Thanks to tipster Enaress, we have a short video of an amusing (albeit potentially annoying) exploit ingame that allows you to summon an unlimited number of noncombat pets. From the date on the video, it looks as if this has been live since at least patch 2.3.0,and a few of the commenters have successfully tried it for themselves. A note of warning: be careful if you do this, as dropping out of sync with Blizzard's servers can definitely be considered an exploit, and, at Blizzard's discretion, could get you banned from the game. Odds are a fix is already en route.
I have to admit, I was amused at the prospect of having my small army of pets out and about, but from what Enaress has observed, doing this does have a tendency to contribute to the lag in Shattrath (which seems to be especially noticeable with complicated pets like Lil' Smoky). I don't think I'd try it for myself; Shatt can be bad enough during server high time. But there's something about the notion of my Druid as a dedicated cat-herder or, say, an Undead being followed by a swarm of cockroaches, that just made me laugh.
I found a similar bug with the valentines day stuff. Kwee could be summon infinite times on other players by just interrupting the cast time.
This stopped using up on the of the silver shafted arrows but still gave them the pet, at least it did on my screen. Must have given out about 50 in org before I got bored.
I think it's dumb you can't have more than one vanity pet out at a time anyway. For each one you have in your bags, you should be able to have one following you. Like: Prairie Chicken, Dark Whelpling, Worg Pup, etc... one of each, but all at once if you choose.
This was possible as an other way too. Die in front of the Aldor bank and let some one ress you. You could summon a few hundred pets and walk around. Was fun for a while, than got removed. :D
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
nearlysober Feb 25th 2008 1:32PM
Great... an article on how to exploit & cause lag for other players.
Very nice... thanks for posting this.
Heenmor Feb 25th 2008 1:51PM
nearlysober crits Sense of Humor for 4356.
Sense of Humor dies.
Angry Joe Feb 25th 2008 3:28PM
Party pooper!
Unundead Feb 25th 2008 7:42PM
I found a similar bug with the valentines day stuff. Kwee could be summon infinite times on other players by just interrupting the cast time.
This stopped using up on the of the silver shafted arrows but still gave them the pet, at least it did on my screen. Must have given out about 50 in org before I got bored.
Markymark Feb 25th 2008 1:51PM
I'm pretty sure it will get fixed in a patch but it seems like alot of fun...too bad it causes lagg.
ThorinII Feb 25th 2008 1:53PM
I think it's dumb you can't have more than one vanity pet out at a time anyway. For each one you have in your bags, you should be able to have one following you. Like: Prairie Chicken, Dark Whelpling, Worg Pup, etc... one of each, but all at once if you choose.
shiplore Feb 25th 2008 1:54PM
No AMMOUNT of funny can justify posting an exploit-how-to on a "news" site.
darian Feb 25th 2008 2:19PM
No one seemed that incensed when Brutalis wiped out the Shattered Sun Offensive.
Alchemistmerlin Feb 25th 2008 2:44PM
Not a news site, a blog site. Full of opinion and what not.
QQ more.
shiplore Feb 25th 2008 2:47PM
So... exploiting is an opinion? and yes I'm crying huge tears. HUGE AMMOUNTS of tears.
Wolffe Feb 26th 2008 4:19PM
amount*
Sanol Feb 25th 2008 2:00PM
This was possible as an other way too. Die in front of the Aldor bank and let some one ress you. You could summon a few hundred pets and walk around. Was fun for a while, than got removed. :D
dAnixx Feb 25th 2008 2:04PM
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Woecip Feb 25th 2008 2:07PM
Well said!!
dAnixx Feb 25th 2008 2:31PM
thx :P
I dunno why the full message appeared... I mens to say that my army of Magical Crawdad is Imba ^^
Jay Feb 25th 2008 2:13PM
God, what an idiot. Don't show others how to do it.
Charles Feb 25th 2008 2:19PM
Neat video I guess, but what I really want to know is what bag mod that is!
Joshua Feb 25th 2008 2:38PM
The bag mod looks like it's ArkInventory
Alchemistmerlin Feb 25th 2008 2:34PM
Funny.
Also, Lots of QQ here. Full moon?
KingOreo Feb 25th 2008 2:58PM
Fear my Mojo Army! =)