Griftah being evicted from the Lower City
by Krystalle Voecks 
Jul 16th 2007 at 2:58PM
![[Griftah, now located in... well, on whatever path you happen to catch him on. :( ]](http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2007/07/griftah.jpg)
However, some people took Griftah seriously, and thought that the white items he was selling were indeed able to do special things like give you free Rezzes much like the old Darkmoon Faire Twisting Nether card would as opposed to reading the lines carefully. (like, how it would Resurrect you if you were already next to your corpse in ghost form.) This led to angry forum threads, and people who were screaming about being grifted by Griftah because, surprise -- the white items didn't actually do anything mystical...
Enter Peacekeeper Jadaar, who has remained by Griftah's side for some time now, to ensure that Griftah wasn't hoodwinking anyone into buying items of dubious magical value. This lovely little pairing means that now as opposed to just getting Griftah's normal hawking, you get to watch Jadaar question his every move, with some semi-comical results:
Flash forward to now on the PTRs -- Grfitah has been evicted from the Lower City. Instead of being there to greet you when you pop down and get your tradeskill items, you will have to search him out to purchase one of his two new off-hands. (Who wouldn't want a [Fine Poking Stick]?) But as PTR changes aren't set in stone, a cry has been raised to Save Griftah from several people over on the General Forums. Many people want him back in Lower City. I have to admit, I'm with the camp that wants to see the now-betrayed Griftah in Zul'Aman somewhere, possibly as a rep vendor -- or maybe plotting his eventual revenge on Peacekeeper Jadaar.
Although I don't know what I'd do for Tikbalang protection if that happened...
[Via Acariquara & the WoW LJ community]
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
john Jul 16th 2007 3:16PM
who cares?
it is junk and i have an unstoppable mace that you can buy only 1k g.
CVJ Jul 16th 2007 3:17PM
These are the kids who get swindled when buying things on credit and just clicking "do you accept the terms stated" without actually reading it.
rick gregory Jul 16th 2007 3:19PM
They were surprised that it was junk? Sigh... his NAME is... Griftah. Work it out people...
Sylythn Jul 16th 2007 3:20PM
A poking stick...oh dude, I want one. Not sure if that mob's really dead (maybe it's a hunter feigning)...poke it with a stick. :)
Fryn Jul 16th 2007 3:24PM
Now I want to level up really really fast just to buy soap on a rope and mail it to my boyfriend.
Joyd Jul 16th 2007 3:43PM
You don't have to level up quickly to get the soap; you just need to get a mage to port you to the city. Once there, you can easily browse Griftah's goods without hazarding the dangers of Outland.
Tridus Jul 16th 2007 3:43PM
@5
You don't need to level up to buy them. They're BoE, no level requirement, and the soap on a rope is pretty cheap.
All you need is a Mage to open a portal to Shattrah City for you. You can't use the Dark Portal until 58, but you can use a Mage Portal at any level. Shattrah has a bunch of portals, so you can even get back easily. :)
@everything else
Some people did fall for this, but Blizzard's moving him now seems to be more of a story line then reaction to complaints.
Take a look here, especially at the bottom: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/174616931.htm
Prauche Jul 16th 2007 3:55PM
Anyone ever heard of the term "buyer beware"??? Honestly, if you were dumb enough to purchase..........
Let me see if I've got this straight: Blizzard has no problem with pvp'ers tagging your event mob; but some morons get swindled because they didn't participate in hooked on phonics and suddenly an entertaining npc gets moved. (And I don't buy for one MINUTE that he's being moved not because of player complaints, but some grand scheme which had been in the works.)
/SIGH
Martel Jul 16th 2007 4:02PM
Griftah was simply enforcing a tax on stupidity. If you bought any of his items expecting them to do something special, you were paying a tax for being stupid. WoW needs more taxes like this to help take money out of the economy and reduce inflation.
Drain Jul 16th 2007 4:18PM
I agree #9, I also would like more taxes on stupidity. Such as the bonfires people like to stand in to make annoying noises should do insane amounts of damage. Beggars in capitals cities should be able to be flagged for same faction PvP, similar to reporting gold spammers.
I think they should put Griftah outside so that we can kill him over and over again. But still let him peddle his wares.
Baluki Jul 16th 2007 4:25PM
I don't really think that moving Griftah is going to solve anything.
If they really want to take pity on the people stupid enough to fall for this harmless joke, they could always make it so you can sell these items back to Griftah at full price, or just drastically lower his prices so it's not such a big deal if someone loses money to him.
But really, I'm all in favor of just letting Natural Selection work its magic. We shouldn't have to change ANYTHING in life to save stupid people from themselves.
C Jul 16th 2007 4:33PM
How about they evict the Leatherworking supplier instead? That dude is constantly screaming and smashing the fruit vendor's wares. Poor Griftah, I'll miss him yelling at me to but trinkets.
Tekkub Jul 16th 2007 4:49PM
"I don't really think that moving Griftah is going to solve anything."
As the blue poster stated in the link above, if it was due to play complains he would have just been removed. What's going on here is a STORY... we get a new chapter it it every few patches.
I love that the ogre is (was?) still talking to him even though he wasn't there.
Strongmark on Arthas Jul 16th 2007 5:52PM
I gotta get my souvenirs before he is evicted!!!
Coherent Jul 16th 2007 5:55PM
I think Griftah is a harmless bit of coolness in the lower city. Only an idiot would be taken in by a white item (not blue or purple, white) that claimed to do things that the game obviously already does.
The only question is, why are Griftah's items white? Shouldn't they be gray? The color scheme is that items that can be used in tradeskills (or weapons of normal utility) would be white and other items would be gray.
But Griftah's items are apparently useless. To qualify as white, they should be either usable in a tradeskill, or do the same amount of damage as a normal-quality weapon would of that level and type.
So they should be gray, not white items.
smith7alien Jul 16th 2007 6:59PM
@14 Agreed!
Get'em now before they are gone. Then I can put them on the AH for a huge return. (Well, hopefully I can get some return outta it.)
Joyd Jul 16th 2007 6:41PM
They're amulets and off-hands. They have the default level of armor and stats for a white item of their level, which is none.
I'm -really- looking forward to seeing what happens to the poor guy.
DrTraitor Jul 16th 2007 8:37PM
Tax?
Hmmm...
The only "tax" I'd add to the game would be a new level cap of 75, but upon reaching 75 the character would be killable (ie..no coming back).
Now, that's something that would help the economy. A bunch of dead dedicated players, forced to start over from 1.
G Jul 16th 2007 7:20PM
Sweet! Does this mean that there is now room for class trainers and auction houses in Shattrath City?
Oh wait, probably not.
uncaringbear Jul 16th 2007 7:31PM
I will miss hearing Griftah's banter when I'm at the mana loom making cloth. I can't say I'm surprised that Blizz is capitulating to the naive few who were dissatisfied with their purchases from Griftah. Who's next? The fruit vendor?