WoW: Darkshore under spam attack

If you’re from the Horde and ever in the Darkshore area in the World of Warcraft‘s Kalimdor, you might have encountered the “Darkshore Under Attack” spam. It basically started late last year (or maybe long before that) and still the spam continues.

For those unfamiliar with the said issue, here’s a bit of a primer. Darkshore is an Alliance-controlled area, though for some unknown reason trolls have been placed in one area. Whether they’ll serve a future purpose is still unknown, though the spot can’t be reached as for now. Some players use exploits (read: not standard methods) to get to that spot, causing the spam.

A concerned player, Maha from the WoW Forums reported an incident when he got the message and asked a GM whether the Troll area in Darkshore was a “GO or NOGO area”. The GM was unfortunately not able to tell for sure so Maha looked it up on the Forums. After a bit of a runabout, there was some misunderstanding about the issue. Anyway, Blizzard poster Pavonum addressed the issue. He apologized for the miscommunication and encouraged Maha to continue reporting such events:

You are welcome — nay, encouraged — to bring such messages to our attention, as they are indicative of… creative traversal of in-game terrain, so that the Game Master assigned to your petition may look into the issue accordingly.

Let’s hope players stop all the “creative traversals” so as to stop the spam. Stay tuned for more updates from the World of Warcraft.

If you’re from the Horde and ever in the Darkshore area in the World of Warcraft‘s Kalimdor, you might have encountered the “Darkshore Under Attack” spam. It basically started late last year (or maybe long before that) and still the spam continues.

For those unfamiliar with the said issue, here’s a bit of a primer. Darkshore is an Alliance-controlled area, though for some unknown reason trolls have been placed in one area. Whether they’ll serve a future purpose is still unknown, though the spot can’t be reached as for now. Some players use exploits (read: not standard methods) to get to that spot, causing the spam.

A concerned player, Maha from the WoW Forums reported an incident when he got the message and asked a GM whether the Troll area in Darkshore was a “GO or NOGO area”. The GM was unfortunately not able to tell for sure so Maha looked it up on the Forums. After a bit of a runabout, there was some misunderstanding about the issue. Anyway, Blizzard poster Pavonum addressed the issue. He apologized for the miscommunication and encouraged Maha to continue reporting such events:

You are welcome — nay, encouraged — to bring such messages to our attention, as they are indicative of… creative traversal of in-game terrain, so that the Game Master assigned to your petition may look into the issue accordingly.

Let’s hope players stop all the “creative traversals” so as to stop the spam. Stay tuned for more updates from the World of Warcraft.