Creative use of mechanic, or exploit

[Vyndree]

There is no bug in the encounter, it's an intended mini boss

The bug in the encounter was the amount of experience gained.

Exploiting a bug for the purposes of faster-than-usual experience gain could be considered an exploit by:
1) exploiting an error in design
2) using such exploits to gain a competitive advantage over other players

Granted, it was allowed and confirmed to be allowed (for the time being) by blue posters. In that sense, I think doing it back then was ok. In fact, you can still do the fixed-Zolo today and I don't consider that an exploit. However, given the fact that Blizzard has nerfed both Athene-methods and Zolo-methods of speed-boosting (that is, boosting at an accellerated rate through the specific use of design flaws) you can clearly see that it was neither intended, nor allowed to continue.

Blizzard may be a benevolent deity at times, and choose not to hastily ban for things like this, but I wouldn't count on their benevolence continuing now that they've made their stand. They've hotfixed both situations.

I never said Zolo was an exploit THEN. I'm saying Zolo, or Zolo-similar encounters, would be an exploit NOW.


That being said -- did we really need to start a brand new topic on the exact same subject?