A Paladin leads the entire Ardenweald in World of Warcraft – the enemies are quite astonished as an NPC avalanche simply rolls over them.
In a game the size of World of Warcraft, there are always minor bugs and exploits that can be exploited by creative players. However, hardly anyone showcases these errors as beautifully as the Paladin Rextroy. In his latest video, he assembles an army of 300 strong NPCs to raid the Horde – which dies in a fraction of a second.
What has the player done? In his latest video, player Rextroy demonstrates another crazy performance. Once again, he targets innocent Horde players – but does not take them down himself. Instead, an army of over one hundred Sylvar takes on this job and overwhelms the opponents.
The massacre is pretty brutal and typically lasts only a few fractions of a second. Once the Sylvar have locked onto a player, it usually happens extremely quickly – a single attack from all Sylvar is enough to send most players to the ground.
Later, Rextroy tries to let two armies battle each other with a friend – but this fails as the enraged Sylvar immediately pounce on each other.
How does it work? The trick behind this army is a bonus objective in Ardenweald. In “The Fallen Tree”, players can free Sylvar from cages as a mission objective, who then support the player for a few minutes. The catch: If the player is in a raid group when opening the cage, it neither counts towards the quest progress nor does the cage get “used up”. This allows players to open a cage every 2 seconds and add another Sylvar to their army.
Is this forbidden? Yes, generally such actions are forbidden and fall under unfair exploitation of game mechanics. However, it is expected that the bug will be fixed in the coming hours or may already be by the time you read this article.
In general, Rextroy reports his discovered exploits directly to Blizzard, giving developers enough time to fix these bugs so they are not exploited across all realms. This way, Rextroy always has enough time to create a cool video with his find, without harming the gaming experience of World of Warcraft for the masses.
What do you think of this clip? A cool idea that one must first come up with? Or quite unfair and embarrassing that such a thing is even possible?
