Posted by Bastosa on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 - 97 Comments
Tags: corpse camp, dual box, gank, recruit a friend, stranglethorn, stv
So I, like everyone else it seems, have been victim of Blizzard’s recruit-a-friend program. With TBC wrapping up, it seems like the perfect time to level some alts with a big bonus. So like many others I have made friends with myself and started dual-boxing. But I don’t want to talk about that today. What I want to talk about is my experience leveling again.
Like my good friend Juggynaut, I too (against my better judgment) recently decided to bring my new toons into Stranglethorn Vale. Being that I rolled on a PvP server I knew the risks… but I also knew there were plenty of kill quests that were ripe for dual-boxing, so I went anyway. As I expected I got ganked, and ganked a lot. So much in fact that after about half a day of leveling there I ended up throwing my headset across the room, yelling some choice profanities, and swearing I would never go back.
I’ll reiterate, I fully expected the PvP central that STV is famous for. The reason for my frustration was not one, but several 70s that thought it was great fun to come kill my poor level 35 characters over and over and over again. Not only that, but after they killed me they had no issues camping my body and waiting for me to res to kill me again.
Now as I’m sitting there with my ghost hovering over my corpse waiting for them to let their guard down for just a moment, it occurred to me… how are these people having fun right now? I really don’t understand it. I enjoy PvP as much as the next guy, and understand what comes with rolling on a PvP server. But seriously, who enjoys camping characters 30 levels below them for hours on end? It just seems sick to me. Are they really that hard up to feel “leet”?
There is no challenge for them, there is nothing to be gained, pretty much the only reason to do it is to be a huge jerk. Seems crazy to me, but its clear LOTS of people do it. So I ask, why? Do you participate in the STV scene, or at least have insights as to why this is fun for people? When I’m on my 70s, my priorities are elsewhere, just saying.
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By goliath553 on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I began my days of wow about 6 weeks ago on a pvp Server (Executus)….
I leveled my toon to about 30 in 2-3 weeks and was constantly ganked when in any neutral zone, Southshore, Stranglehorn Etc….
I was so fed up wtih this that I left that server, to join a friends normal server (Thrall).
I have since (for the last 4 weeks) leveled another toon all the way up to 53. I have not yet ganked anyone and have vowed never to do it. I don’t understand it at all. There is no glory in slaughtering someone 30, 40, or 50 levels below your rank. If you want to Duel then fine, your opponent willingly accepts your challenge and it’s consequences.
I have in fact on three occasions during my short time with WoW helped horde players while questing.
I do not understand the pleasure of ganking and will NOT participate in such a shameful act.
Just my 2 cents.
By Holydos on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I must say, that’s probably why I rolled on a Rp server. lol
They probably like ganking people because they want to feel good that ‘low level’ alliance alts don’t have a chance in hell to level in the area they are camping. lol
It’s probably going to get worse on Wrath of the Lich King, soon you’ll have lv 80s coming after you and ganking you for the same reason that they did it as a level 70.
It seems that all Gankers usually stay in STV or any of the other real big ‘Contested’ zones that have a lot of quests for Alliance or Horde.
Even though if I had an alt or main I wouldn’t want to gank someone lower than me anyway. To bad there isn’t a rule you can’t camp someone’s corpse but pvp servers have their rules, it’s somewhat funny I don’t RP on a RP server. lol
By Vezi on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Very true Bastosta. People have too much time on their hands and find it necessary to foul your attempts at progression
By Nylow on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I wonder it as well. While I am not on a PvP server I tend to leave my PvP up. (much to the dismay of my party when being summoned to an instance and then getting ganked).
When you are at lvl it might be fun for a bit as it gets to be a challenge to beat the other. I have run accross those that will let me respawn and heal up then go at it. But having those lvl 70’s camp forever doesn’t make much sense either. Surely they have something better to do then to kill poor little ol me that is lucky to get one hit in before eating dirt.
By Promitheus on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
i think most of the high level gankers, gank low level player because they got ganked when they where leveling.
now when the low level players reach level 70 they will gank other lower level players and so on and on until blizzard closes WoW…
And that is the circle of life. haaa…..
(this doesn’t mean that if you got ganked you wil gank though)
By Darkeon on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My god i remember those days when leveling on a pvp server….took me half a year to get my priest to 70 on Crushridge….
I dont know what it is but if your a clothie its like having every ally character have your location 24/7 and yes my priest is horde. I would have to log out dead in STV for days on end because each time I logged on they were there…its like they knew.
So now Im happy with my two alliance characters who are 70 on Argent Dawn.
Oh and never once have I gone and ganked lower levels….though its funny when I was on my priest at lvl 70 and heading to STV….everyone expected me to kill other gankers…come on…a priest killing a different class….Im a great healer but pvper….cant do it even if my life was on the line.
By Daemonbane on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I had thought the same exact thing while I was on my pvp server ( Scilla). Of course I’m a nice guy so decided to try and be nice to them. Whenever I had a team they’ed say “Hey, a horde! Let’s go kill it!” and i’d says something like, oh no there just another player doing quests, so leave them alone. And after the rude comments from my team i’d get kicked. Which is why I switched to an RP relm! And Oh My God things are so much better. Anyways my main point is don’t gank lower lvl players. Its really really stupid and it gets you nothing.
By Todd on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
They could just be the boring hard-up jerks
Or they could also be bored, killing time, waiting for a raid to start up, doing the explore achievement or other achievements in the area…
By Farsythe on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I agree, it’s like they know they can’t kill ppl the same level so they just go after characters 30-40 levels lower just for ”fun”.
I wish people would just work together and leave eachother alone and let them to their quests.
At one point i was so tired of getting ganked, i got my lvl 70 and i camped the shit out of the guy.
Revenge is sweet.
By Holydos on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
It could be worse, they are just Grievers. lol
They aren’t making it fun for you, while laughing to themselves saying they are doing the right thing. Or they are making sure the person they gank, gank their lower alt character, so they have a Reason to gank you. lol
By Mmrdkm on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I roled in a pvp server (Bloodscalp), and of course i’ve been ganked a a lot, btw i roled alliance. And, i got to say though i’m quite sure there is ganking from both sides. It’s inevitable. the people that seem to have the most time are always Horde. and this not only happens at STV, but also at hellfire peninnsula, u got full tier 6 horde just camping the colliseum, and destroying low 60 on a whim. And i want to clarify, im not whining i did make it to 70 and gearing on, i’m just describing a tendency at my server.
By Frankinator on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Well for one, corpse camping is a reportable offense (I don’t know if that has been mentioned) even on a pvp server. Personally I play on a pve server, just because of coilfang reservoir, if I had a knickle for every time I had to call an underbog run because the horde were waiting to do SSC I wouldn’t be selling my blood to renew my subscription.
On the other hand, when I see a lowbie horde that is flagged in westfall, yeah I’m going to kill him, but thats what they get for running around flagged. I’m not going to camp them, but they will have to spend some time in ghost form, hopefully they won’t let it happen again.
By Zabotage on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Having played on both a PvP and currently a PvE realm, I think I can help explain. PvP realms are notorius for the “revenge” mentality. (Kind of like society in general, *cough* wars *cough*, but that’s another story). Scenario. Bobby is currently questing and leveling his lvl 30 paladin, he is being camped by Johnny who is a level 60 rogue. Bobby is fairly persistent, so after being camped and killed, repeatedly for 15 minutes, Johnny finally leaves. Much later in his WoW career, Bobby is now a stronger level 60 character. One day Bobby is bored, and remembers how pissed off he was at being camped by that one guy, if there was only a way Bobby could gain some sort of revenge. I think we all know what happens next…
Unfortunately this mentality plays out over, and over and over again. Coming from someone who has several level 70’s (all who are now on a PvE realm thankfully), I can definetly relate to your experience, as I first rolled on a PvP realm. Sadly, many players have a “backup” 70, located IN the zone they are leveling their alts, for that exact reason.
Blizzard is now offering an entire zone in WoTLK (Wintersgrasp), dedicated to PvP (whether you rolled on a PvE or PvP realm). I personally think this is an awesome idea, and should have happened alot sooner.
My feeling is they should bring back a DK (Dishonorable Kill) system to Players, and not only civilian NPC’s. This will make many players think twice before going on any type of ganking streak.
Just my 2 cents.
By Ananun on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I used to be in the PvP server Stormscale in the EU what a mistake lol it was hell trying to lvl there so i transfered to another more quiet PvP server Dentarg EU and it was great fun but i soon got ganked my lvl 70s lol but i soon got a high enough lvl to leave STV and made my way to 70 after that i vowed to destroy all lvl 70 campers in STV just to make those low lvl toons happy and feel they are loved lol and let me just say ganking the lvl 70s is well more fun lol and the way they get pissed off and make a trial account just to whisper a few chosen words of hate towards i hit back and they shut up and move on with their pathetic lives lol and its great fun
By Bruderen on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I can say the the STV PVP had a big impact on how I play the game. I level a pally to about level 35, on executus (was in TRG presplit). I spent more time running back to my body after being ganked, to find the same problem of my body being camp, that I changed servers (and factions) since it made WoW no fun at all for me. Now that I have a 70 pally, I can’t falthom the idea of spending my day in STV killing lowbie. As you said it must be the “it thing to do” for the new 70 kids who can’t kill anything else.
/end rant
Bruderen
Argent Dawn
By Santofuego on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Sadly, I’ve been on both sides of the fence. In some ways I can see how Ganking may help fuel the need to crush Horde/Alliance later on. Camping the body hours on end I don’t really see the use in. If I go in to gank, I usually tend to the let the Horde/Alliance of low level make the first move and attack me. Then I know he/she has a death wish and I will proceed to return the favor that had been bestowed upon me many times in westfall and other places.
Thinking on it brings me to a favorite quote that is a recurring theme in life. “There must be opposition in all things.” The challenge of over coming odds that at the time are clearly stacked in someone else’s favor may yield greater rewards later on down the road.
On another note, if you have any High level friends on the PvP server that enjoy ganking gankers, see if they wish to accompany you. The gankers may learn that it’s not wise to mess with you.
“Pedro offers you his protection.” -Napoleon D.
By Orvidos on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Vicious circle of stupidity, is pretty much what Lvl.Vs PvP has turned into.
“I was ganked in STV, I just hit level 70, lets go!”
Repeat ad infinitum.
I doubt it’ll ever change, even with the release of Wrath, STV will still be a roiling gank fest from heck, but as stated, anyone with any experience/a friend with experience knows not to go there if they want to be (more/less) frustration free leveling.
By JackJeckel on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Everybody gives me grief for playing on a PVE server.
I starter playing wow when vanilla beta came out and i played on a pvp server. Back then there was no language barrier so you could get in chat and say you needed help then gank whoever came to help you if they were opposite faction. Obviously they fixed that very quickly. Well i decided to stop playing for a while. When i came back to the game i figured hey ill play on a pvp server again. Well i didnt kno the rules had changed, it used to be like an unwritten rule about world PVP on a PVP server that most people consented to, you never attacked when running away and you usually had an unspoken agreement that you were going to duke it out. Starting the game over from lvl 1 was ok but when i hit the contested areas it seemed like people had no life and just wanted to grief each other. I figured screw this if i was to pvp ill get in BG and went to PVE realms i just want to say to all those people who play PVE servers if your friends say you play a carebear server tell them you have better things to do then kill somebody else while there trying to quest.
By cocopuffa on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
you people are completly missing the point of all of this for the reasons stated above i am on a RP server and it is defenly not fun getting gankedbut incase you dont know allready their is a reason why the horde and aliance are in defrant continents that reason horde and aliance hate each other what do you expect its called the world of warcraft not world of hugs kisses you say you understand the ganks that come with pvp server but i dont you do other wise you whould be hear bloging about all you lowbie horde out their you bettter show fase oround in a nutral area because i will kill you nothing prsinal just being a good player and to some that may mena a total jerk think what you want but if you dont like ganks move to pve server simple solution nothing good about a pvp servr anyways
By Justan on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I believe, that the chief reason people gank is because they were ganked while leveling, so since they were griefed they eel the need to grief other players.
The only time I will kill a low level is when they killed my alt, since I am on a pvp server it happens frequently. I simply log out one of my 70s in the zones I am leveling in, if I get ganked i log onto that 70 and kill the person that ganked me. I’ll relog onto the alt and if the person continues to gank me, THEN I’ll go out of my way to corpse camp them for hours or until they log so they can see what it feels like.
By Goomba on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I think the problem is not the fact you’re being ganked, I think the problem is camping. I’m all for fighting it out in a neutral zone, win or lose. But it’s when they call their friends or they won’t let you res, or they just plain come after you no matter where you are.
I mean, obviously it’s all good and fun in PVP zones else there’d be no need for PVP servers, I like the fact it adds a little challenge to quests that can become mundane but there comes a point where the little challenge become a retarded ploy to stop you from questing.
I agree with several posts, it does want to make you switch servers, it does imply that they’re just little kids who’ve had powerleveling services and you do have to log-off to avoid being camped for too long.
By Caradraa on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Here’s my general rule of thumb: If your level’s gray to me, I will wave and walk right by you, if its green or higher, you’re dead. I have only ever (yes, I admit it) corpse camped once. My Blood Elf Paladin was minding his own business when I walk over the corpse of a human rogue to go mine some tin. Halfway through it, I hear the crash of buckshot as some bullets fly into my back. I turn around to find that he’s three levels beneath me, at half health, and tried to shoot me with his gun. Had he backstabbed, sapped me, done anything else even remotely intelligent, I might have ganked him once and been on my merry way, but because he didn’t, I felt it my duty to beat some of the n00b out of him. I killed him 9 times, chasing him to the doorstep of Dun Garok until he rezzed at the healer. At the end of the day, I got 20 honor and one hell of a laugh. For The Horde!
By Pal on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Hate to be ganked by 70’s
By Azazel on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I don’t gank alliance I usually /wave or /hi maybe if they give honor i might kill but i don’t camp them to be excepted on a pvp sever. Even if someone is camping me i don’t go and get revenge on other people which will get them wanting to kill horde and so the chain continues.
I think the real reason for ganking and camping for hours on end is because it makes people feel good to bring pain to other people, have you ever laughed at someone because they kill themselves? It just the way people are is my guess, you feel bad and you spread your unhappiness with those around you.
By lockOne on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
First, I would like to share that I believe corpse camping IS lame … unless they deserved it, for example, a 70 is corpse camping and in return gets corpse camped by 70(s) from the opposing faction.
As far as killing lowbies, it depends on my current objective. If there is a group of us heading from Southshore to Tarren Mill to start a mini war, then all members of the opposing faction are killed regardless of level.
Most of the time while leveling to 70 and was killed by ??, they went on about their business after they slaughtered me. It brought a sense of paranoia to leveling in certain areas, and imho, made it more interesting. I was leveling an alt in the Southshore area the other day when a bunch of 70 horde decided they wanted to own the city. Yeah, it wasn’t too much fun dying every 30 seconds, but trying to sneak away from them so I could continue questing broke up the monotony of some of the quests.
Overall, I enjoy the PVP server I am on and enjoy the World PVP that occurs, there are plenty of quests out there to avoid certain “trouble” areas. So have fun and remember to watch your back
By Kipsurfin on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I am sad to admit that I have ganked those characters 30 levels lower than me in STV and other places. It was only a few times and not for too long (maybe an hour). The biggest reason I did it though was payback, which I think is the main reason people gank lower levels. I had a hard day of battlegrounds trying to get pvp gear, you know, one of those days where it seems the other side *cough*horde*cough* seem to turtle AV every time. Eventually I got so pissed that I flew down to STV and killed every horde I saw. After a few minutes their mains or friends started showing up so I had some fun with them until I was ganked myself. One group even made alliance characters on trial accounts and started sending me hate messages. So, in the end I was more angry to begin with.
tl;dr - don’t gank, it hurts everyone.
By Brokenwing on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Yeah, thats pretty much Southshore and STV once you move on from that it helps. Those areas are just know for extreme pvp (ganking) and it attracts people going for the trinket drop (Achievement) Not to mention the Booty Bay - Rachet Boat. I can’t imagine not playing on a PvP server, thats part of the game. On my server, everyone knows if your a 70 in either SS or STV, your asking for trouble.
By Sphyx on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I totally agree with you, i am on a PVP (frostmane) server and ever since i hit level 30+ i have been a subject to countless ganking and i am not very happy. I have also thought of changing to another realm but i cant be bothered leveling a character again. The only logical explanation i have for people ganking is that they need to feel that they have got the power but isnt it better when you kill a player your own level? That were the power lies not killing my little shaman who is trying to push thought his wow life.
Shamans for the win!!!!!
By kelegon on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
i dont camp lowbies that much but after my alt was getin ganked alot i just brought in my 70 druid and kick there ass
By Sjoerdo on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
i h8 being ganked altough i do it myself to somethimes but i never corpse camp i also kill Gankers that are “ganking”others… what i normally do is set my main in close to the area where im going to quest open another WoW with name and pass already done and when i get killed i just swift and go on my main
By Dtotheug on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
This actually happened to me last night on Executus. I was wondering around working on a quest and a high-level horde hunter came up and started attacking me. I very quickly realized since I could not tell what level he/she was that there was no sense in trying to fight them I simply stood there. Thats when the horde started toying with me. They got me pretty low on health before I threw up a bubble shield and healed myself, all the while not attacking them and I tried walking away, hoping they would leave me be on my way. Never the less they finally got sick of toying with me and ganked me. I really don’t get the point of attacking someone who is not even attacking you back and is making a effort to avoid you. I am convinced most Horde members on Executus server are teenagers who think they are being cool by ganking someone lower then them.
By Sathas on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
ya people who do that are douchebags. im on a PvE server (arathor) and if i WERE on a PvP server the only people i would gank would be my friends in real life and that would be only 1 or 2 kills… =P
By Talonni on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
QQ wah wah…You all have a bunch of sand in your pussies. There are separate factions for a reason. Part of the fun in this game on a PvP server is to prevent the other side from accomplishing certain tasks or making their life as difficult as hell. Ganking lower level characters definitely accomplishes this as can be seen by all the whining in this here thread. It makes people not want to play, it pisses them off and generally means you are doing your faction proud by fucking over the other.
In general those level 70s are in those contested zones to protect friends, guildies or their own alts in case they start to get ganked. They are just killing lowbies and camping them while they are already there. I’m sure there are people that ONLY go to these zones for the sole purpose of picking on lowbies but I’m sure that is more rare. Go to Desolace, go level in instances (no risk of getting ganked), etc. It isn’t like there aren’t other options available to you.
A PvP server definitely is more difficult and has many more obstacles than a carebear server but it also has greater rewards. I love defending myself from someone trying to gank me. I love ganking other level 70s (hell I wish we could kill players of our own faction). It is a lot easier to level up on a carebear realm which is why in the past you couldn’t transfer from carebear to PvP.
Now I’m not saying I enjoy getting ganked on my alts where I don’t have the slightest chance to do anything but that’s when you switch to your main and kill them, ask some friends or guildies to help out or start a full fledged world war 3 in the zone and end up with 50 level 70s of each faction going at it (fun as hell). The point is, PvP is well PvP and you have to learn to deal with it. Trying to understand the why is mostly pointless (why does a serial killer do what he does). Good times!
By Edger on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Sometimes when I’m on my rogue I like to sneak up on low levels and come out of stealth behind them. I don’t kill them, I just let them know that I could of. It is quite fun and you are still being nice.
By teeters on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
i don’t understand it ethir i means theres loads more things to do on wow than to camp STV and kill ppl trying to lvl up in one hit then wait till they spawn and do it again its so pointless and boring
i guess your right there just jerks
By Alayea on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
First off, I originally started playing WoW on a PvP server called Frostwolf because it was the realm my brothers’ toons were located in. I was entirely new to the game, so I didn’t know what I had gotten myself into (you’re free to laugh if you desire to). I was fine leveling until — ba dum bum — Stranglethorn Vale. Not fun in the slightest bit. It wasn’t until my siblings and I transferred to the RP server Thorium Brotherhood that I could actually make any progress on my character.
I’m never playing on a PvP server because, in my opinion, there are too many people who opt for [url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/gamesmanship] over [url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/sportsmanship]sportsmanship.
By JinZ on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I was in STV the other day too and all of a sudden I swa a lvl 1 pally running around. I was like “wtf? How he managed to make it this far?” I kept going and all of a sudden i got sapped and i got a whisper from that pally: “1g to live”…….i rofled quite a bit and got killed but still……
By PatrickD on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Dude, I was trying to level out of that same expedition camp on Sunday night. I was on Daggerspine and had the exact same issue with damn hordies with nothing better to do than kill a level 36 holy priest. Seriously, WTF?
I had some guild-mates on their 70’s in the vicinity, but we couldn’t bait the guy out. The minute they leave, he comes back.
I’m sure he’s happy to know he can kill someone 35 levels lower than he is. Yay.
We gave up and went questing elsewhere. That expedition should hire some level 82 NPC Security.
By Zosarian on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I really don’t see the point in it. I used to get ganked in STV all the time. Once I hit 60 I think it was, I went there with the purpose of ganking some lowbie Alliance and I found that ganking about 4 or 5 of them I got bored and didn’t really see the point in it so I quit and haven’t done it since.
And corpse camping is just dumb regardless if its ganking a lowbie or an honorable kill.
- Spinebreaker (US) 68 Shaman
By Shaun on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I fucking hate when 70’s go around ganking lowbies. There is absolutely nothing to be gained. They should be losing experience. Whenever I see a high-level Horde (I play Alliance) come rolling along, I either high-tail it outta there, or /wave or /hug my way out of being ganked. This works surprisingly well. Apparently the Horde wants your respect, otherwise they’ll kill you to un-earn it. Brilliant!
By Melbor on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
As we all know, being ganked is one of the most annoying and frustrating things in World of Warcraft. We get too mad over this happening in our game, when we are defenseless to the attacker. I reckon most cases of ganking is in fact a sort of revenge for when you yourself got ganked in your lower levels. Now you feel since you had to put up with it, others have to aswell. This is a very childish behaviour, thus, most gankers ought to be children, or at least all too young to play this game anyway.
By Gordo on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Overall, I blame a lot of this on BC.
It really destroyed the community. That loss of community combined with the separation of Outlands from Azeroth made it impossible to reliably call in for help from level 70s in these situations.
I enjoy the risk aspects of PvP servers (my home server is Tichondrius) to a degree. Like most of you I have done my fair share of “drive by ganking” of lowbies.
And I have appreciated those who were known to camp an area, as they added something to the danger (as long as it was level appropriate). Be it the 60 rogue who camped BRM for hours every day before BC or the 70 Hunter in Nagrand.
But this crap is just a series of lame griefers. You aren’t PvPing, as the challenge is about the same as killing boars in Elwynn. Extra lameness points if you use exploits such as the rooftop in South Shore.
You get off not on anything you the game is providing either through skill, graphics or lore. No, you are just enjoying the fact that you are frustrating some other person. You are doing the equivelant of going to their house and turning off their computer and saying “Ha ha, you can’t play cause I said so”.
You add nothing to the experience of the game. And you are worthless.
Now the rogue who used the MC helmet on me one time so he could emote his name and specifically how he was going to gank me and then told me to have a nice day . . . he added something.
By Kurshu on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I have just leveled a mage through STV on a PvP server and it really was not that bad - I got ganked maybe 4 or 5 times from 35-40 (I am playing alliance). I find staying away from the popular areas helps a lot, the level 70s tend to camp the shared questhub so using common sense I spent as little time there as possible. Also I kept off of the roads, I learnt that after running from the rebel camp to BB following the road the entire time and being ganked once or twice.
If you do get ganked just don’t respond, thats what the gankers are looking for - a response. I don’t even wait to res and I will buff up and continue on my lowbie way as I please.
Gankers are easily avoided, just stay away.
By Scaper on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I Love Ganking Lowbies For reason…
It makes my Weiner look bigger xD
By lishuss on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
i never liked ganking. but that doesn’t mean im a saint.
when im on my 70 rogue(a gnome named, naturally, lishuss) and happen to be at StV and i see a little flagged hordie i walk around, double back, get right behind them and go invisible. I never attack them, but i LOVE watching them freak out and, more often then not, fall into the water from running away without look at the direction they’re facing.
i love it so much but i know its a dick move
By Kelieto on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Ocome on people the reason people like me or anyone else on a pvp server does it for is the excitment of killing. when you kill a low lvl what do they do they run making a nice cat and mouse game. but the fun doesnt end there. they call for help OOOO THE FUN!!! they have there lvl 70 friends come help and that means more fun plus random honor. We gank because we are broad and with WotLK coming out people should lvl fast because all ganking will be on hold for about 2 weeks. but that is why I and everyone else on PVP servers gank.
Lvl 70 Tauren Shaman Kelieto
Demon Soul server.
By mcb172 on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
i to have been ganked numerous times on the pvp server 1 of my toons are on but frighteningly enough ive actully saw lvl 70s fighting to the dath just to camp me and my friends trying to quest
By typhoonandrew on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
There is not cycle of hatred, or what the hell its called. You don’t gank because somebody ganked you. Utter rubbish.
You gank because you want to make somebody feel bad, and you get a kick out of it. The more they twist in the wind, the more joy the ganker gets.
I hate gankers, but then I’m on a pve server so don’t have to deal with it….. unless Blizzard puts in an event that gives all the gankers that ability. *zombie invasion*
By Eliezer on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I only ever gank if its a person arount my level otherwise there isnt any fun in it.
By Ananun on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Ganking is fun but camping is only done by complete nerds who live in the basement of their mothers house and have never come out of that basement lol
By jack on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
i normal gank/kill noobie for 2 reason
1.so they understand they get pvp on and learn from
2.and i normaly wander into ally land so its abit “my own personal mini invasion”
By bruit on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
i hope there is a way to get to the death knight questing area so i can start ganking them especailly on the first week of wotlk. hehe
On serious note, i started wow on a pvp server. yes i was a big noob back then i didn’t know what a pvp server is or a normal server either (because who reads manuals nowadays anyways). i clearly don’t get the point of ganking at all and lighting up a camp fire by my corpse while dry humping or teabagging my lvl 20s char in duskwood.
whats the point? my guess was back then is the ganker had some sort of personality disorder growing up because his/her parents didn’t love them enough. they there molested as a child and had no one to turn to but gank on lower levels. that way they can feel more complete and powerful building up their self esteem. i feel your pain dear ganker, i really do. i empathies what you have to go thru by camping my lowbie toon. it must be very hard. its okay though, we wub you. we all wub you.
anyways, that’s my psychiatric therapeutic communication towards all those gankers who feel the need to build up their self esteem by ganking lowbies that doesn’t give them honors at all.
By stuart on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
What pisses me off just as bad is when someone tries to attack you (around your level) and you defeat them in a fair fight. You carry on, they res and try to attack you again and you kill them again. This happens maybe 3 or 4 times, so they log off, log on a main, and gank/corpse camp you for absolute ages. Can’t they take being beaten fairly? Do they have to feel good about themselves by ganking a lowbie?
By Grant on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Me when I find a horde just calmly leveling I leave him/her alone to do their business and I move on(Btw im lvl 70)
Only thing when I get hostile is when they attack me. I am bacially considered to be a “neutral’ guy that runs around collecting herbs or veins or whatever. I don’t care i they are 30 levels higher than me or what I will attack back. That’s my way of dealing with the situation. But when I’m on a BG I totally change my attitude I go from neutral to HOSTILE every time I see a horde I go berserker and run in and start attacking.
By Dulica on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I don’t like killing or being killed… I’ve got things to do! I can barely stand BGs…I swear and yell a lot, and vow never to do it again. Then I get some new bad ass plate or a new weapon, and I go try again. Lather, rinse, repeat!
By solastina on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I will not gank low lvls who just trying to quest, to me I would rather let them get to my lvl then fight them. I love ganking gankers. Last night a 70 ne hunter was killing a lvl 22 guildie over and over agian , and all the low lvls in the area (hillsbard hills, of course) and me and a another rouge camped him like he was camping the other rouge’s alt, well we killed him 13 times till he fianlly logged. Check his armory and he was in all the brutal glad stuff, and thought ganking lvl 22’s was a blast.
I like being a rouge i can watch a low lvl ally questing and wait for them to get in over thier heads and then save them,wave at them and then go on my way. I hate killing those 10+ lvls below me unless they are ganking then i will gank and camp. But they are just questing? Give me a break just leave them alone, with ambush i can 1 hit most lvl 60 clothies so where is the fun in that? Nope i would rather just leave them alone unless they are being jerks then they will die over and over and over again otherwise you low lvl allys have nothing to fear from me.
By Fruma on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
“I’m never playing on a PvP server because, in my opinion, there are too many people who opt for [url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/gamesmanship] over [url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/sportsmanship]sportsmanship.”
Well, I play on a PvP server because of the uttter ruthlessness of it. It’s morbidly fascinating. Even though I’ve been ganked on lower toons several times, the thought has never occurred to me to join a PvE server.
Lol, maybe I just haven’t been ganked enough
But still, I guess I just like the competition and the “danger” of a PvP server. It’s thrilling… if somewhat frustrating at times.
By Marksweep on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Being ganked in WoW annoys me more than being ganked in EVE. At least in EVE you can gain something by ganking someone. And if I every do gank people back, I get nothing from the experience.
By Gilnid on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I’m on Arthas, and I love to gank. The difference between me and most players is that I gank those who gank, whether it be in STV or QD. My ganking high definitely comes when I kill someone that thought they were gonna be camping my buddy. And by the way, for those of you who didn’t stick it out on the PVP server, shame on you.
By Luminaa on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I have to say world PvP is so much fun… but getting ganked at 30 was always a risk…
me and my friends always to be honest opt for the ‘have a go option’ if we get ganked we enlist the help of our PvP ready buddies or log to our main toons to challenge the gankers who quickly scarper…
Obviously first time round it was tiresome, second time round it was a riot… War in STV? i say bring it on XD
personally i leave the low levels and hunt the gankers because there is honor in it =P
i have 3 toons on both PvE and PvP and i find that on PvE the 70s come along killing the target mobs and laughing at you…. which imo thats even worse… waiting 5 mins for a spawn that you dont have a chance of getting first…
By Luvguf on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I play on a PvE server. Mainly because I’m a quester…not a PvPer. When I do go for some fights I simply do some battlegrounds.
That being said I have not been ganked.
One thing that always annoys me is that on my server Crossroads is ALWAYS being attacked by allies. Yes I’m horde.
What is the purpose of going in with your group of 70’s and killing everything in the place? It gives no experience or honor. It only gives grief to people level 10-30ish.
No skill is required to take out crossroads when you are level 70…press tab, mash keyboard with face, rinse repeat…./wave to level 13 that was trying to turn in quest to mob you just killed.
Attacking a major city is completely acceptable. It actually requires some work to do with the guards upped to level 75 now.
By Ezrath on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I belive the issue at hand is simply a control/power issue. Saying you gank people so they will get the high level characters to come defend them so you have someone to fight is just an excuse. Saying you gank people cause you were ganked is again, just an excuse. It is simply about control.
By Abadaboo on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I think that 70s that go around ganking lowbies for the sheer purpose of being extremely annoying tend to either be bored or don’t have the bawls to fight people their own level.
I believe that a debuff system should be added to the game so that players who kill other players that con green or gray to them become the easiest target to kill, lasting for an hour and persisting through death, having a Hunter’s Mark above their head that can be seen no matter where in the zone you might be. Too extreme? I don’t think so. >=P
By alphadoom on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:22 am
first of all, i would like to say good job on kara. comeing from someone who has never seen kara, i loved the videos. alright now to the gank thing, i will admit i started on a pvp server and leveled a warrior all the way to 70. ( witch takes alot of patience) from 68-70 took me five days because of ganking. i always vowed i would go back when i hit 70 and gank the crap out of any ally i saw. (the char is horde) now i am playing a pve server and i am acually enjoying playing. i dislike world pvp now and would rather focus on pve elements. i agree with you, i belive most of the gankers are people that sadly do not have jobs and the time to sit around for hours to wait for some poor low level smuck to come along. so i joined Hyjal and made a pally witch i am enjoying way more then i ever did my warrior. my warrior will now forever collect dust =(.
By eatem on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 2:30 am
i have spent 4yrs playing on a pvp server (bloodfeather) STV also known as gankathorn is very nutorius for ganking i have always had my high lvl sat there waiting for that unexpected gank by a high lvl. nothing has changed even after ppl hit 70 all bring the mains and follow there alts around incase they get ganked. it just once you bring a 70 they bring a 70 and so on and so on so stv becomes a no go area for me latley as i prefer to lvl not spend my time loggin in and out to satisfy my lust for revenge…
By Someguy on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 3:24 am
FIRST!
By Zancrus on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 5:02 am
I normally don’t gank anyone that will not give me honor, but I will get involved in STV if I see a green getting ganked. Now if the low lvl takes a swing at me (go figure a lvl 30 vrs 70?!) then its fair game and I kill him with something appropriate like roots. Other than that I know how you feel I’m working on a hunter and since the new talents came out it is crazy no matter where I am I get camped.
By Manse on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 6:16 am
This is the reason why i moved from a pvp server to a normal server, it was too hard for me as a low level to get quests done especially in STV and Hillsbrad.
By Pokesomi on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 6:50 am
I honestly think that blizzard needs to change some of the pvp rules wherein if you gank a low level toon, you may only do it twice then must go at least 1000 yards away from that toon and other toons in the imidiate area.
By cocopuffa on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 7:34 am
you people do know that pvp= player vs player the word vs implying that their gointo lock in battle 2 people cant come out victorys in this case only one will come oof bating a beter one even though a lowbie may not have a big chance of beating a ?? they made the choice of goin on a pvp server this game is full jerks and both aliance and horde but if tqke a look at the bolth fractions quest the horde qust are much more brutal thats teh horde are a bunch of blood thirsty bastards and its up t othe aliance to stop their evil ways and the horde defend tham self and so the war goes on i will take any oportunity i get kill a horde char no metter the level
By Ananun on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Cocopuffa your just a retard its a game lol big deal lol and your concept of horde being bad and alliance being good is completely there is right and wrong in both groups lol and dude u need to get a life lol
By SNiP on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I totally agree with you Bastosa. I play on a PvP server too (Drak’Thul EU) and as such there is a lot of lowbies ganking.
I’m a fair player (I guess). I don’t gank others in situations where there’s no way how they could resist. It’s kinda lame. Camping lowbies is the lamest ever imo. I like the idea of open world PvP, but this isn’t exactly what I mean. Things like some town raids and stuff are way better.
The problem is, it’s usually some sick kids that just got out of school and feel like “sh0w1ng theer sk1lllzz” with their honor-stuff geared 70s…
Well you can either play their game (relog for main, call some friends or so..) or just “denie the battle” and go eat a sandwich for 5mins ;]
By Claxo on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 9:00 am
A level 70 in Stranglethorn Vale,
out to give a lowbie some hell.
Should he run up to him and strike him dead,
or sneak around and mess with his head?
And after the kill does he go on his way,
or stick around to ruin lowbie’s day?
He can picture it now, a look of dread in their eyes,
a corpse run back to find a nasty surprise.
There he waits, just within sight,
to see a pile of bones and continue his plight.
He says its to waste time or perhaps for revenge.
Regardless of reason it makes lowbie cringe.
What’s the joy in a gank, taking a lowbie’s life?
Its quite simple really; Its in causing much strife.
At the end of the day Level 70 had fun.
Now on to his alt where, to him, the same will be done.
By grillbar on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Well Bastosa
WELLCOME TO THE WORLD OF WARCAFT
former name: jerk town
pop: 6mil
but i know what your talking about. all the ganking is what keeps my alts at max lvl of 30 cuz then i constanly get ganked and then i quit
on my server (grim bartol the eu server) the hordes are the ones who are offen seen ganking…
i mean i had a lvl 18 gnome mage and i got ganked by not 1 not 2 but 4 lvl 70 hordes i mean C’mon how am i supore to enjoy the game when they camp my corpse and 1-hit me all day long BUT there is nothing better to see 1 or 2 lvl 70 hordes starting to gank me and then 10 lvl 70 alliance comes and woop there ass…
i had a lvl 48 hunter who was bait in stv i got as mutch hp and ap as posible and when out in the world to get ganked and when 1 found me i call in the reinforcement and 15 lvl 70 alliances was there on there mount comming up from a hil and ran dont and ganked back… did that a hole day
no we did not gank we only attacked back the rule was simple dont attack any hordes unless they attack you first you should have seen it xtreme satisfying
and sorry all this was a bit off topic
By grillbar on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 10:23 am
but i think the reason people gank is becaurse theres nothing els to do…
they dont wanna do raid/instaces or daily but they dont wanna quit wow either so they gank just to feel alittle o.p
but when wotlk comes the ganking lvl will fall drasticly at first it will not be totaly gone but significaly lower since poeple got new things to do
By Strikir on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I have leveled up 5 Alliance and now 3 Horde to 70 all on PvP servers. I have been ganked and done the ganking. There is always times were people just want to be jerks and will camp you for no reason, these people either are just bored with WoW or have been trying to lvl an alt just like you and were getting ganked, so they are on a revenge path with anything red.
Why did i roll my Horde on a PvP server after i lvled up my Ally on one? It is fun. Sure there are time i want to reach through my screen and strangle certain characters but, overall it just won’t be the same if you didn’t have to keep moving the camera around while killing so you could keep an eye on who is trying to sneak up behind you.
To someone above to mentioned that camping was a reportable offense, I too read that one day in the “help” section in game. I then thought sweet, i will report the next guy who camps me. So i did and what response did i get from the GM?…”You are on a PvP server… get used to it” He said that is only something that would be addressed if it were a PvE or RP server. So, unless something has changed (pretty sure it has not), if you are on a PvP sever just do your best to stay away from STV type areas. It CAN be done.
By Diclonius on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am
This is the exact reason why I do Not play on a PvP server. I have enjoyed countless of hours in EVE Online where PvP is expected anywhere outside the >0.6 regions and I still enjoyed it. Died a lot but at the same time I usually had the option of maybe outskilling my attacker.
PvP is enjoyable when you can turn the tables despite not having as much game time as your oponent. In a PvP system like the one used in WoW. If you have leveled to 70 you are godlike to anything bellow lvl 65.
There is thus as 5 lvl +- which can be decided on skills.
What I would like to see is a trial, maybe on a specialy created server, where PvP still excist but you can only attack someone openly if they are 5 levels above or bellow yourself.
This would get ridd of the e-peeners and PvP would be kept more honorable and clean. Sure the e-peen players would cause drama over something like this but at least the ones that would want to enjoy some SKILLBASED PvP would then have a chance.
And speaking of honor… Bring back dishonorable kills. But this time make 10 dishonorable kills make it so you are attackable by both allies and horde for maybe 1 hour. That would be fun.
By TomTheDon on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I remember leveling my Tauren druid to 70, took me over half a year. Around lvl’s 30-40, 40-50 and 62-64 are the most ganked levels there are. So i warn ANYONE wishing to start a character on ‘Skullcrusher’ to be prepared if you are starting a horde character as the Alliance dominate the areas with..of course… level 70’s ganking low levels, i feel your pain…
By Rogie on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I will never forget that. One time when i was 35 one worror ganged me over and over again in STV it was absolutly hell he was aways there and i was one hit kill(as a rogue). Anyway i managed to lvl up to 70 and get full S1 (it was the most easy to get by the time) and one day thought to get back in STV but not to gang lowbies but to kill 70’s. So i get to there and what did i sow, the same worror there ganging low lvls over and over again (it was several months after he was ganging me). Usualy worriors are rogue killers in BG’s but i desided to try him. He was dead in like 10 sec. It was sweat revenge. I ganged him over and over and over again till he just loged off. From time to time now i go there to see if he’s there too and our paths crossed again several times and every time he was absolutly weak he didn’t manage even to get me to 8000 HP. In the end i think that he’s just lvl to 70 not to continiue to get better armor and weapons but to gank lowbies.
By Xylch on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I don’t even worry about this problem anymore, whenever I am leveling one of my alts and someone ganks me, I just hop on one of my level 70 characters and go camp THEM.
By hardkilla on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
yea i started over 2 years ago but when i first walked into STV i got by a 2k ambush i said dang this sucks ran back and ran for my life so i was like hey im not gonna go into this place and yet i did and i rly didnt get ganked i play on alter of storm (yea its a low pop realm i didnt no wth to look for ok) so now that i got 3 70s and working on a 4t(66 pallyatm) any1 that messes with me just gets pwn they probable think the same thing u do but the point is they started it so horde only gank and camp out of vengeance or rly to piss some1 off trust me i no when i cant pwn some1(got pwned rather ezly but a t6-sunwell druid a lil bit a go) it pisses ya off but think about it blizzard made the game like that so the horde did nothing wrong in camping/ganking you its just that you didnt see it coming ok well ima stop right there
-Hardkilla/Hardmurder- AOS warrior/druid
By Alayea on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@Claxo
That’s a pretty good poem.
By Blaxe-Emerald Dream on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I camp lowbie horde in Southshore Hillsbrad Foothills with a lvl 31 mage. My mage has been at this level for almost a year now, and his sole purpose is to kill those horde trying to level in SS. My mage happens to be a gnome. When I slaughter level 25-29s in Hillsbrad Foothills I just imagine how pissed off the person sitting behind the other monitor is. When I imagine them pounding their desk and screaming “Why!” it fills my heart with joy and reminds me of why I play WoW. After a couple times of killing them, they almost always go grab their 70 and come kill/camp me. If I see that they are camping me I usually log off and do something worthwhile. I can gank and be ganked without becoming pissed off because when I am mercilessly camped I think about how much fun they are having and how I love camping lower levels too. It works both ways.
By David on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
thats why i popped onto a PvE server to avoid getting ganked and play with one of my friends (art teacher) Xb
By SNiP on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
2Blaxe: wow… you’re an a**hole
By Shirate on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Personally, whenever I get a strong urge to gank someone, it’s mostly because the Horde that ganked me so many times. I seriously hate getting ganked. From 67-70, I got ganked within 5 minutes of each time I logged in, and at least 10 times in the first hour-1.5 hours. And at least 6 times during dailies. I hate ganking….and horde…
By dramadude on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I am a lv 65 rogue on a pvp server, and personally, whenever i see a lower lvl opposing faction character i always do /wave or something along those lines, and as long as they do it back i will move along, or in some cases even help them with quests; however, if they ignore me then i slaughter them. I just feel that if they wont respect me, then i have no need to respect them.
By lilhuntard on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I gank, constantly, but I only gank in stv to lure out allies that are down there to gank themselves. If you gank a horde I’ve noticed no one will come to help you, most will just laugh at you and continue with killing lowbies themselves. While on the alliance side when you gank and lowbie sure as the sun rises each day one or more 70s will appear. That to me is where the fun comes from killing them and then killing their friends when they come to help them. Plus knowing the guy on the other side first laughs, then when you do it again you know he is cussing up a storm thats pretty funny too.
By Rogie on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Blaxe-Emerald Dream
Are you even play that game. Because if you do, you’ll know that any class that is between 20 and 30 can easily kill 31 mage espacialy if there’s a rogue.
By Affe on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I can honestly say that during my soon-to-be 3 years of playing world of warcraft i have never ganked, i shit you not.
If i am running through a low level zone like hillsbrad or STV and see an alliance low level toon i just let them be, i mean what’s the point other then ruining the fun for others?
As Bastosa said you gain nothing from it, nothing at all. I don’t even gank 70’s at low health or 70’s that is already fighting 3 mobs, i do however defend myself if i get attacked.
If i want the honor i just go to the BG’s.
By Sardit on Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Just to set something straight,
GANKING & CORPSE CAMPING are not forbidden by blizzard. They consider this issues that a pvp resolution can solve and “advise you to seek help from within your guild, or other players in the area” I just reported a bastard druid 70 corpse camping me ( 66 holy priest ) for over an hour. I tried everything, from bravely fighting back, to trying to sneak away, and even just /sit and wait till he finished me off. However it didn’t stop. Blizzard feels that they can not interfere in these matters, though they appologise for me feeling discouraged by the actions of other players.
Eventually he stopped and /sorry ‘d me but that was after over half an hour with just /sit, spirit run /sit spirit run
By rin on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 am
I think of ganking this way: basically im a horde and i dont like alliance, so i kill them.
Its as simple as that
By Prower on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
“their strength is thier weakness” simple taunt (not the spell the emote) the high level player enough and they will try and toy with you.
simple run arround pulling everything insight whilst they will undeyably attempt to impeade you keep pulling then run up to the high level player. wait to die.
if you did it well enough that they should have such tunnel vision they only realise stv mobs can hurt them just too late =P
sounds like just some fluke? think when a low level duels a highlevel, you keep the taunts comming you stay alive =)
By Myrth on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 7:04 am
heh. Hate getting ganked in pvp, but I understand it’s part of the game. I can even see some of the desecration and corpse camping of a similar level. But camping a lower level for hours is doing what? Showing you have maturity or control issues, or can’t find anything better to do in the WOW universe? yep. sad really.
My new druid was up in moonglade this past weekend for one of the quest and some taurden tried to gank me in the Inn. He got offed by the guards in 3 seconds and I got my “make love, not warcraft” achievement for nothing more than a hug. I then ran to the flight point.
I was rather pleased to see that, given it’s supposed to be neutral territory, and the idiot thought he could gank without recourse. Whoops. didn’t see that coming, did ya.
By grrlgamr on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I got…er…reverse-ganked the other day. I was in STV working on my skinning and leatherworking (Level 40 Draenei hunter then), killing tigers and gorillas. I saw a Horde rogue off in the distance, so I kept clear. A short time later, I hear the “stealth” sound and look around for the tiger (there are some tigers there who stealth) but nothing was showing on my Track Beasts. Then I’m Back Stabbed by the rogue…who was Level 37. So I take him out. I get on my mount and head off a short distance and go back to my skinning and leatherworking farming.
The rogue stealths and attacks me AGAIN. So I take him out AGAIN. I’m on Skype with my boyfriend, who says, “Well, don’t camp him, that’s not cool.” I told him I’d moved already. I get on my mount and move again, this time a further distance away. I drop a freezing trap and go about my business and something hits the trap. I turn around expecting to find a tiger and damned it wasn’t that rogue again LOL
I don’t gank. My bf and I argue about this all the time. He insists that someday I will gank just because it was done to me. It HAS been frustrating trying to complete quests while people 40-60 levels above you are camping your corpse to the point where you finally just log out of frustration. If I see a Horde player and he’s 5 levels or more below me, I ignore them for the most part. Around my level, I keep an eye on them. I don’t strike first.
If a Horde attacks me first, regardless of their level, they are fair game. Just as I would fully expect that 80 player to one-shot me if I attacked him. But for a high level player to stake out an area and take out lowbies? That’s just showing the size of his…er…well, you know;)
I’ve been ganked by high levels who just one-shot me on their way through and go on their merry way. I don’t even have a problem with that. It’s the campers that are lame. For those…I’m taking names…and aiming for 80. Then this hunter chick is going hunting>:)
By Innosinned on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 7:28 am
Well, I myself play on a PvE server, so you can stay out of getting ganked quite easily. Therefore, when I was exploring with my Death Knight and went through Tirisfal Glades and spotted a lvl 10 Undead Mage, I couldn’t resist and killed him. I guess on PvE servers people just like ganking because it’s kinda stupid to be low and PvP enabled. After all, when later on a lvl 80 spotted me, I was dead too.
By Zan on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 5:41 am
I first joined WoW on a trial account last Halloween, the Blizz zombie invasion. My first day, pretty much, so I had noo idea what the hell was going on when these lvl 80 nutters charged into the starting area and slaughtered everything in sight. My little lvl 1/2/3 got 1shotted, camped 1shotted, camped, 1shotted, camped (you seeing a pattern here?) for an hour. At that point I decided this entire game was a useless waste of time and logged off for good.
A bit more research later, I found this actually wasn’t normal, and rejoined when the bloody zombie 80s left. But seriously, is that not the ultimate losership, gaining lvl 80, and zombie speed and strength and then… corpse camping a level 2 shammie for two hours?
Seriously…some people need lives.