I am yet to die in hardcore (yay for me) but one of my friends has had multiple characters die, though never with me. I know someone else that has lost seven chars so far, once again while I’ve been offline.
I feel bad for their loss, but I also feel like “if only I had been there they wouldn’t have died” and can’t help feeling a little bad for not being there to save them. That’s probably overstating the feeling a little but I’m not sure how else to frame it.
I turned off Deathlog for the same reason. I’d see someone die questing right near me and think “oh if I only I could have been there I could have thrown out a heal and saved them”.
Does anyone else ever feel this way or am I just weird.
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No, you’re not weird, I feel the same way.
I only disabled the pop-ups from Deathlog, not all of it. I’m still too curious.
Famous last words according to Deathlog are all versions of ‘Thanks’, or telling 'bout a new shiny 
naw cause me and a friend were trying to duo but he stopped playing after a few days not entirely sure why has nothing to do with the game though. anyways we’d do quests together and either one of us are pretty much dying XD gets to the point i need to pop a potion and run since he is far away or vice versa.
only died once while solo leveling a toon but probably would still be alive if i didn’t mess around on it.
i personally enjoy seeing people die. not sure why but i do. i think there was only 1 i’ve actually felt bad for tbh. did a quest with a warrior in darkshore well 2 quests he could of solo’d 1 easily tbh. we finished the 2 quests and then went our own ways. seen him going into the cave quest with the naga’s and mushrooms thought nothing of it. see in general chat that he was pissed cause apparently someone came out and aggro dumped on him and he died. literally not even 5 minutes after we parted he ended up dead.
he sounded piss but it was more like one of those “screw you” and then he remade a new toon type of things. kind of the same thing i do like idc if i die or someone gets me killed imma still go again.
why i don’t feel bad otherwise? you know what your signing up for if you can’t handle the rules then don’t play HC. i’ve died so many times at low levels that it really hasn’t gotten to me. think worst one was my highest lvl toon in SSF long ago which was lvl 19. got rooted to hell and oom’d so really couldn’t do much. have yet to die in HC otherwise besides my warrior that i was toying around with and trading blows.
Ive been in two groups of just me and one other where they’ve died during combat. In both situations it was after they’ve done an overpull and kited away while contining to attack.
Stepping in to peel them would have resulted in my death as well.
It feels bad, but some people get bad luck, while others don’t take survival seriously enough and suffer the consequences of their actions.
I don’t feel bad for them. I hope they go find something better to do with their real life.
It’s just a game and they can still play those toons on non-harcore so, nothing is actually lost.
I have to agree with others in the thread as well, though not knowing how those around you are dying, hardcore takes a careful touch. I’ve died more than a few times and I know what I did wrong every time and have not made the same mistakes. You either learn from it and go again, give up, or come to the forums and post a request for death exceptions. But feeling bad about what happens in game should not go beyond a “man that sucks, reroll and be more careful next time.”
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Be careful, because I’ve ran across 2 or 3 ppl that were in trouble so I’d engage and try to help them. Then I end up with a couple of mobs on me and they just run off and don’t help to finish the fight. Another time I saw this guy running by at 50% heath with 3 mobs on him. So I sent my pet to attack one of them. But the guy kept running into another group of mobs and disappeared over a hill. I pull my pet off but suddenly 3 of them are running at me now then I barely escaped. Didn’t take long for me to just ignore others and not risk it.
I get that. I have saved a few people with a well placed heal, but I saw a dude get killed by a Son of Arugal, even though I had warned him a minute before. Not going to step into that one.
I saw someone lagging like crazy. He was running in one spot in darkshore next to a murloc camp. I deficed to stay and guard him in case a murloc respawn and attacked him. Well one of them did and i killed it. I then waiting about 5 more minutes guarding him until he finally logged back in. I explained to him what had happened and he literally did not respond. I figured he could be a non English speaker. I asked him if he spoke English and he responded that he did. I literally save him from starting over and he never said even a thanks.
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“Gratitude is a disease suffered by dogs.” - J. Stalin
Yep me as well. Ive had a couple of players who I saved from the brink of death, in their 20s and 30s, that didnt even thank me for it. They just carried on like nothing happened. Ungrateful sods.
This is so strange behaviour. I have saved a few - some non-English (I play EU) - and the least they do is emote /thanks or /bow or /salute or some such. I also do the same.
Only one non-reacting was so busy surviving a pack, I doubt he realised when I saved him with a heal and a timely pull
I’ve been pretty lucky I guess. I can’t remember anyone just ignoring my help. Most people have been pretty appreciative.
Now as for people returning a buff 
It seems the classes that can’t buff almost always say thanks, but those that can in return (looking at you mages) often can’t be even bothered to buff in return. Strange to me, but I just love buffing.
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Sometimes it’s hard to react in time, at least for me, and then you’re out of range 
I try to return, but I’m not super aware of everything at all times 