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by Heather McMillion 
Oct 4th 2010 at 8:00AM
Yes, when we hear the graveyard music, we often indulge in various expressions of nerd rage. However, there is no denying that there are some cool, funny and emblematic ways to die, both throughout the leveling process and in the endgame. Who has not gotten stomped by the Fel Reaver in Hellfire Peninsula? Were you ever pwned by Hogger? And what about all those times when your famous last words were, "I'm a _____
My characters have met their deaths in the elevator of the Undercity, been shot out of the sky near Alliance camps in Outland and steamrolled under various groups of mobs in Stranglethorn Vale. One of my favorite deaths occurred when my husband and I rolled Forsaken toons together. I rolled a warrior, he rolled a rogue, and we had fun roflpwning low-level mobs in our BoA gear. We found our way to Silverpine Forest, and I noticed that one of the nearby worgen had a different skin color than the others. Of course, being the compulsive silver-elite-killer that I am, I immediately targeted the mob, only to discover that it was a gold elite -- a level 20 Son of Arugal. I shouted and we ran, avoiding the mob the first time, only to have it pat up behind us and kill me a few minutes later. Darling hubby got away (stupid rogues -- always run when there's a fight).
One of my more shameful deaths occurred after playing chicken with the ground on my level 80 druid. The most exciting part of this game is wondering if there is enough lag at the moment that you click the flight form button that you'll end up dying anyway. I was flying over Dalaran and told my hubby, "Hey, watch this!" As he stood at the bank, I proceeded to fall through the air
Sure, we all die in raid wipes and in PvP -- but what about the neat ways to die in the game? What has been your favorite or most hilarious death in the World?
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Reader Comments (Page 9 of 9)
lishuss Oct 4th 2010 9:34PM
i once tricked my GL into killing himself back in BC during the halloween stuff. there was an awesome glitch where you could drop from your flying mount and mount up on a flying broom before hitting the ground. it was insanely epic and i discovered it on accident and was telling him about this, but neglected to mention HOW it happens, i just told him that you could mount up before hitting the ground on a second mount.
he said i was full of crap until i showed him the trick(which was sadly patched within a few days... giving me ANOTHER opportunity to dupe him into a fall) properly, he went as high as he could into the sky above Shat and made a truly wonderful splat. Guild chat erupted in "lol's" and i gave it a bit before i told him the truth.
to pay me back, he g-kicked me and reinvited me with a 'keep that in mind' response and we spent the next day tricking people into taking the fall, him joining in when he finally got a broom.
our server hated us that week XD
zappel Oct 4th 2010 10:53PM
my latest deaths must be my most fun so far.
L80 SP with 5k GS. pops into UBRS (L60 dungeon) and kills stuff with impunity. cleared to Gen Drak and his 2 adds. starts fight, but before i know it, im stunned left right and centre. and dead. twice.
fed up. i log on to 2nd account and bring a ret pally (3k GS) to tank for me. even so, stunned half the time. my SP was doing healing while i was on the pally. finally downed the boss and got the achievement for both toons. haha.
Dea ex Machina Oct 5th 2010 1:38AM
In Shadowmoon Valley, there are pools of a glowing green substance. Now, most people would probably go "Green? Glowing? That is quite probably not healthy!"
But I am a forsaken. I had my hearthstone set in Undercity for nearly sixty levels.
So I, foolish I, accustomed to the warm and welcoming luminescent waters of the Undercity canals, blithely dived in after a diemetrodon and burned to death in the Fel Lava.
Possum Oct 5th 2010 2:40AM
Short answer: falling
Long answer: I like to think of my Ram as a sort of mountain goat and tend to think of it as having some sort of mystical ability to not fall down cliffs.. so i'm constantly jumping down cliffs on it, sure it will find the tiniest ledge to land on. And to it's credit most of the time it does.
grandmamaryd Oct 5th 2010 3:47AM
I clicked off my flying mount flying about a million miles up over Nagrand. No idea wth I was doing.
grissy Oct 5th 2010 5:02AM
I loled very loudly at the the playing chicken with the ground on a druid... i have done this not once .... not twice but 3 times ...... you'd think i'd learn....
Ste Oct 5th 2010 5:46AM
I'd been playing my mage too much recently and with him I usually dismount in mid-air and then slow fall or iceblock down to safety. Unfortunately recently I switched to my warlock and instinctively tried to do the same thing, then when I clicked my slowfall hotkey immediately realised "ah", before falling to my death.
Edymnion Oct 5th 2010 9:18AM
You're not truly a member of the Horde until you've been killed by the elevators in Undercity.
Had a guildy that had just transferred over from Alliance that we told that to, who just laughed and told us he had played for years, he'd be careful. A couple hours later we see in guild chat "Dammit. I'm officially Horde."
Everybody in the guild immediately shift clicked his name. Location: Undercity.
Its how Sylvanus recruits new forsaken. She just kills anybody dumb enough to enter the city.
NorricTehChickn Oct 5th 2010 10:41AM
During Burning Crusade, I spent more time than I should have PvPing in Halaa, in Nagrand @ 70. At the time, on my feral druid, my favorite passtime was "Operation Bear Drop." I would fly around in Flight form and hunt for prey. When I found a victim, I would fall from a height that would surely kill me, mash the Feral Charge (Bear) button as fast as possible, and survive the fall.
Getting to the point, my favorite death was miss. The Night Elf I was targeting ended up Feigning Death at the last second. My bear corpse metoers to the ground at his feet. I see him mouse look a 360 degrees, target me, and /laugh.
Good stuff.
Philster043 Oct 5th 2010 12:31PM
My ally main's a druid, so I also had fun with these "feral charge diving tricks" - I died the first few times, but after that I've been able to survive so far :P It is a bad habit to get into though!
But the most funny deaths I've seen are the ones that are the most unexpected. I started playing WoW with my best pal, who unfortunately didn't stay with it. This may be why. When we hit around level 18, we took a sojourn into Ashenvale. My friend, a hunter, picked a fight with a stag (because he was a skinner - or maybe he thought he could tame it). Oops. He got killed by it.
Another time he curiously walked into the Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore, only to be met with a most rude welcoming committee.
I still maintain that the starting experience as a night elf is what made my friend decide WoW sucked. Hopefully Cataclysm changes it for the better.
For myself, on my horde main (a priest), there was that one time I was falling and bubbled myself instead of levitated myself by accident. Of course, Power Word: Shield can protect you from most things - but not falling to your death. Felt a lot like Wile E. Coyote then.
mems Oct 5th 2010 1:29PM
Invited to my very first Scarlet Temple so many long years ago, I was handling my gnome mage quite nicely in what was also my very first dungeon. As the group approached the cathedral, the plan of attack was laid out. My job was to ease up the steps until I could sheep the door guard on the right. Easy peasy, right?
Wrong. My sheep and my blink in my action bar sat, side by side -- and I had the mother of all typos. I blinked right past the door guards and into the middle of a Scarlet Crusade prayer service! I went down under a sea of scarlet -- the rest of the group was strong enough to regroup quickly and hold off a wipe. But I didn't get a rez until they had stopped laughing.
Aruhgulah Oct 5th 2010 2:12PM
THAT is a death worthy of Flintlocke.
u.schmidt Jan 16th 2011 9:29AM
My favourite was during BC, putting a warlock portal on top of the Halaa's floating island that you can only get to by flying, you summon people on the edge and when they appear they fall to their death. "LFM Halaa raid, pst for summons". It's pretty funny when you have lots of people clicking accept and falling to their death.