Those who wanted to exploit “Layer Hopping” in World of Warcraft Classic are now out of luck. A hotfix has resolved the issue with higher wait times.
To play as effectively as possible and gain an advantage over others, some players exploited “Layer Hopping” in WoW Classic. This allowed them to gather additional resources or enemies and progress faster.
However, this has now been significantly restricted by a hotfix, rendering it almost useless.
The first player at level 60 was able to farm particularly effectively through Layer Hopping.
What has changed now? For some hours now, a hotfix has been active in WoW Classic. When a player changes layers, for example, by accepting a group invitation, the first switch is almost instantaneous. However, if one joins additional groups shortly after, which would again result in a layer change, there is a delay. This delay increases the more frequently one changes layers in a short period of time. Blizzard refers to this as “several minutes or more”.
However, this “penalty” decreases over time. If someone does not change layers for a longer period and then joins a group, they should quickly find themselves back with their group members.
What was Layer Hopping used for? By changing layers, players could secure several smaller and larger advantages. For example, as a mage, one could farm enemies continuously without having to wait for respawns. One simply needed to switch layers, and all enemies would be back.
Camping rare spawns or special vendors who only have a limited number of recipes available is also popular. Especially the recipes for tailoring bags are in high demand, leading to the corresponding vendor being consistently occupied – the recipe for the rune cloth bag, for example, appears only every few hours.
Those who can work through several layers in a row have a clear advantage and can attempt their luck multiple times with the same vendor in different layers.
Have you used Layer Hopping to gain an advantage? Or have you intentionally avoided these little tricks as they go against the “Classic” feel?
Ihr wollt mehr zum Spiel? Tolle Specials, heiße News und interessante Infos zu World of Warcraft findet ihr auch auf unserer WoW-Seite auf Facebook.
