Around Azeroth: Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Dec 23rd 2010 at 10:00AM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
james_christien Dec 23rd 2010 10:10AM
lol funny caption :D
Ilya Dec 23rd 2010 10:15AM
Gamon: "So yeah, my New Year's resolution is to not kill anyone next year. They've all learned that I've been training hard over the past few years, and-"
-gets attacked, one-shots the attacker-
"Okay, everyone but HIM learned I've been training hard. But anyway, no killing anyone next year. I don't want to be known as 'that tauren'."
-gets attacked by a 5-man, wipes group-
"...I'm serious, though. I won't-"
-gets attacked by a 25-man raid-
...Man, Gamon won't catch a break the further we get into Cata, will he?
On that note, has anyone killed the new-and-improved Gamon yet? Or does he still remain the 'guy who's finally getting revenge'?
Wildstaff Dec 23rd 2010 12:49PM
A 300 man raid of naked(possibly level 1) orcs killed him
aramis Dec 23rd 2010 10:34AM
Naw, Gamon has been killed multiple times a day on Proudmoore.
Both before AND after the CC-nerfs.
He doesn't one-shot people anymore in heroic blues. So he's totally killable. Especially when you pull with a throway pet, like a bubbleman, or treants.
Sad though, all those buffs, and he's still the most killed NPC in Azeroth.
I should give him a present for Winter's Veil.
Kole Dec 23rd 2010 11:47AM
Is there any lore or a story behind Gamon...why is he an attackable NPC and WHY do people want to kill him?
Krystana Dec 23rd 2010 11:59AM
hes part of the rogue pickpocket questline so i think he has to flagged as attackable to pickpocket...just a guess
Kole Dec 23rd 2010 12:01PM
Ahhh ok...I've never gotten a rogue high enough to ever see the quest. Thanks!
StClair Dec 23rd 2010 2:02PM
As for the second part of your question, because he's there/because they can.
Krystana Dec 23rd 2010 12:16PM
I really would like to know the reason blizz buffed him like this for cata..I can think of a few reasons..one mainly the frustration of the rogues trying to complete the quest waiting for him to respond..im just curious as to what finally decided them on the buffup.
Mahram Dec 23rd 2010 12:25PM
Cuz it's funny and Blizz has a sense of humor.
skreeran Dec 23rd 2010 12:25PM
For laughs, I'd guess. It was a pretty awesome and hilarious buff.
Chris Dec 23rd 2010 6:00PM
Gotta get that gamin gear
aaron.of.mpls Dec 24th 2010 12:51AM
Before Cataclysm, a low-level rogue quest had the objective of pickpocketing Gamon -- who was then level 12 -- to get a key. Because of this, he was neutral to (and killable by) Horde players. He was also usually dead, since higher-level players in Orgrimmar could easily one-shot him.
Patch 4.0.3a (the Cataclysm content patch) made Gamon a level 85 elite. Although still attackable, he is now much more difficult to kill.
See http://www.wowpedia.org/Gamon and http://www.wowhead.com/npc=6466