I was leveling/grinding in the badlands today and I ran into a lot of Alliance.
The first, a stupid paladin who attacked me with 2 mobs on me and eventually, lost. But, there were so many others, decent people who didn’t start a problem, cool, right?
But here’s the conflict, I am questing or w/e, and I see a alliance char getting ganked by other horde but this alliance char has been chill with me for hours and I am torn, do I betray my people and tell them he’s cool or do I support the horde and outnumber this alliance scum and help kill him.
First world problems.
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And this is why Classic was amazing. Big decisions.
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do you believe in such a thing as karma?
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Right? I actually have to think about my reputation, it’s wild.
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There’s been instances when I helped Alliance fight off some Horde but the truth was that Alliance person I helped was instigating the fights and going around ganking Horde. What a twist. Then you wonder, what have I done.
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sometimes if its a 1v1, i will stand and watch… and if the alli dies, then I finish the horde off… sometimes I get angry whispers from the alli that died…
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You don’t have to insert yourself into another player’s beef if you don’t want to. I was owning a level 60 paladin two nights ago while his two guild mates sat on their mounts and laughed at him. Some random gnome mage inserted himself and counterspelled me to my doom. Gnome are all spergs don’t be like them.
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I would have continued your questing like nothing happened. When he rez’es, he’ll probably have noticed you weren’t killing him and the others probably moved on. Things would go back to normal.
I help if an ally near me is getting jumped. I don’t help if the ally picked the fight.
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I used to never start fights. All they way through lvl 40, I would always get ganked by 3+ horde or killed just after fighting a pack of mobs. Then I decided the enemy faction is KOS 100% of the time.
Since Horde want to gank, now I’m gonna gank. Even ganked a lvl 60 as a level 55 last night. Nobody is safe.
I’m convinced there is only 1 ganker per server, and everyone else is just trying to get revenge.
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I’ve actually been helping out random Alliance. Just to be different.
This happened to me in stv. Super helpful mage helped me with the level 40 raptors and even poly healed me when the fights were over.
Just seems kinda weird sometimes
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Yeah - I helped a human Lock with “Chasing A-me”. Later on, got swarmed by respawning dino’s -A nelf Hunter bailed me out, so I bailed him out when he got jumped killing a devilsaur.
When honour is in game, and people are flagged, things might change a bit. Or a lot, lol.
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It depends. I’m very hesitant to lift a finger to help hunters and paladins. Paladins especially seem far too overly aggressive and yet cowardly in nature. They’re never alone, so if I see one about to perish, I allow it.
However, if it’s a warrior, or a priest that I see taking a beating, I’ll step in. Usually I’ll blow it off as being pragmatic (Oh, just happened to need to refresh Battle Shout after getting a charge off and on my way). There’s a bit of a silent understanding between warriors who know the other one is gathering or preparing for Cyclonian.
Too old and reflexes too slow to exist on PVP anymore, added to the fact that I like the retired life of being able to travel in game without being attacked.
That said, I will assist members on both sides if I see they are in need. Faction be damned, its not the faction that is offering assistance, its is my action and my reputation.
I once assisted a level 18 Tauren Druid travel north on the roadway in STD. Though I took 5 deaths, I was able to get him to Grom.
End of the day, its not about your faction actions or reputation, its about your actions and reputation.
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Just follow your moral code
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Im hitting 60 soon and all bets are off. I don’t need to waste too much time while I’m actively questing tho.
Every one of my toons (I have one of each class around level 28) that has tried to quest in Hillsbrad has been ganked by someone skull to them. It has reminded me that it is my duty to kill every alliance I find. Every. Single. One.
It all boils down to whether or not you have your own code of honor or if your faction dictates your code of honor. Look at how IRL war works. Sure, you fight the enemy, but that’s based on orders, necessity, etc. But let’s say a soldier has a shot at his enemy, but his enemy has lain down his weapon and raised his hands in surrender. Is it honorable for him to eliminate the enemy soldier?
In game, regardless of faction, regardless of server type there’s a person behind every keyboard. If they’re content to let you be, or even help you from time to time, is it worth taking a cheap shot when you have advantage? RP is one thing (I stand for my faction), but that doesn’t mean you need to make someone else’s leveling experience miserable.
Yes. When I was level 45, I was in a Mauradon run where I auto-ran off the ledge before Princess. Res couldn’t reach me, and I had no way to get back in because I had no scepter. Group ended up having to 4 man Princess.
Blackstone ring dropped and I dickishly rolled Need anyway despite having assisted in 0 ways during the fight.
Guildie rolled 99 and I rolled 100.
To date, I have won 0 raid rolls:
96 vs 100 on Deathbringer
92 vs 100 on Flameguard Gauntlets
99 vs 100 on Quickstrike Ring (to the guildie who rolled 99 on BSR)
Karma is real, and she a real b!tch too.