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Re: Abusing the VP buff exploit after reset

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From: pete...
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:02
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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
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