Upcoming Hotfix to Prevent Level 110+ Players from Turning Off XP Gains - Update

Posted 2018/12/19 at 2:30 PM by perculia

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Blizzard

Since the launch of Battle for Azeroth, we’ve noticed an increasing trend of players turning off XP gains at level 110 in order to repeatedly powerlevel other players’ characters at an excessive rate without increasing their own level. The intention of the XP-off feature is to allow alternate characters to stay in lower-level PvP brackets or relive lower-level content, not to purposefully halt progression in content relevant to the current expansion.

To curb this behavior, we plan to implement a hotfix in the coming days that will disable the ability to turn off XP gains on characters level 110 or higher. Additionally, any character of that level who already has XP disabled will find it automatically re-enabled the next time they log in.
We’ve been thinking about this plan more today and agree that there are probably better ways to approach this issue. We’re going to hold off on this for the time being while we discuss.

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Comment by Twiztid7652Well no twinking means no sub from this guy, that's 3 accounts unsubbed Blizz, GG.Comment by 1717213This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by JaceDraccusThey specifically say it's to stop people from powerlevelling other players' characters at 'an extreme rate'. IE people benefitting from exploiting the game, which they tend to frown on.

And you want to whine about that 'fun detected' bull^&*! again?

If you're the kind of person who can only have fun by exploiting the game, if you were doing this thing on purpose, then

A) you made this happen.
B) you deserve this.
C) I have no sympathy.

And frankly, if something like this is enough to push you out of the game, maybe this wasn't the game for you anyways.

Me, somehow I'm still having fun without exploits. Weird, right?Comment by deathlavitzwell, i guess blizzard really hates any kind of twinking. It should be pretty clear now - if you ain't grinding and hating yourself doing it its not "within the spirit of the game"? Wonder when they'll release a feature and explain what you can and can't do with it.Comment by TinyRaptor...How in the heck does that halt progression?

If anything, if players are resorting to that, maybe take a look at how exp still needs to be reduced in 110-120 zones instead of blocking the turnoff feature. Or give us heirloom upgrades.Comment by MobiliteaIf the extra $15/month sub fee and say $40 for an extra account isn't a big deal its really not a problem. I have a sub account with toons and it isn't upgraded for BFA but I can still buy all BFA enchants/gems etc...jokes on them! Blizz won't be ruining my fun.....probably because they getting that extra sub fee lolComment by sereseThey specifically say it's to stop people from powerlevelling other players' characters at 'an extreme rate'. IE people benefitting from exploiting the game, which they tend to frown on.

Comment by MobiliteaAre they serious?
How can I speedrun dungeons/old raids now when my legendarys dont work anymore. this is garbage.Comment by MobiliteaThey specifically say it's to stop people from powerlevelling other players' characters at 'an extreme rate'. IE people benefitting from exploiting the game, which they tend to frown on.

Comment by KendrubbinLmfao this is what Blizzard has become, destroying a legitimate tool that people would use because they can't make their new expansion something good, memorable, or even fun compared to Legion. Good god I can't actually comprehend what they're thinking is helpful at this point.Comment by FervenSo Blizzard considers Legion as content relevant to the current expansion? The expansion that ended 4 months ago and has absolutely nothing to do with BFA (the current expansion)? Am I misunderstanding the statement or are they actually saying that content that hasn't received an update for more than a year is somehow connected to the current expansion?

I think Blizzard should either stick with their idea of making current content irrelevant every 2 years or make an effort to improve their systems in a way that older content gives a person a reason to go back to that content other than pure cosmetics such as transmog and mount farming. That would not only give players tons of more things to do and ways to progress, but it would also most likely keep them engaged for much longer in terms of subscription. Sure, timewalking exists, but it's not that much of a solution because there's no consistency to it, it comes every 3-4 weeks lasting only one week, the entirety of the event revolves around 1 expansion and once the event is over all that content that it had to offer for the past week goes back to being completely irrelevant outside of appearances.

There are so many good things Blizzard can do to improve this game that we all love and care about as we pretty much grew with it, yet they keep making questionable and sometimes pretty bad or irrelevant decisions, like the ones they have made with this current expansion. I truly believe Blizzard can make an amazing comeback, the expansion is far from over and there may be many good things that Blizzard is planning behind the scenes, so I haven't completely lost my faith in them despite decisions like this one and questionable ideologies.Comment by WraideWasn't this also a common practice with 101 twinks during Legion? Why is this suddenly a big deal.

Also, preventing a 110 from turning off experience screws players who still want to experience the relevant content in Legion. Better solution is to require 111 to run islands, then disable locks for 111+ characters.singleComment by ElendradWhat is it with blizzard absolutely refusing to let players have fun in non-intended ways?
Are they just going to kill everything off until nothing is left but farming AP? Cause that's just going to kill the game for good this time.
I hate the way they think they get to decide how you play the game and will prevent you from doing anything they don't approve of.Comment by Chr1st0phI think the right move would be to force the XP lock to turn off in islands....some people use the XP lock on 110’s to stay in the bracket and do legion stuff like class hall campaign etc. I think this is a temp work around for now. Until they have developed the code to activate it during the content they aren’t happy people bending the rules forComment by Jerry235They specifically say it's to stop people from powerlevelling other players' characters at 'an extreme rate'. IE people benefitting from exploiting the game, which they tend to frown on.

And you want to whine about that 'fun detected' bull^&*! again?

If you're the kind of person who can only have fun by exploiting the game, if you were doing this thing on purpose, then

A) you made this happen.
B) you deserve this.
C) I have no sympathy.

And frankly, if something like this is enough to push you out of the game, maybe this wasn't the game for you anyways.

Me, somehow I'm still having fun without exploits. Weird, right?Comment by SpacyBoar"...not to purposefully halt progression in content relevant to the current expansion"

They should instead think about why people do this in the first place: if by leveling you would get stronger, not weaker every level you earn, maybe people wouldn't turn off xp. This is a fundamental flaw in their design, and now they ban the workaround instead of fixing the issue. Just like when they removed the keystone deleting without rebalancing the dungeons first (and no they are still not equal - looking at you Shrine).Comment by Jerry235fuN dEteCteDToo much fun. Must fix.Can’t be having fun now. Must play game exactly how it is intended.Comment by FnordColaI guess I don't really see why this is a problem Blizz feels should be fixed. If people want to level quickly with twink island runs, so what? It doesn't seem to affect the endgame (which is the core of WoW gameplay and has been for a long time) in any meaningful way: people just get to it faster. It's not like high level raid and pvp guilds are going to be all "oh man, that guy has a capped character, better headhunt that level 120 badass before Method get their hands on him." And as far as I can tell it's mostly people powerleveling alts anyway, so it's not like they're just skipping out on the leveling storyline and never seeing the content that the devs worked on.

It's not a service I've ever used (though I've run into twinks boosting people and such in random islands a few times), so from a self-interest standpoint it's not going to affect me that much either way, but I just can't see how I or anyone else are losing out or being put at an unfair disadvantage by this type of twinking. All in all this seems very much like a "stop having fun" change.Comment by EllinorakeHow about that Blizzard fix the horribly slow leveling in Zandalar/Kul’Tiras instead of nerfing the only quick way to level characters? Quests and dungeons give too low experience compared to Island Exp.

During Legion level 101 twinks boosted 100-110 for the whole expansion with about the same speed as with IE boosts today, and you didn’t do anything.

But I assume Blizzard only do this for the money to slow people down so they spend more time in the game and give them more sub money. Utterly disgusting. And arrogant attitude.Comment by MelilithiaIf you just stick to old content you shouldn't get experience right?

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