One thing I love about patches is the ridiculous bugs that come along -- and this one is a doozy. The shaman Tier 6 vendor in Mount Hyjal is now selling the restoration Tier 6, Skyshatter Raiment, for the low, low price of 0 tokens and 0 gold.
Of course, you have to be attuned to Mount Hyjal to take advantage of this deal, which requires you to be a fairly progressed raider already -- but enough people have been picking them up to necessitate an immediate Blizzard response. Drysc warned shammies last night that they would be going to "great lengths" to track down the Tier 6, and would destroy any enchants or gems on the ill-gotten gear.
Of course, the thread turns into shamans complaining about their class, but there are some good questions: what about people who buy and re-buy the sets and disenchant them into Void Crystals for the AH? Will this ruin the enchanting economy? What about guilds that can suddenly progress due to an infusion of incredibly well-geared shamans? Is this the literal definition of welfare epics?
Some people are asking Blizzard to bring the servers down until this is fixed, but that seems unlikely. What do you think Blizzard should do about this?
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11-14-2007 @ 10:33AM
Matt said...
Give everyone Tier 6, IMO. It's only fair :D
Seriously, how does this shit make it to live?
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11-14-2007 @ 10:35AM
Zumwalah said...
wish i was Hyjal Atttuned, id buy it and waer it while i could
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11-14-2007 @ 10:36AM
Sonvar said...
Well at this point I think Blizz should allow Shamans who noticed it to keep the equipment/de items since its their mistake. Too bad my shaman isn't high enough or progressed enough to get that gear.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:42AM
ThorinII said...
Fix it and let those who exploited it keep their spoils. The old addage, "Finder's keepers, loser's weepers" comes to mind.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:47AM
Matthew Rossi said...
Am I the only one amused that it was the resto set, and ONLY the resto set?
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11-14-2007 @ 10:48AM
Kire said...
@4 Agreed
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11-14-2007 @ 10:54AM
Guidinglight said...
A part of me has to agree with @4. Blizzard did make the mistake and they shouldn't punish people for figuring it out. I mean the government doesn't really nail you if you find a loop hole in the law. They just close it afterward. If I was blizz though I would immeditaly remove the vendor from the game until the bufg is fixed.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:00AM
Morrigän said...
It's obviously not working as intended, so exploiting it is... well, it's an exploit.
And you all know what happens.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:03AM
FelDork said...
I was wondering wtf people were talking about when they kept on seeing "congrats on free t6" every couple of mins in chat...thats one hell of a bug right there! bet it made quite a few people's day!
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11-14-2007 @ 11:08AM
fealubryne said...
@5
I giggled when I saw that. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was funny.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:15AM
airwalke said...
I wondered why there were so many damn Void Crystals on the AH today -- and all for ridiculous prices. This really needs to be fixed soon. -_-
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11-14-2007 @ 11:16AM
Klownboat said...
@7 , 4, and 6
Yeah but since when does Blizzard ever let people get away with shit. Absolutely never. I wouldn't even say there is a remote chance. Especially since it's the most desired of Dungeon set gear. I would bet my WoW account on the fact they will revert everyone back very soon.
Enjoy it now while it's equipped on your character is all I am saying. Use your common sense people.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:18AM
Ahoni said...
Its a mistake and will be fixed. Those who got free T6 will have it magically disappear. Anything else is unfair.
Lets says the government makes a mistake and says you own zero in taxes this year. Do you really think they are going to let you go with paying zero in taxes when the catch the mistake? No, you are going to have to pay the full amount, and possibly with late fees and interest because you are late.
How about, lets say a football player who accidentally gets a $3 million bonus check twice. Once the accountants find the error, do you think they will let him keep the 3 million? No, he will have to pay it back in full. Only a moron like Brian Westbrook spends the money without asking his lawyer/accountant for advice first.
In the end, those who have earned T6 will have T6. Those whole STOLE their T6 will have to give it back. Anything else is unfair to the WoW population as a whole.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:34AM
sephirah said...
Ehm... I don't think you can DE T6...
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11-14-2007 @ 11:44AM
freddy_loser said...
I just feel for the shammys who DE'd or sold there T5 Gear...
lol
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11-14-2007 @ 11:48AM
james said...
If they get to keep thier gear, then they better do the same thing for holy paladins! Forget that, erase the gear from the toon, too bad to whoever took advantage of it and got rid of the old stuff.
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11-14-2007 @ 12:00PM
Naix said...
Reset all shamans back to level 1
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11-14-2007 @ 12:02PM
Naix said...
Now shamans can compete with a level 42 Rouge.
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11-14-2007 @ 12:06PM
wittyname said...
This may explain the sudden Wednesday maintenance.
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11-14-2007 @ 12:17PM
Paw said...
Somehow they'll figure a way to apply another warlock nerf in association with the resolution for the T6 error. It only seems right.
Meanwhile, I think that this is going to cause a lot of headaches the shammy population has yet to even fully realize. How far into the weeds is Blizzard going to go? Are they going to confiscate all the DE goods that are on the AH? Are they going to confiscate them from the bag sof those who bought them already? Are they going to confiscate the gold from the ones who put the DE'd goods on the AH in the first place? Are they going to give that money back to the players who bought it? Are they going to be able to rectify any issues regarding accidentally taking from those who got their T6 legit, bought legit DE'd goods at the AH? Or are we smelling a server roll-back for the masses?? That would suck.
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