You tagged a mob that a same-faction mage needs, he is triggered emotionally and starts to polymorph your mob so you can’t kill it.
How does Blizzard handle this problem?
On private servers, with video evidence, the griefer was banned.
I haven’t messed with Blizzard for awhile so looking for someone who knows more.
Thanks!
How do they handle it in BfA if a mage keeps polymorphing a mob you’re trying to kill?
By the way, isn’t the mob immune after like…2 or 3 casts?
No idea. I don’t play BfA so I thought I’d ask here if anyone is familiar with the finer details of the ToS.
In BFA this would not be a problem as you can kill a mob very quickly and there is DR if for some odd reason you can’t 2 shot the mob.
If I remember correctly there was no such thing as DR in classic so a mage can in theory sheep it till he runs out of mana.
There is a DR on players, There was no DR on mobs as far back as Tbc as we used sheep spam and wound poison to deal with some of the kael trash that used to spin for stupid amounts of meelee damage.
How did DR work back then if I may ask? From a quick search it seems there is DR but most ability’s don’t share the same DR even if it’s the same effect. Do you happen to know if the CC was reduced at the same rate as live WoW?
Why wouldn’t you be able to kill it once it’s polymorphed? Taking damage would just unpolymorph wouldn’t it? For banish, they just become immune after three casts, so it’s not like you have to wait long.
Yeah, polymorph breaks on damage very aggressively, so the worst case is that if the mage spams it the mob gets a little bit of healing.
Banish is more of an issue; did Banish have DR in Vanilla on mobs? I can’t remember.
A lot of classes in vanilla don’t kill things in .0001 seconds like in retail WoW. Sheep could outheal your dps against a mob if spammed on your target. In vanilla, I can’t speak for retail, NPC enemies did not have a DR. Banish could be applied endlessly and so could polymorph.
You eventually give up on trying to kill the mob and run away, and then the griefing mage steals that mob for himself or continues to follow you and disallow any kills.
It’s griefing because there is no PVP solution to the problem since they’re on your same faction.
Also a “little bit of healing” is more like 30% to 50% of his total HP per tick. That’s not a “little” bit. That’s the most overpowered heal an enemy can possess.
I’m sure the Devilsaur Mafias will be reported to Blizzard and broken up. You’ll just have to deal with everyone else though.
Where is the problem? It’s part of the gameplay.
Lol I didnt’ mean to type “not triggered” I meant to type “triggered” but ANYWAY.
I could be wrong but I believe Blizzard’s policy is that if there is no PVP solution to a “griefing” situation, then it is officially griefing.
So I’ll ask you: What is the PVP solution to a same-faction mage following you around for 8 hours and making sure you can’t kill any humanoid or beast mobs?
Couldn’t the other faction always break poly?
Both factions can. Breaking poly is not what I’m concerned with. Poly constantly healing the mob you’re trying to kill is what I’m talking about.
Then kill the mage who is using poly? Sounds like a pvp solution to a pvp problem.
Read my original scenario. I’ll lay it out point by point for you:
I, Cheater, am a druid of the Alliance faction, a night elf. I am attempting to kill a Defias Pillager.
You, Ziryus, are a mage of the Alliance faction, a human. You are polymorphing the Defias Pillager I am attempting to kill, thereby causing it to heal repeatedly and faster than I am able to kill it. I never manage to kill the enemy. It either kills me, or I flee. You continue following me for several hours making sure I cannot complete any quest in Westfall because you’re sheeping every enemy I attempt to kill.
What is the PVP solution?
Ah… well then kill the mobs faster ![:slight_smile:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=6" ":slight_smile:")
And report said dbag.
Sorry, this is all the faster I am able to kill the mob.
Now back to the very first point of my post: How does Blizzard handle situations such as this if you report it?
This is greifing and blizzard bans for this.
Woo! Thanks for the answer man. I’m not familiar with Blizzard policy. It’s been a long time since I’ve played retail WoW.
Mod Edit: Removed inappropriate language.