Please fix this massive exploit.

#0 - July 18, 2007, 5:40 p.m.
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So I was doing my Ogri`la quests today to get some reputation so I could get a cool epic mount. I got to the one where you have to get Apexis Emanations. So, I went out to the grid to play the simon says game. I started as usual. I noticed there was a Night Elf Druid also doing this quest next to me. No big deal, though I'd just mind my own business. I got up to about 4 steps into the simon says game and died because I missed a few. By the time I got back, I saw the Night Elf Druid was already on the last stage...but I noticed something. He was doing it perfectly, almost too perfectly. He clicked damn fast, and knew where everything was the first time.

I was sort of shocked by how skilled he was, so I asked him what his method was for doing the quest. He replied "lol nub, use notepad".

I didn't know what to say. Apparently, there are players out there using 3rd party programs such as notepad to EXPLOIT through their quests. Blizzard, can anything be done to implement software to block 3rd party programs like text editors from being run while running WoW? It's total bull that someone can get this much of an unfair advantage over other players. I opened a ticket in-game and reported this Druid, and I plan to follow-up and make sure he/she gets suspended or worse.
#49 - Jan. 28, 2008, 4:21 a.m.
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Funny as this is, it's also almost 7 months old. Time to let it rest in peace.