Blizzard justifies why there will be penalties for exploit users in WoW Classic. They exploited a bug with significant consequences.
Just yesterday we reported on a massive exploit in World of Warcraft Classic. Some guilds and players found a way to respawn raid and dungeon bosses multiple times in WoW Classic. Blizzard has announced penalties for those who exploited this issue.
Some fans did not understand why Blizzard would impose penalties when the fault lies in the programming of the developers. Blizzard has now clarified several points regarding this.
The exploit is actually related to the layering technology.
Those who cheat intentionally are guilty: The community manager Lore explained in a lengthy post in the forum what the crucial point is regarding whether players will be punished: intent.
If the exploit was intentionally induced to profit and farm raid bosses multiple times, then it is clearly intent. This is especially true considering that the exploit is quite complex and one has to take several steps to induce it.
While it is possible to accidentally stumble upon this bug, repeated occurrences and subsequent exploitation clearly indicate that one intended to profit and gain an unfair advantage.
Not everyone will be punished: The community manager emphasizes that not all players who encountered the exploit will be punished. If it can be established that the exploit was singular and not intentionally created, then one can probably expect no penalties.
As an example, they mentioned the streamer Esfand. He also experienced another bug where suddenly the entire raid respawned. However, he and his group did not exploit this bug and reported it to Blizzard immediately.
The difference is obvious: In conclusion, Lore says:
Of course, neither of the two situations is ideal – we are doing our best to create a fair playing field for everyone. But there is a massive difference between “The instance was reset and we don’t know why” and “If we use this one weird trick, we can farm the instance boss endlessly.” And that really is the key factor that turns a small accident into an exploit.
What penalties are there now? The extent of the penalties is now known. The penalties range from a 1-month ban to a permanent account ban, presumably in connection with whether the player has had negative behavior in the past. Additionally, all ill-gotten items will be stripped from the affected players.
Do you think it’s good that Blizzard distinguishes so clearly between exploit and “accident” and wants to enforce penalties? Or are the developers themselves at fault for leaving such a bug in the game?
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