Beggars in ESO

LadySinflower

Why are there panhandlers/beggars on the streets of the towns if we aren't allowed to help them? In Skyrim I always gave a gold to the beggars and felt good about it. I realize it's a game and they are not real people. But I really hate seeing people sitting on the ground with their hands out and I can't choose to help. I realize that many, if not most, would choose to ignore them. My reasoning is that you put them there for a reason. What reason? To be annoying? To make us feel guilty forcharging 15,000g for one potent nirncrux? Seriously, let us talk to them and help them out. Do a good deed.

Aliyavana

You can rp a person giving gold to a begger. I only take long sums of gold, pc na @aliyavana in a serious note, idrk

Darkenarlol

i thought it gonna be a thread about *NERF IT!!111* brigade

Jameliel

I have a few bummy friends on PC NA if you want to donate gold to them. Always broke but constantly needing mats and gold with zero sense on how to make and keep gold. I'll shoot you their ids if interested so you can RP haha

Tigerseye

Yeah, I feel the same way.

Not that I really want to waste gold, but it is sad not being able to help.

ThanatosXR

Do think this is a elder scrolls game or something? Do anything you want? Guess again!
But seriously Im mad I cant pull a dorner and kill guards
Oblivion was pimp I had more fun just seeing how many I could fight before dying
The police state IRL has ruined me

phaneub17_ESO

I'll take your gold, and thank the gods in your name!

Michae

I could use a /beg emote. I wanna rp as beggar to help people like you. I'm only 250k short for a particular manor house. Then I won't have to beg anymore.

RaddlemanNumber7

If you pick-pocket any of those beggars you will soon discover that they are all faking poverty. They are there to be robbed and then sent to Sithis for their sins.

m2rc

RaddlemanNumber7 wrote: »

If you pick-pocket any of those beggars you will soon discover that they are all faking poverty. They are there to be robbed and then sent to Sithis for their sins.

Couldn't agree more. Any NPC I can I will send to Sithis.

zaria

Tigerseye wrote: »

Yeah, I feel the same way.

Not that I really want to waste gold, but it is sad not being able to help.

Yes its a bit weird you can not donate a gold piece to them

zaria

Jameliel wrote: »

I have a few bummy friends on PC NA if you want to donate gold to them. Always broke but constantly needing mats and gold with zero sense on how to make and keep gold. I'll shoot you their ids if interested so you can RP haha

LOL, remember giving some gold to somebody in Runescape, I got an adoring fan Oblivion style

Kurat

Occasionally I see some players begging in zone chat. Keep your eyes open. Or join some noob guild and help them, lots of real beggars in those.

Tasear

Isn't there actually a quest to donate to them?

essi2

Some beggars belong to the Give to the Poor world events, but you won't find them in the cities.

The rest are just bums for bums sake.


https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:World_Event_Achievements

AbysmalGhul

I had a guy use the trick or treat emote on me and he/she said " Gold for the poor?" Yeah, I donated, I'm a sucker for well played RP

doomette

The Argonian in Orsinium begging for food scraps. :'(

LadySinflower

Yeah they can nerf the beggars if they want - remove them from the game. I don't want to RP as a generous soul necessarily. If they are there and we have to hear them begging we should be able to respond and shut them up. So many grumpy and unhappy people in Tamriel, moaning out loud about how awful their life is. I'm not really into murder for the sake of murder but it seems to be the only way we could make it so we don't have to hear somebody grumbling every half a mile in the game. I find it really annoying. My latest pet peeve is the guy in the door to the crafting area inn Alinor. "Oh, what am I going to do? I'm a failure! I'm so sad!" Can't I just give him A few gold and send him to the bar to drown his sorrows? Yeesh!

Kuramas9tails

Aliyavana wrote: »

You can rp a person giving gold to a begger. I only take long sums of gold, pc na @aliyavana in a serious note, idrk

Not the same. It is so refreshing to hear the NPC say thanks.

Turelus

I know in Davon's Watch there is a begger under the bridge you can actually give money to. TBH after that zone I didn't talk to non-key NPC's enough to learn if there were more.

Sadly even if we give them money it's not going to change their fate for us.

Skwor

There are quests/achievements for giving money to those beggers. Also for lighting campfires and helping those being robbed.

Play enough of the game and you will come across them.

Then again I have over 5000 hrs of gameplay, maybe I play to much.

Veinblood1965

I've lost many a nights sleep over just this topic.

Druid40

Unfortunately, you can only donate to a few; and I think only once per character.

Tyrobag

Ironically, the only beggars you can give money to are the ones talking about his 13 children that seem to be multiplying and getting sicker every time he mentions it XD

I'd rather give money to the poor Argonian who was probably previously a slave... Or maybe good old Gaenor

Gilvoth

can i have 1 million Gold

CasgarTheSomnolent

A couple scattered thoughts on this topic:

1) I've only run across the beggars you can actually give to a couple times. And they sound sketchy as hell. One guy I chose not to give to. Then I learned there's an achievement for giving to them anyway. I hope I can find him and correct that. But it's not for him, the scammer.

Meanwhile, you walk past these people that call out "I'm so hungry," and I'm hauling around hundreds of Sticky Pork and Radish Noodles and millions of gold, and I can't do anything for them.

2) One of the more hilarious things in the game is how NPC emotes seem to be semi-randomly assigned to the type of NPC. I've seen commoners, soldiers, fisherman, and others I was stealing from walk over to a road and get down in the begging position. They're so confused, poor guys. I don't know if I've seen a noble NPC do this, but if you know of one, tell me where.

CasgarTheSomnolent

Obviously, there's no way in hell this would ever happen or could happen, but I do kind of wish there was a way to just go around helping the downtrodden of Tamriel.

Master Anglers could literally "teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime" as the saying goes. Maybe some of these people just need to finish high school. Or learn a trade. Well, let me tell you, the Mages Guild and the Fighters Guild OWE ME. Big time. I also have this massive villa in Artaeum that could probably fit a few souls looking to get out of the cold.

Difficult to do in a game, though. Ironically, easier to do in real life. Conveniently, that's where we ought to be doing it, anyway.

commodore64

Thought this would be a 'please carry me through skyreach/make me training gear/need help at wb' thread. 1/10

Knootewoot

I'm a beggar. Give me money

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Since I cannot help them, I use the Coin of Illusory Riches memento to rain coins down on them.

Veinblood1965

We used to be able to donate to them but in patch 35.65 that was Nerfed due to balance issues.