Upgrade your tier t4/t5 into t5/t6 for free

[avarhin]

So, I'll try to made a little guide how to exploit GM's lazyness to your profit. It did work for me, although once, and I'm glad it did. I don't believe it's a repost, didn't see it anywhere. If it is, then sorry; though don't flame before you read it completly. Edit: I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this.

Requirement:

- A ticket to a GM.
- Does only work with class who have different tier sets (mages and warlocks are excluded).
- Social skills; not giving away your purpose and being subtle.
- It's way better if the pieces you want to upgrade look similar and have similar stats. And, maybe it helps if the item icon is the same.
- The item must be recent; at most 7 days old.
- Getting an answer from a lazy/tired/stupid GM.
- And lastly...luck.

How to proceed:

First, you must use your token carefully.

For example, you looted at Curator the T4 token for a warrior. And you want to upgrade your gloves into the T5 taking version. Then you MUST take the DPS t4 gloves.

(Option: if you can enchant it with a crappy enchant, and put some crappy gems into it, it's better; maybe you'll keep the gloves even after you upgrade it. Non-tested. Inspired by the thread where you get both Arena gears for the same points)

Now, open a ticket saying you choose the wrong version of the gloves and if they could change it. DO NOT SAY what you want changed into in the ticket, no matter what, it will only look suspicious.

Then wait... in my server, takes nearly an hour at best for them to answer.

Once they answer you, here's how to proceed (well, that's how it worked for me).

GM: Greetins, *name*, you requested blah blah blah
Player: good evening, well, as I explained I accidentally bought the wrong gloves (insert name of the item here) and wish to change them into the taking ones. ----> note: I didn't link them, just wrote the name. Maybe it helps not linking them.

Now, I tried this only 3 times and got 2 different answer.

• 1. The GM will ask you to link the item you wish it to be changed into.

Player: Lemme get to the vendor first, 2 seconds.
Player: Okay, here it is:
Player: [Gauntlets of the Destroyer]
Player: (type fast and give them useless details while they keep doing whatever they are doing, like this...) I received them two hours ago in our raid
Player: the raid leader was Aragorn (or whatever name it was).
Player: And I received the item on Curator (or whatever boss it is).
Player: So is it possible to change them?
Player: I was so excited to get them I hurried too much and took the wrong ones.
GM: It is.
GM: Could you please destroy the current one you have? (Note: he may only tell you that it will be destroyed within your next reconnection. If this is the case, then put jewels in it or put any enchanting... and put the item in your bank. If you have luck you will keep them anyway).
Player: Okay, it's done.
GM: You hall receive soon a mail containing the desired item.
GM: May I serve you for something else?
Player: No, that is all. Thank you a lot!
GM: Have a good evening, may Elune guide your steps.
Player: You too. Thanks again.

• 2. The GM ask you to destroy the item, and send you the token. In this case, well, bad look. Try again tomorrow.

So, that's basically it. Keep in mind that I'm on EU french servers and it happened to me two weeks ago.

Maybe French GM are lazy asses and don't check thouroughly what you ask. Maybe I was really really lucky. Don't know.

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I'll post a screenshot of my character sheet (Don't have the logs though, it was a while ago and I didn't know at the time of this site) later so you can see my awesome blue gear and my four Kara/Heroic epics, 1 one of them being the T5 gloves.

Now that I think off, I hope someone won't report me if they wonder too much how I did get gloves when I never raided in SSC with this character.

I did that on the 'spur' of the moment(sp?); I really did take the wrong gloves and not one purpose, and maybe me liking to speak a lot helped me and confused the GM. I don't know. Anyway, I have the gloves for two weeks and I'm really glad about it.

GM's have some rules and it's important you learn them if you want to avoid them withouth looking suspicious.

Something similar happened to a guildmate (of my main character's guild in another server) is about the Eternity band (ring). He was a shadowpriest when he got the attunement, and received the caster ring. However, he respecced heal two months later (and wasn't exalted). As he wanted the healing one, and GM refused to change it because the item was more than 7 days old. One day later, the priest destroyed the ring and made a ticked. There, he asked if they could restore his ring, and gave them the link for the healing one. He got it a little later. It wasn't really an upgrade, it was just a different version, but it shows that if you don't hint at something that clearly prohibited by their rules, you may get it.

Anyway, if you have additional questions, feel free to ask.

Avarhin

Note: Forgive my rather poor English: I'm a native French speaker. Hope you understood my gulide.

[Clovian]

english seems fine to me, good guide. +rep.

edit: damn given out to much rep in past 24 hours.

[Morag]

good effort ^^
maby it will work :O

[Suq]

lol this would literally be "epic"

[coni]

this sucks imo, wont work.

[grond]

gona try this with my shaman:PT5 here i come! +repp btw

[jossa90]

Well, it works untill you loggs out, But i actually chose the wrong ones and i wasn't really interested in "cheating" the GM. but that GM told me to get the item from the bank first. Good luck guys. And they do not need to be stupid, theyre just nice. It's just you who is exploiting them

[Rawlsku-]

Well this is totally dependant on luck, so either you score, or you dont

[Szharz]

Might work. good guide


Btw its "Tanking" mate ^^

[emmy]

Would like to warn whoever is going to try this;

If you do this, and the GM busts you, you will receive a 3 - 72 hour ban for trying to scam Blizzard. Second time this is tried and caught, permanent ban.

[holmedog]

I have had to legit trade in a cloak (my idiot ass bought the melee one as a caster) and when the GM traded it, I was completely offline. He deleted the item and mailed me the new one.

So, I kind of doubt you could get two.

I have had guildies page about buying the wrong t4 item (healer bought dps) and the gm deleted the item and gave them the token in the mail. In both cases, it was escalated beyond the normal GMs to a higher power.

[tomch]

wow
nice stuff. exploit the gms

[TheGrimReaper]

seems like a great idea, but you also have to be cool about it, i mean freaking out when the gm whispers you might be a deal braker.. Anyway, it can work, just as long as they dont check you

[nady]

nice guide, might work if you are lucky
+Rep

[The Phenom2]

I stopped reading when I saw:

(mages and warlocks are excluded)