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Crashtroller: out of the vicious circle, with a pet and a filling purse

Crashtroller was stuck in a vicious circle: broken weapons, no coins picked up, deaths one after another. The causes are fixed. He tamed a boar, reached level 12 and has not died since.

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Build success (1 min) · Target worldserver

What was wrong

  • His bow and axe had been broken since the night: a broken weapon deals no damage, so he could no longer kill anything.
  • While the player watches the game, their client instantly closed the loot window opened by the server: Crashtroller picked up neither money nor items.
  • Taming the scorpid kept failing: the client finished the last movement right as the channel started, which interrupted it.
  • The training dummies in Orgrimmar (levels 60 to 80) made the city look deadly, so he never went to see his hunter trainer.

Fixes

  • Hunter: the bow is repaired first when money is short.
  • Disarmed and broke: he hunts very weak prey to earn enough for repairs.
  • Loot opened by the server is no longer closed by the client.
  • Channels (taming rod, Tame Beast): fully still and facing the target before casting, nothing else during the spell.
  • He actively looks for a beast to tame nearby.
  • No second taming when his pet is dead: he first goes to learn how to revive it.
  • Resurrection: no more back and forth between the corpse and the safe spot he picked.
  • Vendors: he also buys cheap armour pieces when his gear lags behind.
  • Flight points discovered up to 400 m away, roads followed more closely on long trips.
  • One server crash fixed (a destroyed item was read again after abandoning a quest).

Result

  • Boar tamed, revived and fed, level 12 reached.
  • No deaths in over an hour of play, against about ten per hour this morning.
  • He sells his loot and repairs again.