by Allison Robert 
Sep 30th 2009 at 8:00PM
Filed under: Odds and ends, Humor, Forums
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Love Is In the Air | 2/2 - 2/15 |
| Blackrock Foundry Normal and Heroic open | 2/3 |
| Darkmoon Faire | 2/8 - 2/15 |
| Blackrock Foundry Mythic opens | 2/10 |
| Lunar Festival | 2/16 - 3/2 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 1 opens | 2/17 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 2 opens | 2/24 |
| Darkmoon Faire | 3/1 - 3/8 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 3 opens | 3/10 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 4 opens | 3/24 |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 12)
timmckeoun Sep 30th 2009 8:06PM
I don't really mind if a person is begging. If I have the spare cash, I'll lend it to a lowbie for mount training or something, as long as they're not rude about it.
DAWG Sep 30th 2009 11:58PM
Jackin a reply
Woooo, Antonidas, Thats been my ally realm since the start, its been through some rough times in late BC, but its gettin' better every day :)
~Leøn , Kreech , Totam of Antonidas~
Xirifus Oct 1st 2009 3:45AM
Jackin this reply to tell people how stupid it is to jack other people's comments
Oh, wait...
Freckle Oct 1st 2009 8:26AM
Well, mine wasn't so extravagant but there was this level 63yesterday who downloaded a WOTLK trial and was wondering what new things she could do with the expansion. And I was thinking that you couldn't do much except explore Dalaran at her level without having a very frustrating time so I ported her to Dalaran on my mage and she seemed really grateful and that made me happy.
Nick Sep 30th 2009 8:11PM
I love stories like these.
One I will always remember that a friend told me, is that his friend one time had given a new player around 200g to finish helping him get his epic mount. (Ground) The person praised and praised, and promised one day he would pay him back.
They ended up losing touch, and about a year later he gets an in-game mail from that same new player. The mail said how the newbie never forgot what my friends friend did for him, and told him he would pay him back one day. The contents of the mail, besides the letter, was a couple Nether Vortex, (BC days) and 5000g.
lilcasper925 Sep 30th 2009 11:40PM
ah i remember my first week in wow lvl 10 i meet a guy after an hour of playing with him he gives me stuff to sell and im so happy cause it sells for 1g in vendor i was so happy but hey even the smallest thing makes a difference so i go to starting areas and i see ppl if they are new i give them lots of gold if not tips but mostly gold :) and i see the joy of there faces its a proud moment
norm Sep 30th 2009 8:12PM
One time there was a human girl crying in the middle of Stormwind. Of course, I did what any warlock with a soft spot for women would do, and /comforted her. Well she ended up talking to me for 3 hours talking about how she broke up with her boyfriend...
Now that I think about it, that's the last time I ever did something nice for someone on WoW.
Slaytanic Oct 1st 2009 2:29AM
lol. No good deed.....
Cyanea Sep 30th 2009 8:15PM
While running around lowbie areas working on the Loremaster title, I've handed out 10-20g to random people before.
When I was a noob (back when mounts were at fourty and expensive), I was in Darn seeing how much I needed to save to get it. A random 70 opened a trade window, handed me 200g, four netherweave bags, and a BoE bow (I was a hunter).
Cyanea Sep 30th 2009 8:44PM
Thought of a couple more:
I love my guild. My officers and I kind of pride ourselves on helping people out, especially in a way that will benefit the guild in the long run.
We came across this one Warrior once, claiming to be a tank, but when he was actually tanking, he was getting his face crit off. When our healer asked him what his Def Rating was, he replied, "What's that?"
Instead of going "lolnoob" and /kicking him from the guild like the stereotype goes, we pulled him to the side, crafted him some stuff, explained to him how avoidance stats work, and now the guy's one of our best geared tanks and one of the most awesomely friendly, helpful, and cool people in our guild.
Obviously, some people aren't willing to take constructive advice, but when you help people, you'd be amazed at how many friends you can make.
Dreyja Sep 30th 2009 10:26PM
My GMs are like that as well. I would never run with a group that is /kicks people all the time. :)
I love all these stories. I try to do stuff like this for hordies when I come across them, and they don't try to kill me right off the bat. :)
jdduenas Oct 1st 2009 4:11PM
@cyanea
My old guild was like that with me, a healer. I was healing 10man Naxx, which was my first non-5man attempt at healing, and I was Lifeblooming the helllll out of the Tankadin, which is a big nono, because 1) I was a group heals and 2) that helped drive his mana into the ground.
I got a LOT of "wtf is he doing?!" in /g chat but the next day a bunch of LWs, JCs, and a Tailor threw me together a bitchin set of heal gear that still makes up a good bit of my heal gear now. Then the other two resto druids in the guild talked to me about my spec and we argued about why I thought I should/shouldn't invest points in certain things. It was a lot of fun. Ultimately it made me a pretty good healer. Unfortunately the guild fell apart, I left the realm, and now spend my days in a non-raiding RP guild. so Further gear progression has been sloowsauce :(
Saberdragon12 Sep 30th 2009 8:18PM
My good friend Dandric was getting back in wow. He had a tough time with his previous guild. He was described as "The Healing Bitch" when raiding. He quite retail wow for a couple months before I convinced him to come back when 3.1 hit. He came in and found he didn't even have gold for repairs. I gave him 300g on the spot. It took some time before he could accept it, though. He promises to pay me back, but I could care less. I never imagined I would have as much gold as I do now, having Epic flying, a Red Drake, and 3kg to spare. Since WoW is winding down for me (Until Cataclysm hits, that it) I like helping people when I can. I love seeing people accepting my money so they can buy what they needed, even if they never pay me back.
JLocke Sep 30th 2009 8:20PM
In BC, an old friend of mine was having trouble getting money for an epic flyer, think he had 2k or something around that, he was getting frustrated because he was going at it for weeks. I was coming close to getting mine, but I felt bad for him since I know how much a pita it was to get money for your epic flyer in BC without going all out grinding.
So I "loaned" him about 3k and told him to enjoy his epic flying, he didn't have to even repay me. I got mine in another week, but it felt good helping a buddy out :)
Cronum Sep 30th 2009 8:21PM
i love when the lowbies ask for like 20 silver to buy a weapon from a vendor or to repair, and i surprise them with like 30g and they tell you thank you like 100 times. its a good feeling ^_^
Tutunkommon Oct 1st 2009 10:10AM
I will frequently take my human warlock back to the human starting zone and hang out by the warlock trainer next to the abbey. When a lowbie 'lock comes up to train, I inspect them. If they are around level 6 - 10, and still wearing the starter crap gear, then I feel safe in assuming that it isn't someone's alt. At that point, I will /s You have been chosen to receive a scholarship from the Future Warlocks of Azeroth foundation! Congratulations!
Then I open trade and throw them 20g.
The various reactions are worth it. I get everything from 'wtf?' to spamming 'thank you' to some that think it is a trick and decline the trade. Of course, you also get the ones that take it and just run off. Oh well.
Allen Sep 30th 2009 8:22PM
I love doing stuff like this from time to time. I draw the line at begging (it's too bloody easy to make gold in this game) but I don't mind helping out a lowbie if I have the time. I love ideas like playr-generated quests; standing in Bloodhoof Village or Thunderbluff and hiring people to do simple gathering quests for me. Light feathers, or small eggs, or whatever. Lowbies get better-than-vendor prices (10 silver an egg, maybe?) and I get something I can actually use. Win-win.
Cardbross Oct 1st 2009 1:14AM
Back in Vanilla, when you couldn't farm mobs at level cap for light feathers, this was how I kept my priest stocked. Whenever I ran low, I'd head to westfall and offer 5x vendor price for stacks of light feathers until I had enough to last me a while. Lowbies got more gold than they could farm easily, and I got my reagents at a fraction of AH price.
lidstrom Sep 30th 2009 8:22PM
being nice to a new player is one of the best parts of the game, imo.
i can think of two times i helped out a low-level. the first time was in stranglethorn, i saw a lvl20 NE hunter getting attacked. he died before i could one-shot the mob, but whispered me and asked if there was an alliance town nearby.
i told him where booty bay was (he was smack-dab in the middle of STV at the time). he said thanks, and asked if there were quests. i said not at your level, and told him redridge and duskwood were better zones for his level that were close. by then he had rezed. i inspected his gear and figured that he was definitely not an alt... still had lvl8 green reward items on him.
i told him i'd lead him to booty bay to get the flight path, but that he'd need to catch a flight back up to a lower-level zone. he was very polite and thankful for the assistance and asked if he could ask me questions later.
long story short, i ran into him from time to time and answered questions/offered advice. eventually he joined the guild i'm in.
another instance was playing my shammy in blood isle, finishing up old quests for rep. i noticed a lvl12 standing around, looking lost. i checked their gear -- for the most part, they still had their original lvl1 gear on, with a few scattered quest rewards (few of which were good shammy gear), and a few empty slots. clearly, a new player. so i flew down to exodar, grabbed some appropriate gear from the AH, flew back to the watch and gave him the new gear. needless to say, they were very appreciative. i helped them with a couple quests, and then went on my way.
of course, there's numerous other times where it's fun to help out, such as coming to the rescue of someone being attacked by multiple mobs.
there are enough ninjas and rude players in the game... it's so much more fun to find people who prefer to help others, and are appreciative of receiving help.
Minidrake Oct 4th 2009 3:10AM
I had something like that happen once: some poor level 18 warrior was trying to cross the Arathi Highlands for whatever reason. Some level 50 mage had swooped in to protect him and escort him halfway across, then she summoned me to help him get the rest of the way. I took him all the way to Southshore (why she didn't drop him at Refuge Point, I didn't ask).