I am mistaken then I will definitely update the post. But for now, based on what many people are saying, and based upon my tests, the results I have found seem to be correct.
There are now multiple addons to determine your layer and exploit layer switching. It is known you can determine your layer with the /who command.
Blizzard stated this isn’t possible:
However, there is proof that indicates this is not correct. The following screenshot for example:
https:// imgur . com/a/Z8j3I6E
Clearly shows the difference from seeing your local layer characters (using z- command) and then showing the entire layer characters (not using the z- in /who).
To see your specific layer:
/who with the following: z- “Origrimmar” 1-2
To see the entire server of all layers:
/who with the following: “Origrimmar” 1-2
In addition, you can determine this by looking at the “General Chat” for your area.
I have confirmed the above by doing multiple zones, using multiple level ranges, on multiple characters that were confirmed to be in different layers. It seems to me that you absolutely CAN determine your layer easily.
Why this matters:
Two big reasons:
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It confirms that players are absolutely abusing the layering system for personal gain.
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It confirms that Blizzard does not fully understand how the layering system is being exploited for personal gain.
The #2 is very telling because, if the exploiters cheating the game using layering, and Blizzard believe layering is not being exploited, then we have no reason to expect Blizzard to fix the exploit and suspend/ban the cheaters if they can’t even acknowledge the exploit even exists.
This is what the community wants:
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Acknowledge that exploiting layer hopping for personal gain is against the rules of the game. This is very, very important.
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For the layering exploit to be immediately fixed. This can be easily done by forcing a player to stick to a layer for a period of time and disallow a switch. This should have been done at the start.
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Reverse all XP gains that utilized layering exploits. This can be easily done by determining XP gains that were made within X period of time that a X amount of layer switches happened.
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Remove all reputation and gold and item gains that utilized layering exploits. This can be easily done using the method in #3.
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Suspend and/or ban those who used layering exploits. This includes streamers who used these exploits to reach the world’s first level 60 and to clear MC first.
EDIT: Lots of proof in this thread. Here is more: