Forum post of the day: Beggars will be shot on sight
by Eliah Hecht 
Mar 20th 2007 at 9:02PM
First, a word of caution: there is a possibility that Blizz may consider this strategy to be griefing, so employ it at your own risk. It is, however, awesome. Apparently, if you're a Hunter, you can get a beggar killed, in town, if you're near an NPC that you can declare war on. For this example, we'll use a Cenarion Circle NPC (which I think there are in every major city). To summarize the OP:
- Beggar asks for gold.
- Invite beggar to group.
- Set "at war" with Cenarion Circle, put Misdirection on beggar, and shoot the Cenarion Circle NPC.
- The NPC will attack and probably kill the beggar.
[Thanks to Brisk of Eldre'thalas for sending this one in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Geekluv Mar 20th 2007 9:58PM
I heard about this the other day and, while it isn't very nice, it is in fact awesome!
Ryan Carter Mar 20th 2007 10:02PM
Yeah, I don't think I've run into anyone asking me for money...in the last five minutes.
Wait, nvm, there goes that, can I possibly borrow a hunter's services a tiny sec?
Chris M Mar 20th 2007 10:16PM
This'll spur a whole new side-job for hunters everywhere. I can see the trade channel now...
[Bob] LF Hunter to grief n00b. Will tip.
Chris
Evilzug Mar 20th 2007 10:40PM
One of my favorite way of dealing with beggars, (it only really works if you're semi-afk in town), is the following:
-Open a trade window with beggar.
-Type in the amount of money they are asking for in the trade window.
-Walk away from the computer, grab a beer, use the restroom, read a book, go to sleep.
Then keep track of how many of the poor little guys actually sit and waited, or send you tell for a half hour when they could have gone and farmed that much or more themselves.
Antenora Mar 20th 2007 11:26PM
Oh my god. I think I'll be leveling my hunter now..
Phil Mar 20th 2007 11:45PM
YouTube link of the video, for those who are anti-downloading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmjul8hIH_s
Savok Mar 21st 2007 1:02AM
Wanna know what else is "griefing"? Spamming chat and spamming with a trade window so you can't actually do anything.
Killing the little pricks is the best idea ever.
chimera Mar 21st 2007 4:31AM
Best thread ever :D
I hate beggars and other kind of sad losers aswell, it's good to see they get what they deserve.
roseroyce04 Mar 21st 2007 6:30AM
Pure, unadulterated genius.
Zuuler Mar 21st 2007 7:11AM
This makes me want to roll a hunter, and I don't see something like this getting nerfed either, unless they make distracting shot unusable in major cities.
Shevva Mar 21st 2007 9:06AM
Going to Ding 65 tonight mis-direct a 70 talent?
daniel Mar 21st 2007 7:40AM
that's really funny. when I got genuinely bored with my horde priest in gadgetzan and booty bay, I used to try and kill allies with mind control. it's trickier than it sounds to have your victim gain the guard's aggro for long enough without getting killed first.
Ahren Mar 21st 2007 8:05AM
That is the best idea evar!!!!!
but then again havent all of us beggared at least once
well i know i have and even though u guys wont admit it i bet when u wer noobs u did to (at least once) lol
thing is i beggared 10 silver of this troll shaman, wrote down his name and when i got the money spare i tracked him down and repayed him with intrest and an opology(soz bout the spelling)about the beggaring
Zuuler Mar 21st 2007 8:13AM
Never begged for anything. Made my own gold, and paid for anything I needed from someone. If I need something crafted, I provided the mats.
BoBoTheChimp Mar 21st 2007 9:09AM
This reminds me of the time when my roommate gave a homeless guy hassling him for some money at a red light one of the bottles of Bud Light he had just bought. Thing is it was one of the metal kinds that you need a bottle opener to open...hehe
aaron Mar 21st 2007 4:15PM
short of removing the "at war" option Im not sure they could remove this functionality.
Flit Mar 21st 2007 9:22AM
Ahahahahahahah... that's awesome.
P.S. Had anyone tried this on Ninja looters in dungeons?
Reidja7 Mar 21st 2007 4:29PM
Now if only you could be at war with Stormwind or Ironforge...
Hoofio Mar 21st 2007 10:02AM
I think he's a leetist pratt..
Yeah, beggars are annoying but being vindictive like that is worse... /ignore ... it isn't hard... i bet he'd do the same to a real life beggar if he could.. as would some of the posters
Randomdruid Mar 21st 2007 10:13AM
The closest to begging I ever did was in the lower levels. I told a friend that I couldn't help him with a quest because I was busy earning 20 silver for some repairs. He gave me the silver told me to hurry and get my armor fixed, we did the quest, and later when I had some money I repaid him with 1 gold.