World of Warcraft Classic has been the subject of controversy since the release of an exploit known as "Switching Layer", and Blizzard has released an official statement about it, stating that 39, it is a much less significant problem than some people claim, although countermeasures are emerging against him.
World of Warcraft developer Pazorax said on the game's official forum: "We are monitoring layer usage by players and agree to add a delay between subsequent layer transfers. Under the hood, we have all the controls for the ones I was talking about on Reddit AMA before launch, some secret weapons we haven't talked about publicly, and we are working on implementing additional controls to prevent the overlay from being exploitable.
"However, we also want to make sure that the problem is much less serious than some people claim. We are closely watching the effect of overlap on economies and other aspects of the game, and many of the stories we see are totally inaccurate. We have seen screenshots of benches filled with scarce craft supplies, which we investigated and found to be untrue. "
The uninitiated might wonder what exactly the "diaper change" or the "jump" is.
The overlay itself is simply dividing a server into different layers, which are actually multiple copies of the world.
Although it was never in the original World of Warcraft game at the time, it was introduced for WoW Classic because Blizzard was concerned that hordes of players accumulating in the lower tier areas makes the game unplayable as the competition for resources and missions is excruciatingly difficult in a single global environment.
Separating the population into more manageable numbers into different layers was the solution to the overcrowding problem, given the large number of people who originally flocked to WoW Classic.
Finally, when most beginner players (remember all subscribers can play) they are probably bored with the WoW classic and the server population is becoming sparse, just as the characters are spreading more and more. On the spectrum, crowding should be much less intense. a problem.
And as Dexerto reports, Blizzard announced that it would remove the overlay system when this type of population scenario becomes a reality in the future.
Classic switcheroo
However, the current problem is that people exploit the fact that they can intentionally move from one layer to another by joining a party (as this allows you to move to the layer that the group is in).
This can be used to gain experience: to clear an area of juicy mobs in one layer, then switch to another where they are still spawned, to start over, or to farm scarce resources in the same way (harvest, diaper change, harvest ) again).
The problem is, this practice can wipe out the long-term economy on a server, if some players manage to gather too much super rare content too early.
And it is precisely for this reason that Pazorax evoked the "extremely imprecise" stories that circulate around him and explained later in this article: "Rest assured that there are no people running down the benches full of Arcane (Thorium) or Lotus crystals. Black ".
Many people have appreciated the developer's comment and are relieved to learn that the aforementioned stories are not true and that countermeasures are being introduced.
Although others have taken the term "additional controls to prevent the overlay from being exploitable", language that seems to confirm that the layer change is indeed a feat, and thus the argument is that players who did it should be punished for their transgressions.
However, it seems unlikely that punitive action will be taken, leaving those deeply upset by any overlay abuse in their particular realm, and simply hoping that Blizzard will implement these different controls to prevent a cape change from gaining an upper hand. terms of resources or update.