Warning: "/console turnspeed (x)" command is abusable in BGs. You can change someone else's turnspeed via Mind Control

I already submitted a bug report, but I want to put this in General Discussion so that people know how to fix it. Solution: set the turnspeed back to default value after you’ve been affected by this exploit or avoid the Mind Control until Blizzard fixes this.
Default turnspeed =

/console turnspeed 180


Priests are Mind Controlling people and inputing “/console turnspeed (x)” during the MC to alter your turnspeed. When you leave the MC, your turnspeed is whatever the Priest set it to. He can set it to (0) which makes your a and d keys do nothing, or he can set it to some outrageous number like (3000) and make you do 360s(x9999) if you turn even a little bit.

This is obviously unintended. I found a Reddit thread on /r/worldofpvp that dates back 9 days ago from the creation of this post detailing exactly what I describe. I guess people have been doing it for a while now.

Many players do not understand what is going on or how to fix it. You can simply input the default value “/console turnspeed 180” to set it back to normal. This is still considered an exploit and should be dealt with immediately. I enjoy boosting my turnspeed just to turn really fast myself. It’s hilarious imo, but altering other peoples’ settings is across the line.

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PvP issue so don’t expect Bliz to do anything about it for months.

Should be something Bliz addresses though since another player shouldn’t be able to change your char settings at all.

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Imagine if they could /afk someone in a BG with this.

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Do not give Blizzard any ideas.

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The moral here is don’t keyboard turn.

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Imagine if they could screw with literally any other setting. What if there was some sort of “reset keybindings to default” command?

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Sounds like this should be a bannable offense.

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Agreed

/10 char

yea that’s ridiculous

Right? I set my A and D keys to strafe left and right. I haven’t turned with my keyboard in like 15 years.

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Makes you wonder what else you can do. If you have a portable mailbox, can the priest mail all your gold to himself?

Ah, so that is how people were spinning infinitely the other day. Here I was only able to manage brief fits of spinning with maxed mouse sensitivity. HMMMM.

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Players caught doing this should be given a lengthy ban full stop. There isn’t really a scenario where someone does this on accident.

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Idk what you’re doing in pvp if you havnt rebound A and D to strafe yet lol

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Changing another player’s variables during mind control seems unintended.

Wait. There are people that don’t do this?

Its fair imo, its mind control after all /s

Holy moly…if that actually works, there are a ton of commands that would be much more destructive than that… Might want to get on this one pretty quickly Blizz lol.

Yea it’s strange and some don’t unbind backpeddle too

Reason #235452 to remove mind control from the game.

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