Advice now that Zolo is 'fixed'

[Kyudo]

I guess a lot of you never heard of the Jana Proundmore mass ban of an entire horde guild?

So I'm intreagued about this statement. I looked it up, interesting stuff, same conclusion. Players found something interesting, "exploited" it as much as possible, Blizz hotfixed it.... Bit of human nature in action tbh.

And it was a 3 day ban to be precise.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...eNo=1&sid=1#12

[Toned]

Exploiting something doesn't mean you're doing something wrong. Ever buy low sell high? Thats an exploit. Do quests in a planned order to level quickly? Exploit. Save quests to do after you hit 70 for the gold reward? Exploit. Level up and do a group quest by yourself at a higher level than intended?(or play a hunter) Exploit. Play multiple characters at the same time? Exploit. In all of these situations you're exploiting a game mechanic that is intended, but the results of someone finding a way to get the most out of it probably wasn't intended. They knew you could sit at zolo spawning stuff that gave exp, they just didn't think it could be so rewarding.

And it wasn't around before TBC. You needed level 70 to make it work to a degree worth using.

I think you're confused about what exploiting is. Saving quests or doing them in a planned order isn't exploiting. Working the auction house isn't exploiting either that is taking advantage of some one elses stupidity. Sitting at Zolo doing nothing is exploiting, opening the mechanar chest as a rogue was exploiting the mobs pathing.

[puppychow]

back to the original topic, imo ZF is absolutely horrible for boost leveling. I took my 4 shamans (40) and 70 pally in there, parked em at the zone in, and had my pally mount up (woot) and run and grab a bunch of mobs. Note: do not try to grab 3/4ths of the instance, they WILL kill you (lol). I grabbed about 40-50 mobs (up to first "junction" where it splits in 3 ways), brought em back, and aoe'd em down.

And it was awful, every single mob runs when its at low health, and most never actually come back to you! wtf! they just wander around all over the place, and you have to run them down and kill them one by one. Takes freaking forever. I did it for about 2 hours, pulling about 2 sets and resetting the instance, took about 15-20 mins per run. I was getting ~35-40k xp/hour, which is pretty awful. Did do a final clear-whole-zone and complete some quests (including stairs and final boss).

Anyways with a pally I wouldn't recommend boosting with ZF, its not that great. Gonna try out BRD tomorrow, hopefully that is a little better.

[Xealous]

Arena win traders for the most part got 72 hour bans, not perma bans.

Didn't they get their PvP gear stripped too?

Some people got their gear stripped but did not get a suspension. Some people got both. I didn't hear of people getting suspended but not getting gear taken away, possible but unlikely.
MOST people who exploited the arena/bgs had nothing at all happen to them. Play in the <1500 bracket for a while and look at all the S3 weapon/shoulder teams that are terrible at PVP and you'll get a feel for how many people bought points and personal ratings and were untouched.

Afaik - this all depends on whether you're in EU, US or Asia. I know in Asia for win-trading you will get stripped, but US and EU are a little bit more lenient XD

[accretion]

Hunters, feral druids or any heavy dps classes work quite well for boosting in ZF. I still think the zone sucks, but the mobs aren't terribly dangerous to a 70 and the level difference means a lot more xp for the boostees. Same for Uldaman, by the way. Sure, it's boring, but if you have lots of rest bonus, it's the fastest to level from 35-50 now.

[Quarto]

Took my 4 shaman to BRD tonight to boost with my 70 mage. Shammies are all 41-42.....think I will be heading back to ZF for a few more levels.
BRD is a pain in the ass to get to, and takes quite a bit of mana to kill 1-2 groups. I only stayed for about an hour and really didnt get much xp. Back to ZF- close to a FP, easy to pull a bunch w/ mount.

Man, boosting sure does slow down once ya hit 40!!

[Havelcek]

I hope any future threads about "Zolo" like activities get locked and deleted by the mods because it makes this community look like a bunch of cheaters and condoners of it. This couldn't be further from the perception that we are trying to convey to the rest of the world. Shame on everyone who bandwagonned onto this thing. :thumbdown:

[Meathead]

I hope any future threads about "Zolo" like activities get locked and deleted by the mods because it makes this community look like a bunch of cheaters and condoners of it. This couldn't be further from the perception that we are trying to convey to the rest of the world. Shame on everyone who bandwagonned onto this thing. :thumbdown:

Im with him :thumbup:

[Tonuss]

I expect that if I have a L70 helping my low level gain XP and someone else does not, I damn well better have a level advantage when it's all said and done.

Yep. That is why I said that they are more lenient when it comes to power leveling. They obviously allow it and place no particular restrictions on it aside from the lowered experience-per-kill based on having a higher-level character in the group. Therefore if there is a method of PLing that they consider goes to far for comfort, they do not ban people, they just tell them it wasn't intended to be used that way and eventually they hotfix it or patch it.

What crosses the line is obviously up to Blizzard. A paladin clearing the SM Cathedral in two pulls is not a problem, but a paladin killing Zolo's adds for hours at a time will be patched. I have no problem with this, multiboxers understand that it's Blizzard's game and Blizzard's rules.

I agree that anyone who finds something like this is better off keeping it to themselves, but eventually this stuff gets out and Blizzard will know about it. No use worrying about it, really. You can still PL your alts pretty efficiently, they've simply removed one of the simpler and more effective ways.

[GizmoxLoW]

Where is the offical response to zolo posted. i cat seem to find it. Checked the main wow forums and nothing..