The Plague Event is fine. Period

[Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast]

@Lethal-kromcrush

@Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast

Why do I need to be griefed by players?

You aren’t being griefed, it’s just a type of gameplay that you don’t prefer.

It’s a playstyle taking advantage of a gap in War Mode to attack players like me. Players like me clearly do not want to PvP, but someone found a loophole and wants to exploit it. That’s griefing, because the system that’s supposed to protect PvE from PvP encounters is not functioning properly because PvP encounters are still happening.

Why can’t the threat of zombies themselves, controlled by AI, be enough?

That doesn’t sound fun at all. Might as well watch a movie.

To you, maybe. Players like me and players that like PvE can engage with NPCs, both hostile and friendly, and make memorable moments with the. Remember Meerah? She was the best thing of BFA, and she was strictly a PvE encounter.

All of the luster of the event just wears thin because people are trapped into either being Ghoul chow or logging off.

Wow didn’t promise you that you’d enjoy all content, just that you’d have access.

So the proper solution is not to try? Sharding the event into PvP-friendly and PvE-only isn’t going to kill the event. The PvP-friendly side will have plenty of people to fight on both sides, but everyone in that shard will WANT to be there. Meanwhile, the PvE side of it is dealing with NPC zombie invasions that can be a bit more predictable.

What about Exile’s Reach characters? Boosters are required to play now?

Do you intentionally exaggerate, blow everything out of proportion and jump to the most absurd of conclusions for dramatic effect?

So Exile’s Reach characters have a recourse to actually do anything in their Capitol? They get ported right to the front steps and in the middle of a pack of ghouls.

[Lethal-kromcrush]

@Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast

but someone found a loophole and wants to exploit it.

It’s not a loophole. It’s intended gameplay. There is no exploit at all.

@Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast

Remember Meerah? She was the best thing of BFA, and she was strictly a PvE encounter.

The annoying rat? Eww, hate that whole quest line.

[Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast]

The loophole is that War Mode is meant to be PvP-off. Otherwise there’s no point to War Mode.

If War Mode is that weak, it needs to be strengthened to hard-lock any player interaction that isn’t specifically agreed upon.

EDIT: You hate her, but you remember her. That’s my point, PvE can be just as evocative as PvP.

[Lethal-kromcrush]

@Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast

The loophole is that War Mode is meant to be PvP-off. Otherwise there’s no point to War Mode.

If War Mode is that weak, it needs to be strengthened to hard-lock any player interaction that isn’t specifically agreed upon.

That’s not what it’s intended purpose is, but feel free to take it up with blizzard.

[Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast]

Then tell me. What is War Mode’s purpose?

Not its definition, its purpose.

[Lethal-kromcrush]

To what point. I’ll say potato, you’ll say potato. And then we’ll disagree.

[Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast]

What do you think War Mode is meant to do?

[Conall-greymane]

@Lethal-kromcrush

The game doesn’t need to suit you and your preferences 100% of the time.

Than let me decide when you can pvp, raid or run mythic dungeons for a few weeks during this prepatch.

I get to decide what you do. You can’t avoid it, just suck it up buttercup. Sound like fun to you?

[Lethal-kromcrush]

I’m down. What are your orders sir?

[Conall-greymane]

@Fennecclank-bleeding-hollow

We are supposed to be terrified of what’s happening to the world, how are they supposed to show that unless bad things happen?

Ive killed gods. Why would zombies scare me? This will just make me angry at the game, not create any realistic setting

[Conall-greymane]

You are such a good sub…

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

@Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast

Name the difference to the event if I can opt out versus just logging off?

no risk, no reward.

[Lingxiu-the-forgotten-coast]

Tell you what. You let me opt out of the event, I forfeit all rewards related to the event. Deal?

[Maririk-zuljin]

I have killed the Old Gods, defeated Titans, defeated the Original Lich King, defeated the Legion, fought along side of the Loa of Death, killed the Aspect of the Earth…why do you think Zombies are “sCArY” for the players? Outside of the regular NPCs, the players would consider this a typical Tuesday night. You can’t say it’s suppose to scare us, when we have dealt with much bigger fish than the undead.

[Conall-greymane]

It’s the “I’ll say anything so I can gank” answer

[Margirita-perenolde (Margirita)]

Perhaps just make the Time NPC’s near darnassis and the forsaken city immune and un-killable and restrict them from transfering sick people thru time. Then they can have a safe space if they are smart enough to use it. But naaa I think they will die upon the hill of orgm and stormwind.

[Oakenshroot-durotan]

@Conall-greymane

@Fennecclank-bleeding-hollow

We are supposed to be terrified of what’s happening to the world, how are they supposed to show that unless bad things happen?

Ive killed gods. Why would zombies scare me? This will just make me angry at the game, not create any realistic setting

Kind of how I felt coming back from Argus and having to listen to Nathanos snark off to me.

[Atulzan-thrall]

The zombie event is fine. It’s going to be fun. Something good to shake up the world for a week or two.

[Lovelight-sargeras (Lovelight)]

@Grumbles-hellscream

They ended the last one early and promised not to do it again it was so unpopular.

Can you provide evidence of this?

[Xan-medivh]

Played this on the PTR, but I was thinking back to city defense (think SC2 tower defense) like we are instanced into SW and just outside are Forsaken spawns, necropolis, summoners, raising the dead for a huge zerg rush that we have to fight off periodically.