Hammers via puppet strings definitely happened on live in kunark era. Same as bard AOE kiting definitely happened, and MQ's/Recharges definitely happened. The player base on live was much more fractured though. Most of this stuff was talked about in guild irc channels and forums. Here, everyone uses this one forum and learns how everyone else is playing the game. On live, in classic era, most people were happy to be able to camp 5 spawns with a full group. Here, trio's are laying waste to 15-20 spawns before repops. Player knowledge, server age, gear saturation, all very very different than classic on live. Which leads to things like everyone over level 50 buying an OT hammer via puppet strings if they are feeling lazy.
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