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I was playing WoW when this happened and witnessed it. They call it "abusing game mechanics" now, but personally I find the act of discovery of this sort of th

I was playing WoW when this happened and witnessed it. They call it "abusing game mechanics" now, but personally I find the act of discovery of this sort of thing possibly the most fun aspect of games. WoW was particularly vulnerable because of the raw complexity of mechanics introduced in a short timespan. See: Gamesmanship vs. Sportsmanship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesmanship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesmanship There was another time in WoW when a mage soloed a raid by discovering they could use spellsteal to steal invulnerability buffs off of bosses. (Hey... that's what it says on the tin, right? "Spellsteal"? ;) ) Anyway... That got patched. ;) I remember playing Neverwinter Nights 1 and somehow I was able to squeeze 1 more weapon enchant than was supposed to be possible, onto my weapon, without cheating. My monk became pretty OP :)

tomtoise 11y ago
I remember in Vanilla as a mage you could make yourself completely immune to the damage that Air Elementals caused in the Blackrock Mountain area (I think? I don't remember specifics, this was a good 9 years ago or so), and so could farm highly sought after crafting mats in bulk. Nobody got banned AFAIK, blizz just quietly patched it and moved on. I agree that some of the most fun things in WoW were unintended (Twinking, exploration, GM Island etc), it's a shame they're so much more against it these days.
- lectrick 11y ago
  I'll never forget the day I got an escort to Ironforge from Menethil Harbor. It was a walk that took close to an hour, as nobody had mounts then. I was a lowbie night elf from Darnassus, before it had an auction house (or flight paths, for that matter), and I needed to see it! But the areas we'd walk through were dangerous, so someone nice volunteered to escort me. I wish I could meet that person IRL and buy them a beer. ;) And then... finally walking up to and through those gigantic doors... it was pretty amazing. I still think IF is my favorite city in that game. Another time, someone showed me how to get to the top of Ironforge. That too was amazing. Sort of meta-gaming!

tomtoise 11y ago

I remember in Vanilla as a mage you could make yourself completely immune to the damage that Air Elementals caused in the Blackrock Mountain area (I think? I don't remember specifics, this was a good 9 years ago or so), and so could farm highly sought after crafting mats in bulk. Nobody got banned AFAIK, blizz just quietly patched it and moved on. I agree that some of the most fun things in WoW were unintended (Twinking, exploration, GM Island etc), it's a shame they're so much more against it these days.

lectrick 11y ago
I'll never forget the day I got an escort to Ironforge from Menethil Harbor. It was a walk that took close to an hour, as nobody had mounts then. I was a lowbie night elf from Darnassus, before it had an auction house (or flight paths, for that matter), and I needed to see it! But the areas we'd walk through were dangerous, so someone nice volunteered to escort me. I wish I could meet that person IRL and buy them a beer. ;) And then... finally walking up to and through those gigantic doors... it was pretty amazing. I still think IF is my favorite city in that game. Another time, someone showed me how to get to the top of Ironforge. That too was amazing. Sort of meta-gaming!