An exploit in the PvP battleground “Wintergrasp” has massive consequences for WoW WotLK Classic. There is virtually infinite honor.
With Wrath of the Lich King Classic, one of the most popular versions of World of Warcraft is available again. However, there are serious problems in the PvP battleground “Wintergrasp.” Players were able to farm almost infinite honor here. The culprit is a tiny detail that Blizzard overlooked: a supposedly unique battle is being “spammed” by the characters and results in excess honor.
What did the players do? Wintergrasp is the large battlefield in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Every 3 hours, players can sign up for 30 minutes to participate in this battle. It is actually an epic match lasting many minutes, where one side assaults a fortress while the defenders try to hold back the attackers.
The catch is this: during these 30 minutes, players can sign up for the battle as many times as they want if they complete a match quickly. As long as it falls within the time window of that half hour, players can theoretically participate in 3, 4, or even 5 battles.
How did this work? After players discovered that they could sign up for as many matches as they wanted within the 30 minutes, a meta quickly established itself. The “defenders” simply rush out of the fortress directly into the arms of the attackers.
The attackers quickly receive the necessary buffs to then immediately strike with the powerful siege machines. There is almost no resistance, allowing the attackers to win in just under 5 minutes, which results in about 10,000 honor and some tokens from Wintergrasp.
After that, players quickly sign up again and repeat the battle. The defenders almost immediately give up and bolster the attackers to fit as many matches as possible into the 30 minutes. About 5 matches are possible this way, which amounts to 50,000 honor.
The community is angry: The player base shows extreme disappointment with this incident. The fact that some characters now possess almost all equipment that can be purchased with honor is quite a problem. This gives these players a massive advantage over their peers who did not exploit this. However, it is also controversial whether this can even be called an exploit – after all, it is not the players’ fault that they can sign up for Wintergrasp without interruption.
What is clear is that the characters who are already level 80 benefit from this. Because even though Wintergrasp can be played from level 71 onwards, honor cannot be effectively spent on equipment until level 80. Those who leveled up quickly can now equip themselves with very strong gear.
It will also be interesting to see how Blizzard deals with this problem. Because the more time passes, the more characters have enriched themselves with the honor and the associated gear. Whether sanctions will follow, the removal of collected honor and gear, or whether it will just be tolerated that a character is now “finished” in terms of PvP remains to be seen.
Did you catch wind of this exploit? Are you also currently swimming in honor? Or would you not exploit it to not ruin your fun in the game?
