"No f*cking way they fixed it!": Asmongold shows World of Warcraft loot exploit on stream, Blizzard hotfixes it moments later

sportskeeda.com:

Zack "Asmongold" decided to explain a loot exploit that he and McConnell were using while streaming World of Warcraft Dragonflight on Twitch today. Sadly for the veteran MMO player, someone in the chat reported it to Blizzard soon after, and the exploit was patched out of the game almost immediately.

Zack and some other players were using the exploit to funnel better loot for themselves, and although technically it wasn't a glitch, it did allow players to get better items than intended. While trading items, Asmongold came across a post on the game's official forum about him using the exploit and found out that the developers had patched it a few moments later.

As the realization dawned upon him, the Twitch star exclaimed incredulously:

As a veteran World of Warcraft player, the OTK co-founder has thousands of streaming hours in the game. Along with fellow streamer McConnell, Asmongold was basically farming a loot exploit that allowed players to bag some incredibly good loot by bypassing certain restrictions.

Here is how he described it when an audience member asked why they were killing the same enemies over and over again:

As clearly stated by the streamer, the exploit would allow players to do things they were not supposed to, such as trade loot without any restrictions on levels. He further elaborated on how they were pulling it off:

Asmongold continued to talk about the exploit, describing how they were getting higher-level players to get into the game so that the enemies could drop better loot:

After explaining the exploit, he even showed off a level 379 Emerald Tailbone that he presumably received by taking advantage of the exploit. However, his triumphant loot farming did not last for long, as a viewer took to Blizzard's