Mind Control in BG’s Forcing Opposing Players to "Lose" Out on Tokens
May 28, 2008 by Matticus
Filed under PvP Practices
Want to have revenge on that one player who keeps dogging you in Arathi Basin? Fear not! There is a way! I believe it’s a bug but props to Aylii for bringing it to my attention. I thought this was fixed a while ago but apparently not.
You can force opposing players to only get 1 token instead of 3 when they win. I haven’t exactly verified this myself but this happened to my Guildmate last night. When it’s assured that you’re about to lose in your BG, what you can do is Mind Control a player of the opposing faction and hold onto them until the BG ends. I think the game treats them as a part of your faction when the BG ends. As a result, it awards the amount of tokens based on whether your side wins or loses.
However, it’s a known exploit. It’s been around for a while but I figured I’d reshare it again.
Plain and evil, no?
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Be careful doing anything that is a “known exploit”. If you happen to do it to a whiney 12 yr old, you just might get a message from Blizz….