[Tip] Hunting for exploits.

[GooeyUse]

This is not a guide to doing a single exploit, but rather, a few notes from my own experience from multiple games for finding those exploits we all know and love.

So, you don't have any technical knowledge or programming ability, and you don't think you can find out anything of worth. Wrong! Abusing a game doesn't depend on your technical knowledge or ability. The easiest way to find exploits is to let the game developers tell you about them.

How do you get them to do that? Simple. Just go to the customer service forum at their official website.

People are allways QQing about some bug or another that has ruined their gameplay or caused them to lag and die, et cetera. As an example from Diablo II:

HOW COEM EVRY TIME SUM NUB NECRO JOINS I GET LAG? WTF BLIZZARD FIX THIS I GET LIEK 2000 PING

Seeing that, it isn't a huge leap to the realization that you can use a necromancer's skills to cause lag and use that lag to dupe.

Here is an example from WoW Customer Service boards: WoW Forums -> WoW Crashing when I alt-tab into wow

If this guy were smart he would check to see if maybe his character got rolled back in the bargain. If it did, that crashing he complains about would be his ticket to undetectable duping and the insane ability to reroll prospects and other variable result crafting.


Another tip I have to offer is to push the limits of things. Sometimes, if a system recieves a value that is very small or very large it isn't prepared to handle it. Strange things can happen, just keep your eyes open for the unexpected.

Final tip: Always dig around to find out what functions are handled client-side. These things can be edited and abused, even seemingly minor things like default frames of animation can be changed around to your advantage.

Anyways, this isn't a guide so I am going to cut it short. Feel free to add your comments, maybe there could be a single thread for advice on finding exploits.

[gurluas]

Good guide and tips, +rep from me

[sol82]

Wow, I really never thought to look where everyone is complaining about their problems. Most of the exploits that get posted here are fixed soon anyway, so we might as well take advantage of what Blizzard knows about. Nice pointers, so +rep.

[GooeyUse]

Thanks a lot guys. That is where I learn about most of the things that can be used against the game, like in the old days when you could equip Dreamweave over and over to get the +dmg ad nauseum. Except I learned it too late to do any good, heh. I'm not a programmer so I don't know how to decompile stuff.

[Strupantwn]

WoW, I dont care how old this post is, I'm digging this thing up because exploits are the sole importance of the exploits section. Where better to find it than the bugs page? epic +rep from me

[Trustdale]

Here is an example from WoW Customer Service boards: WoW Forums -> WoW Crashing when I alt-tab into wow

If this guy were smart he would check to see if maybe his character got rolled back in the bargain. If it did, that crashing he complains about would be his ticket to undetectable duping and the insane ability to reroll prospects and other variable result crafting.

it does not rollback, it happends for me too v_v