As I continue to level up it occurs to me that getting to these zones requires going through Darkshore and Loch Modan respectively, while Darkshore is “contested” and therefore not specifically Alliance territory, it won’t automagically flag me for going there, and there are back routes to get through to Deadwind. But does anyone know of any safer routes?
And then Loch Modan. It’s definitely an Alliance zone, will I autoflag pvp in that zone? Should I run around the east side of the lake to avoid mountaineers? Or is there a better way. I never really thought about it on a normal server you kinda just go and if you die you die if you live you live.
Naw, not on PvE servers. You can walk straight into enemy territory and /dance in front of them as they shake their fists in impotent fury.
Other players have been reporting weird interactions on HC with PvP flagging and hostile enemy faction NPCs, maybe they can provide more detail.
Entering those zones does not automatically flag you - only getting too close to enemy npcs.
For SOS you go north from STV and wind through the hills around the town - stay off the roads to avoid roaming guards and a little camp at the road juncture. You have to dodge worgs and spiders but you can pop back onto the road east of town and go through the pass.
For Badlands, remove thorns or lightning shield (anything that will dmg a mob if it hits you) and run thru the tunnels. Again, wind thru the hills avoiding the town, on the lookout for the mountaineers and it’s pretty easy.
Never died on either journey. Just keep your eyes open and take it slow.
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Have you never played on a pve server? Guards absolutely aggro and kill you.
Lost my nude 29 shaman on the HC addon killing mountain lions and spiders across from Southshore by getting too close to the stream and aggroing one of the guards.
They don’t stop until you’re a grease spot on the ground.
Should have been more clear, but I was referring to enemy players in answering the question of whether entering enemy territory auto-flags you for PvP.
Yes, trying to walk into a settlement in enemy territory will quickly end with you being killed by guards.
This is the only way I’ve been flagged on that trip on a PVE server - forgetting to remove a dmg shield/reactive ability that damages the guard.
lolShadowguard (troll priest racial spell) will do it as I learned
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