Removed
Zombies cannot get kill credit, and thus cannot get loot. Many players are aware of this and using loopholes to carry the plague to unintended areas and infect other players deliberately while they're trying to kill Nathanos or waiting for rares as a form of griefing.It was clearly intended that the plague be kept to certain areas, as boats, zeppelins, and the portalroom portals (from what I've been told) all remove the infection, but Blizzard missed a few things, as Hearthstones, mage teleports and warlock summons do not.
As others have mentioned: if you are turned to a zombie on Nathanos, run away from anyone else (as a nice gesture) and hit your explode button immediately. On one character, I was able to run back, rez, tap him again and got loot. On another character I just stayed dead (did not release) since he was close to death and I still got loot. It appears to be fine as long as you get a chance to explode. I was zombified 3 times and got loot each time. I'm assuming this will work for rares as well, but I haven't confirmed it.Also,
This is bringing out the worst in people.This isn't a case of "cry more baby", which in and of itself is an example of the worst in people, it's a case of some people play this game to relax and are unable to do the activities that they should be able to do because of griefing by others.People are bringing the "plague" to world bosses that drop mounts, for example. Simply to grief.
talk to the Argent Crusade NPC in Org, she'll remove the curse before you turn.
wait so they can loot everything else?
This is B.S! It takes forever to get any quests done because everything is infected and the NPC's are fighting the zombies. And I just left Icecrown still infected! lol- Give it a REST People! Annoying as !#$%@ - Even at the market at Halfhill - been waiting 20min for the NPC so i can turn in a quest. RIDICULOUS! So frustrating!
Lag lag and more lag! It isn't just the zombie/forced autoflag PVP that is the issue, it's the horrific lag. I guess they ran out of original ideas, so here's to zombie 2.0 lmao
Blizz will either hotfix this, or disable the zombie event. Because some people can't but help be jerks.
Got turned into a zombie mid fight with Nathanos. Was locked in place until the fight ended. Got the WQ credit and the 115 weapon. This was 3ish hours ago.
Yes! Some actual consequences from the Scourge invasion ... This is a good thing.
You are so lucky, I got locked to zombie for 23 minutes couldn't move or do anything, even my UI crapped itself lol. Then no loot :(
the whole point of a zombie event is to create havoc and chaosI approve
Either a bad design or bad mistake. Zombie event can be fun (if somewhat annoying) but this makes it pretty awful. That and being flagged. I just wanted to do my trivia in CoT . . . had my DMF buff for max XP and lost it. OK, that sucks but whatever. I stayed dead till the timer on the flag fell off but the FLAG DID NOT FALL OFF even when the timer was done. Just kept getting killed over and over. Nothing fun about that. Need to1) Make it so people can still loot in zombie form and2) Stop flagging people who get hit with a zombie.And yes, there are people still hunting rares in IC for 34 slot bag, the UP mount and some gear for neglected alts, as well as getting the full xmog set with currency you can get from turning in scourgestones.
And this isn't griefing? YEAH RIGHT BLIZ! Thank you for promoting griefing!
once turned to a zombie, cast explosion and die before the boss/nathanos. you get loot then once he dies