Blizzard has responded and quietly eliminated a way for players to cheat multiple hundred honor levels in WoW.
A few days ago, we reported that players in World of Warcraft were deliberately farming to boost their honor level. Raids of 40 players were being alternately slaughtered, which meant a lot of honor for everyone involved. Blizzard has now put a stop to this method. A hotfix reduces the honor gained.
What happened? At Darkshore, several full raid groups of Alliance and Horde players met, facing each other and being killed alternately by the other faction. This happened right within the graveyard range, so the resurrection took only a few seconds.
After that, the other side was allowed to kill the group of opponents. This way, players earned several honor levels within a few hours to claim the rewards.
What was changed? Before the change, killing in a raid granted all players the full honor amount of the victim. Thus, several hundred honor points could be earned per group kill. Now, killing a complete raid group per player only results in a measly honor point. This makes the agreed farming in the open world hardly worthwhile; real PvP and battlegrounds are once again the best farming method.
No decision about penalties. Many players are demanding that those who exploited this mechanic face an account penalty or have their honor revoked. Blizzard has not commented on this so far – so it could be that a penalty will be omitted, as there was no classic “win-trading” and no PvP ranking was distorted.
Did you also participate in this honor farming method? Or are you too proud for such things and prefer to collect points in the traditional way in the real battleground?
