by MagicManICT » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:50 pm
It's a feature (exploit) that has been developed in some of the clients so that if the client ever detects another player approaching, it'll automatically hearth back to home. It's why we have a timer on hearthing now. As a note, there are auto-aggro features developed, too, so be careful.
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