Feldon Editor’s Note: This was later declared to NOT be an exploit and that no further action would be taken.
In a shocking about-face, after 4 1/2 months of tolerance, EQ2 devs have reversed course and now consider mentored Void Shard runs to be an exploit and intend to patch the game so shards cannot be acquired in this manner.
Presumably with the addition of daily solo shard quest, EQ2 devs now intend to close this loophole.
From Kiara:
This is an exploit and we are currently working on a fix for it.
I’d suggest not doing it.
Whilst you won’t have the shards you’ve gotten via this method removed, it is something we are actively working on removing from the game.
Kiara posted the comment here and then closed the thread.
April fools maybe??? hope
of course it is an exploit. They just didn’t want to admit that they were working on a fighter revamp instead of fixing a huge exploit. Why would you think that you should be able to get T8 gear (from purchases with shards) from killing T5 mobs or no mobs at all. That is not how the content was designed to be played and it should certainly be fixed.