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by Stephanie Drury 
Jul 6th 2011 at 8:00PM
While leveling an alt through Northrend recently -- more specifically, on the quest It Could Kill Us All
While doing archaeology, I've seen some zombies jump from wall to wall on the troll ruins in Stranglethorn Vale. But that isn't something a player could actually do out of boredom, such as bench hopping -- the distance they jump is too great. It made me curious, though: Are there other NPCs out there that act inordinately player-controlled? Not as in generic city guard walking from point A to point B or the conversations that take place regularly, but as in erratic actions, seemingly random hopping, or other typical boredom actions? Are there more NPCs like the Shandaral Spirits out there?
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
amazon Jul 7th 2011 9:06AM
Dancing troll pyramid. If you fly into Zul'Farrak, not going through the portal but hopping the wall, and fly over to the pyramid you'll see the steps spawned with dozens of dancing trolls.
Sapphiria Jul 7th 2011 9:50AM
outside of Wetlands, I noticed an NPC throwing dirt on another npc who was working. I have yet to see if this is part of a new quest. I thought it was rather funny.
MisterRik Jul 7th 2011 12:14PM
Nah, he's filling sandbags. The rather limited/primitive animation just makes it look kind of odd.
Shinae Jul 7th 2011 10:15AM
In Agmar's Hammer, there's a male troll who keeps hitting on and flirting with a female blood elf, which makes her go, "Eww!"
MisterRik Jul 7th 2011 12:19PM
One of my big ROFL moments was when I was leveling a blood elf in Ghostlands, and while killing undead in front of Deatholme I noticed that the armored skeletons (can't remember what they're actually called) will occasionally remove their own heads, toss them in the air and catch them, and put them back on.
In Menethil Harbor, there are a couple dwarves sitting outside the inn having a rather amusing argument.
Arashikou Jul 7th 2011 6:38PM
That would be Junder Brokk and Hargin Mundar, who seem to hail from a slightly different dwarf fortress than Ironforge. (STRIKE THE EARTH!) Their conversation is catalogued here: http://www.wowpedia.org/Junder_Brokk
MisterRik Jul 7th 2011 8:48PM
I've been thinking of starting an all-dwarf guild called "The Blootered Chuffs" :p
Orionus Jul 7th 2011 4:11PM
In the Orc starting area, I was questing and came across 3 Orcs standing..one female and 2 male. The female walked over to the "table" jumped up on it and started dancing while the male Orcs watched. Then she got back down and the male Orcs went back to what they were doing. Thought that was quite interesting.
Redbeard Jul 7th 2011 4:26PM
Over at Falconwing Square, the cheese vendor Kyrenna is a neverending font of complaints.
"Why couldn't mother have chosen something else to dedicate herself to?
Cakes, pastries, even bread - anything but cheese!"
"Ooh what a dreadful job!"
"All day, surrounded by the stench of bad feet."