So how is the ring war an exploit, exactly?
When Awakened triggers and wins a ring war, are they exploiting?
There is no Dain repop, it is working as intended.
When anyone fails a ring war, are they exploiting?
Of course it is an exploit if the goal is to make an 8th ring holder get a 9th.
What about a legit attempt like CSG could do? Are you considering the whole ring war an exploit just because you might lose and shorten Dain's intended repop?
You could get Dain's time of death, wait till its window opens next week and start your ring war. Then there is no extra pixel added to the server (besides, you'll probably win, I believe in you!
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About killing Dain himself after the failed ring war, is that the exploit? Leaving a raid mob up intentionally is definitely not classic, and I think all guilds killing Dain have a rule against their players triggering a repop without an attempt.
In any case, I do hope the GMs investigate individual players doing this shady stuff and ban them.