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Abusing the VP buff exploit after reset

Peter T.

12/11/2013 1:23:00 PM

Surprisingly many peeps dont know this old trick... :)

I placed my warlock on timeless isle last night before the server
shutdown. This morning I still had the VP buff on my lock so I started
out with doing the daily and weekly quest on timeless. Later on I did
most dailies on the main island. But I *never* did any of the dailies
where I could risk losing the VP buff due to any kind of zone change.
Thats quests like [Rampage against the machine] (klaxxi) and [Along the
serpent's spine] (golden lotus) etc. I never tabbed to desktop while I
was flying etc. Actually you will lose your vp buff if youre taxiing
and tabs to desktop as the game reloads the zone youre in when you tab
back to the game! 660 nice VPs with buff.

So... I started on timeless isle -> arboretum (jade forest) -> garrison
(krasarang) -> halfhill -> picked up the daily temple quest at shrine
(today it was chi-ji in krasarang) -> chi-ji in krasarang -> klaxxi ->
shadopan in steppes -> golden lotus in vale. Here I went back to
krasarang for handing in a daily fishing quest I got while fishing at
the arboretum. Did the other 3 fishing dailies at the wharf I had
forgot all about.
Next week I will go to the shrine right after I've done the dailies at
the arboretum so I can get the daily temple quest location.

Picking up the 50 epoch stones on timeless took me almost 1 hour despite
I pulled 2-4 elites at a time (void walkers ftw!). The other dailies
including flying on the main island took me 45-50 mins. Its sounds
nearly impossible, but actually its doable if you plan ahead a little bit.

I lost the buff as planned when I queued for a hc due to the zone change
when you enter a dungeon. 85 vps. A quick hc scen: 150 vps. 895 vps.
A quick raid in lfr (I checked the queue time on all raids and picked
the one with shortest queue time - MSV first wing - I entered almost
instantly). 3 bosses down in 25 mins. 985 vps. A normal scenario 50
vps. 1035 vps == vp capped.

3 hours of intensive playtime including 4 cups of coffee and 5 cigs.
Funfun. Now I can relax on my other chars. :)



Some other nice-to-know info:

If you log your first char before 12am after weekly reset you will have
the vp buff. If you log the first time _After_ 12am you will not have
it. It happens that you will not have any vp buff despite you log
before 12am. I dont have a clue why.
Also. If you HS to a major city like the shrine this is considered as a
zone change and you will lose your vp buff. So dont HS, use a mage's
portal or other teleport situations.

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....
55 Answers

petertrei

12/11/2013 6:52:00 PM

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On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:22:53 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> Surprisingly many peeps dont know this old trick... :)
>
> I placed my warlock on timeless isle last night before the server
> shutdown. This morning I still had the VP buff on my lock so I started
> out with doing the daily and weekly quest on timeless.

Let me get this straight; Monday night, before reset, you log out. On logging
back in, after the maintenance shutdown, you still have the buff until
server(?) noon?

I remember getting this once; I was surprised. Sadly, 'before 12 (server?) on
Tuesdays I don't usually have any playtime.

So you do the two quests on TI, then taxi to the mainland Pandaria and
do dailies?

pt

Peter T.

12/12/2013 12:12:00 AM

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Den 11-12-2013 19:52, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:
> On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:22:53 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
>> Surprisingly many peeps dont know this old trick... :)
>>
>> I placed my warlock on timeless isle last night before the server
>> shutdown. This morning I still had the VP buff on my lock so I started
>> out with doing the daily and weekly quest on timeless.
>
> Let me get this straight; Monday night, before reset, you log out. On logging
> back in, after the maintenance shutdown, you still have the buff until
> server(?) noon?

It sounds like youre playing on a US realm, no? Im in europe where the
realms resets between tues and wed.

And answer to your question: yes

> I remember getting this once; I was surprised. Sadly, 'before 12 (server?) on
> Tuesdays I don't usually have any playtime.
>
> So you do the two quests on TI, then taxi to the mainland Pandaria and
> do dailies?

Exactly.

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....

Peter T.

12/18/2013 11:36:00 AM

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Den 11-12-2013 14:22, Peter T. skrev:

> Picking up the 50 epoch stones on timeless took me almost 1 hour despite
> I pulled 2-4 elites at a time (void walkers ftw!). The other dailies
> including flying on the main island took me 45-50 mins. Its sounds
> nearly impossible, but actually its doable if you plan ahead a little bit.

> 3 hours of intensive playtime including 4 cups of coffee and 5 cigs.
> Funfun. Now I can relax on my other chars. :)

VP capped. I logged my warlock 7.15am. The daily and weekly on
timeless isle took me silly 30 mins as it was early in the morning ==
zero competition on elites. But the dailies on the panda mainland was
done in 1h20m despite I optimized my route a bit. I may have misread
the clock last week as I said I only spent 45 mins on those incl. flying.
Anyhoo. 660 VPs after 2 hours just by doing dailies and a single
weekly. I went to Thunder Isle (its pretty empty now) and farmed rares.
Despite I had lost the vp buff due to the zone change I killed all 11
rares there and got 165 VPs. They drop 15 VPs each.
2 heroics (85+40 VPs) and a noob scenario (50 VPs) later and I was
capped. I didnt bother with spending time for picking up af group for a
hc scen as queued heroics are instant every wednesday morning. 4 hours
+ breaks, listening to girlfriend, making more coffee etc. :)

Time to relax the next 6 days.

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....

petertrei

12/24/2013 3:02:00 PM

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On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:35:53 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> Den 11-12-2013 14:22, Peter T. skrev:

>> Picking up the 50 epoch stones on timeless took me almost 1 hour despite
>> I pulled 2-4 elites at a time (void walkers ftw!). The other dailies
>> including flying on the main island took me 45-50 mins. Its sounds
>> nearly impossible, but actually its doable if you plan ahead a little bit.

>> 3 hours of intensive playtime including 4 cups of coffee and 5 cigs.
>> Funfun. Now I can relax on my other chars. :)

> VP capped. I logged my warlock 7.15am. The daily and weekly on
> timeless isle took me silly 30 mins as it was early in the morning ==
> zero competition on elites. But the dailies on the panda mainland was
> done in 1h20m despite I optimized my route a bit. I may have misread
> the clock last week as I said I only spent 45 mins on those incl. flying.
> Anyhoo. 660 VPs after 2 hours just by doing dailies and a single
> weekly. I went to Thunder Isle (its pretty empty now) and farmed rares.
> Despite I had lost the vp buff due to the zone change I killed all 11
> rares there and got 165 VPs. They drop 15 VPs each.
> 2 heroics (85+40 VPs) and a noob scenario (50 VPs) later and I was
> capped. I didnt bother with spending time for picking up af group for a
> hc scen as queued heroics are instant every wednesday morning. 4 hours
> + breaks, listening to girlfriend, making more coffee etc. :)

> Time to relax the next 6 days.

I just tried this - capped VP, had the buff, logged out beside Emperor Shaohao.
Just logged in - no buff. Turned in (pre run) Path of the Mistwalker - 50 VP.

Did I do something wrong, or have they patched this exploit?

pt

Peter T.

12/24/2013 11:33:00 PM

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Den 24-12-2013 16:02, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:

> I just tried this - capped VP, had the buff, logged out beside Emperor Shaohao.
> Just logged in - no buff. Turned in (pre run) Path of the Mistwalker - 50 VP.
>
> Did I do something wrong, or have they patched this exploit?

I doubt its patched (I think I noticed very small hotpatch last friday
afternoon though). When did you log in? You have to be sure your
logged in before 12am. And maybe its even earlier before the buff
disappears. Anyway. Its not 100% reliable, but in most cases it works
fine.

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....

petertrei

12/25/2013 4:48:00 AM

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On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:33:12 PM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> Den 24-12-2013 16:02, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:

>> I just tried this - capped VP, had the buff, logged out beside Emperor Shaohao.
>> Just logged in - no buff. Turned in (pre run) Path of the Mistwalker - 50 VP.

>> Did I do something wrong, or have they patched this exploit?

> I doubt its patched (I think I noticed very small hotpatch last friday
> afternoon though). When did you log in? You have to be sure your
> logged in before 12am. And maybe its even earlier before the buff
> disappears. Anyway. Its not 100% reliable, but in most cases it works
> fine.

I play on Misha-US. This is a West Coast server, so its clock
runs 3 hours behind mine (I'm on the East Coast). I logged out
about 11 PM local time Monday night (8 PM server time). This
morning I logged at about 10 AM local, 7 AM server, and didn't
have the buff.

pt

Peter T.

12/25/2013 9:10:00 AM

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Den 25-12-2013 05:47, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:

> about 11 PM local time Monday night (8 PM server time). This
> morning I logged at about 10 AM local, 7 AM server, and didn't
> have the buff.

And you didnt log any other chars before you logged your main on
timeless isle this morning?

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....

petertrei

12/25/2013 7:05:00 PM

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On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:09:54 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> Den 25-12-2013 05:47, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:

>> about 11 PM local time Monday night (8 PM server time). This
>> morning I logged at about 10 AM local, 7 AM server, and didn't
>> have the buff.

> And you didnt log any other chars before you logged your main on
> timeless isle this morning?

No, I did not.

pt

Peter T.

12/25/2013 8:04:00 PM

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Den 25-12-2013 20:04, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:
> On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:09:54 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
>> Den 25-12-2013 05:47, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:
>
>>> about 11 PM local time Monday night (8 PM server time). This
>>> morning I logged at about 10 AM local, 7 AM server, and didn't
>>> have the buff.
>
>> And you didnt log any other chars before you logged your main on
>> timeless isle this morning?
>
> No, I did not.

Well. 2 guildies and I used the trick this morning. So its not fixed
(yet). :)

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....

Peter T.

1/8/2014 8:26:00 AM

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Den 25-12-2013 21:04, Peter T. skrev:
> Den 25-12-2013 20:04, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:
>> On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:09:54 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
>>> Den 25-12-2013 05:47, petertrei@gmail.com skrev:
>>
>>>> about 11 PM local time Monday night (8 PM server time). This
>>>> morning I logged at about 10 AM local, 7 AM server, and didn't
>>>> have the buff.
>>
>>> And you didnt log any other chars before you logged your main on
>>> timeless isle this morning?
>>
>> No, I did not.
>
> Well. 2 guildies and I used the trick this morning. So its not fixed
> (yet). :)

This morning I didnt have the vp buff. But I also placed my warlock
just above the spot where Rattleskew spawns (I have him on farm). So
maybe I also have to park my char in an inn or other sanctuary in order
to keep the vp buff after reset.
Well. Its a shot. Because one of my guildies is farming vps with his
vp buff while I'm typing this. He placed his main in the tent on
timeless isle last night which I also normally do. :)

--
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier....