Killing people via an exploit is griefing.
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I was talking about the alliance/horde towns that dot the various zones, not the neutral towns/cities themselves.
Fair enough. Personally I consider something like a high level camping a low level as griefing, as the high level player is literally causing grief to the low level by halting their progress while gaining no benefit themselves beyond whatever personal satisfaction they seem to get from it. To clarify I’m not talking about getting killed once and the high level moving on, I’m only referring to repeatedly killing someone who’s gray to you, which is why I made sure to say camping and not ganking, but wanted to make that extra clear.
Either way I don’t think it’s a punishable offense. Just something that can happen every once in a blue moon that you have to deal with (hasn’t happened to me yet in classic thankfully).
As far as the OP, Blizzard’s made their stance known so what I think is ultimately moot. Idk much about this exploit myself as I played on a PvE server in vanilla so idk how easy it is to pull off, or if it’s easier in certain locations than others. All I know is if a mage was doing this, I, as a warrior, would probably not be able to just “go up there and attack him” so easily lol
My mistake you are correct, in which case if you’re attacking from a location in which the guards could not get to you and you were to be reported then you would deserve any action taken against your account. Whether it be a warning or perhaps a suspension. As you’re putting the other player in a position I. Which they can either retaliate and be killed by guards, in turn taking 10% durability loss or be killed by the player who runs the risk of no harm coming to them.
Either that’s a very bad photoshop or that GM has the worst grammar and spelling I’ve ever seen. Got a moment talk about how buildings (a)ffect PVP? Really?
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You’re making this too complicated dude.
It was a low-level mage casting polymorph on people for giggles. Anyone with a 19 pound catfish could have gone up there and smacked them to death.
(Yes I’m aware a 19 pound catfish is not a weapon)
Needing to use exploits to get kills and then complaining about the consequences That have been in place since 2005 and then saying you want a special server for exploiting makes you sound more like a snowflake.
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No, that’s what makes it exploiting.
It’s unintended that the guards cannot reach you, so abusing that fact is considered an exploit. You wouldn’t be suspended for griefing in that case; merely for exploiting.
This is another important clarification to make.
Many people colloquially consider graveyard camping to be griefing, even though Blizzard would not punish that behavior for “griefing.”
Griefing is a punishable offense, as which various scummy PvP activities do not qualify.
If you want to say that killing a low level is griefing, you’re only correct insofar as it causes grief. When talking about actionable offenses, though, I don’t want to confuse the issue by calling it griefing.
Causing the durability loss is griefing
It’s really not that simple.
It quite literally is that simple.
I’m sorry you’re so much of a coward in PvP that you have to rely on guards killing your targets for you.
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No it’s correct. Effect and Affect are similar but used in slightly different ways.
“Television has had a profound effect upon the circulation of news to the masses”
“The terrible news on TV affected me in a very profound manner”
You wouldn’t use affect in sentence 1 and you wouldn’t use effect in sentence 2.
It’s being used in various locations throughout the game. Much like it was being done in vanilla. Booty bay, winter spring, gadgetzan, etc. All places with guards in place to prevent such actions, yet people are using the exploits in the terrain.
I’m the snowflake? You’re the one carrying on about it.
He didn’t kill anymody. They polymorphed people from up on top of a building.
This is pranks and lols. Nothing more.
We’re saying follow the rules…you’re wanting another server for exploiting…you want your special place.
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So in WSG you are saying climbing intop of the roof with the flag and exploiting the terrain to prevent players from attacking you, is ok because they can also exploit the terrain to get to you?
I want a place where snowflakes won’t whine and complain to the nearest authority figure so the rest of us can have peace.
Desiring separation from the snowflakes doesn’t make me a snowflake.
I did this all the time in vanilla on my lock and was never reported for it. Lol. How sad. I would do it anyway and if they banned me I would appeal it.
This has been a rule since 2005. Get over it. You complaining about a rule that been in place for almost 15 years while calling other people
Snowflakes just comes across as kind of pathetic. We have accepted the rule while you continue to think the game should revolve around you, and your views. Time to move on, rules are in place for a reason.
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