djarvinen
4/29/2011 7:52:00 AM
To: alt.games.warcraft
On Mar 24, 2:10=A0pm, twk <t...@sleepless.knights.com> wrote:
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> =A0"djarvi...@gmail.com" <djarvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Humbert's Sword
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> > My level 27 priest hooked up with a level 27 mage in Hillsbrad to do
> > parts of the Battle of Hillsbrad chain. =A0He was frost spec'd and just
> > did incredible damage with his Freeze/Blizzard combo. =A0It was pretty
> > funny to see four or five mobs 'charging' him at about 1/3 speed. :)
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> > So anyway, we got the Humbert's Sword quest which is a drop off those
> > Dun Garok mobs. =A0We cleaned up the outside first, then slowly worked
> > our way in. =A0After what seemed like hours (but was probably only 15-20=
> > minutes), we just weren't getting that drop. =A0I asked if he minded if
> > I look up the quest on Thotbott to see what kind of drop it was. =A0He
> > lol'd, saying he had just looked it up, saying it was 'rare'. =A0Well,
> > that was a bit disappointing. :(
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> > So we discussed our 'plans' for a bit, checked a few other sources,
> > basically just scratching our heads and sitting on our duffs. =A0We
> > finally decided to work our way back outside, grind a bit more, and
> > then move on. =A0So guess what happens? =A0Our very next kill dropped th=
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> > sword! =A0We both went hysterical over that.
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> > Griefing/Ganking
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> > In the year and a half I've been playing, I have reported less than
> > five players, and then only for what I considered egregious
> > circumstances (one was pretending to be a GM). =A0 But in Hillsbrad last=
> > night (I am there way too often!), I had a level 26/27 alt doing that
> > lion's blood quests. =A0Unfortunately there was some kind of raid or
> > action against Tarren Mill by Alliance players all '??' to me. =A0One of=
> > them ('Windbringr', I thought the name was but I can't find it in the
> > armory. =A0Perhaps already banned?? or just spelled incorrectly) ganked
> > me every time he saw me.
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> > It didn't seem like he was violating the technical definition of
> > corpse camping as he would run back and forth between Tarren Mill and
> > that small tower just to the southwest of Tarren Mill. =A0But the moment=
> > I rez'd and he was about, he would bang me. =A0I guess during the few
> > seconds of respite I had (perhaps 10 or so), I could have wandered off
> > a bit but I only needed two more Lion's blood to complete that quest,
> > and they were plentiful around that tower.
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> > So ganking me once or twice is fine but after three or four times it
> > really was a bit irritating. =A0And after six or seven times I was just
> > pissed. =A0I didn't report him, primarily because I really don't like to=
> > report players and 'normal' ganking is more or less OK with me. =A0But
> > in this case, it seemed to go beyond the pale. =A0Is this something any
> > of you would have reported?
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> Try asking for help in general chat. Tell whoever is watching you've
> been ganked X number of times in area "here". Co-ords help a lot in this
> case. Chances are several bored 70s will jump at the chance for some
> PvP. I've done this a couple of times and it's worked great.
It turns out that is exactly what I did and exactly what happened. In
fact, I'm finding that to be a pretty good remedy regardless of where
I am questing.
My 'real' question was whether anyone thought that 'Windbringr's
behaviour was griefing. It wasn't quite corpse camping but there
seemed to be so little difference from it that it effectively was.
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