06-02-2005, 10:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-02-2005, 10:35 PM by Bob the Beholder.)
Yeah, it's really not hard to avoid a lot of the gankings. You just gotta be alert, know what's coming, and know an escape route. That's still an interruption, of course, but at least it's not a corpse run.
Of course, there's just nothing you can do about people who are set on being annoying dicks, sometimes. For example, last night, I was there when a level 60 orc warrior attacked a group of four alliance for some retarded reason, right outside of Gadgetzan. Well, not to let someone who is both obviously a moron and my ally die without a fight, I sheeped the highest level enemy, counterspelled the second (a mage), and started nuking the lowest (44, I think). The orc warrior died in seconds for some reason, even though at that point he only had one enemy on him, but the paladin and mage quickly turned on me. I fell, of course. One was 56, and the other, all I know, was higher than 57. But when I ressed, after having some trouble with a druid I was otherwise going to ignore, I mounted up and left... and the mage and paladin followed me. And kept following me. For about three fairly wide circuits around Tanaris. You'd think people would have something better to do wtih their time? Eventually they did catch up, kill me, and leave.
In the Charred Vale, as the given example, it's a pretty big place, full of stuff to cower behind. There are trees and rocks and all that scattered around. So long as you see the enemy first, then there's almost always something handy to put in between him and the big, eye-catching red name above your head. Of course, whether you use that to get the drop on him and kill him before he can kill you, or to see where he's going and what he's doing, and to let him pass through on his own business, is entirely up you. (I prefer the second one. Although if the enemy is significantly lower level, I like to approach slowly, finish off whatever enemy he's whacking on, salute him, burst into dance, and then wander off. Just to mess with him. Or, if the enemy is my exact level, sometimes I'll approach in plain sight, and stand passively until he either finishes his mob and meds up, or goes all panicky and attacks me. Then I kill him.)
Of course, there's just nothing you can do about people who are set on being annoying dicks, sometimes. For example, last night, I was there when a level 60 orc warrior attacked a group of four alliance for some retarded reason, right outside of Gadgetzan. Well, not to let someone who is both obviously a moron and my ally die without a fight, I sheeped the highest level enemy, counterspelled the second (a mage), and started nuking the lowest (44, I think). The orc warrior died in seconds for some reason, even though at that point he only had one enemy on him, but the paladin and mage quickly turned on me. I fell, of course. One was 56, and the other, all I know, was higher than 57. But when I ressed, after having some trouble with a druid I was otherwise going to ignore, I mounted up and left... and the mage and paladin followed me. And kept following me. For about three fairly wide circuits around Tanaris. You'd think people would have something better to do wtih their time? Eventually they did catch up, kill me, and leave.
In the Charred Vale, as the given example, it's a pretty big place, full of stuff to cower behind. There are trees and rocks and all that scattered around. So long as you see the enemy first, then there's almost always something handy to put in between him and the big, eye-catching red name above your head. Of course, whether you use that to get the drop on him and kill him before he can kill you, or to see where he's going and what he's doing, and to let him pass through on his own business, is entirely up you. (I prefer the second one. Although if the enemy is significantly lower level, I like to approach slowly, finish off whatever enemy he's whacking on, salute him, burst into dance, and then wander off. Just to mess with him. Or, if the enemy is my exact level, sometimes I'll approach in plain sight, and stand passively until he either finishes his mob and meds up, or goes all panicky and attacks me. Then I kill him.)