Beggars don't make sense

Vhozek

There are so many opportunities in Tamriel. Nobody's asking you for your SSN or your address before you can apply for a job. You could just be the waterboy of a smith and get paid for it. You could offer to sweep the floors in taverns all day long as if trying to keep it absolutely dust free. How do people become beggars? Is business so bad in Tamriel that you can't afford to hire people?

storm105

As if SSN is the cause of homeless ness. I'm sure just being dirt poor has nothing to do with it.

AbysmalGhul

Circumstances....circumstances.....

Faulgor

(Mental) Illness is not uncommon in Tamriel.

Have you heard of our lords and saviors, Peryite and Sheogorath?

Vhozek

storm105 wrote: »

As if SSN is the cause of homeless ness. I'm sure just being dirt poor has nothing to do with it.

What I meant by that is that there's no way to track people in a system so the hiring process must be extremely shorter.

Vhozek

Faulgor wrote: »

(Mental) Illness is not uncommon in Tamriel.

Have you heard of our lords and saviors, Peryite and Sheogorath?

Yeah I guess. I can see that.

Cadbury

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

The answer is that there is probably an overabundance of workers and a finite amount of jobs available that don't involve risking life and limb. So employers can likely afford to be choosy with their hiring practices.

I imagine the most lucrative jobs are for mercenaries and adventurers.

UntilValhalla13

How many Help Wanted signs have you seen? XD

Vhozek

Some random genius could create the illusion that a certain task is needed at every home or tavern ever to exist and then form an organization of workers that specialize in doing that job.

Kel

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

So did I...lol.

There's this player on PS4 (can't name and shame, unfortunately) that does nothing but beg for 10k gold. All day every day. Goes zone to zone just begging for gold.

And the steadfast iron reason this person gives for asking for gold?

"But I'm a hot gamer girl. You should want to give me gold."


Lmao🤣🤣🤣

Glurin

UntilValhalla13 wrote: »

How many Help Wanted signs have you seen? XD

A lot, actually. Although they do usually come in the form of an arrow floating over some total stranger's head while they beg you to go kill someone for them or find some book they lost or something.

As for the OP's question, you know the old saying. "*** happens." The beggars are usually mentally ill or fallen on some hard times or possibly are just trying to take advantage of you.

LuxLunae

Vhozek wrote: »

There are so many opportunities in Tamriel. Nobody's asking you for your SSN or your address before you can apply for a job. You could just be the waterboy of a smith and get paid for it. You could offer to sweep the floors in taverns all day long as if trying to keep it absolutely dust free. How do people become beggars? Is business so bad in Tamriel that you can't afford to hire people?

What is your age? for you to say this you must still be in college age or below... at max age 25....

Moonfalcon462

Kel wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

So did I...lol.

There's this player on PS4 (can't name and shame, unfortunately) that does nothing but beg for 10k gold. All day every day. Goes zone to zone just begging for gold.

And the steadfast iron reason this person gives for asking for gold?

"But I'm a hot gamer girl. You should want to give me gold."


Lmao🤣🤣🤣

I make 5k a day just by stealing... that's 150k a month.

Cadbury

Kel wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

So did I...lol.

There's this player on PS4 (can't name and shame, unfortunately) that does nothing but beg for 10k gold. All day every day. Goes zone to zone just begging for gold.

And the steadfast iron reason this person gives for asking for gold?

"But I'm a hot gamer girl. You should want to give me gold."


Lmao🤣🤣🤣

Hasn't happened in awhile, but I used to get whispers from players (usually in places like Glenumbra and Stonefalls) whispering me to ask if I'd give them 10k gold for a mount (this was after they introduced the level up rewards). When I refused, their responses were always something like "but your toon looks rich!!"

I'd even had a few send me a friend request asking for gold XD

My personal favorite though was a person whispering me asking to "help a new lvl 10" by giving him 30k so he could buy a mount and some gear. He didn't realize he was pretty close by so I located him easily. He was wearing the emperor's costume

Cadbury

Moonfalcon462 wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

So did I...lol.

There's this player on PS4 (can't name and shame, unfortunately) that does nothing but beg for 10k gold. All day every day. Goes zone to zone just begging for gold.

And the steadfast iron reason this person gives for asking for gold?

"But I'm a hot gamer girl. You should want to give me gold."


Lmao🤣🤣🤣

I make 5k a day just by stealing... that's 150k a month.

But are you a hot gamer girl?

beadabow

"I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee."

"After that I became a city guard, but then the knee problem got worse. Spent all of my pay on healers, poultices and such. Now my gout is so bad, I can't even run!"

Looks forlornly at the mud and then back at you with pleading eyes.

"I got fired from the watch when a Khajiit snuck into the castle and stole m'ladies undies. Needless to say, I could really use a drink. Can you spare a coin to help an old adventurer out? Come on man, times are hard!"

Girl_Number8

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

The answer is that there is probably an overabundance of workers and a finite amount of jobs available that don't involve risking life and limb. So employers can likely afford to be choosy with their hiring practices.

I imagine the most lucrative jobs are for mercenaries and adventurers.

Classic Cadbury

I am sure the players whispers are greeted with a mudball instead of a few coins to pocket....or perhaps a potatoe

Cadbury

Girl_Number8 wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

The answer is that there is probably an overabundance of workers and a finite amount of jobs available that don't involve risking life and limb. So employers can likely afford to be choosy with their hiring practices.

I imagine the most lucrative jobs are for mercenaries and adventurers.

Classic Cadbury

I am sure the players whispers are greeted with a mudball instead of a few coins to pocket....or perhaps a potatoe

No doubt. At least on PS4 NA, beggars in zone chat are greeted with derision and memes.

InvictusApollo

Kel wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I actually thought at first that this was about the people in zone chat or in whispers asking for free gold.

So did I...lol.

There's this player on PS4 (can't name and shame, unfortunately) that does nothing but beg for 10k gold. All day every day. Goes zone to zone just begging for gold.

And the steadfast iron reason this person gives for asking for gold?

"But I'm a hot gamer girl. You should want to give me gold."


Lmao🤣🤣🤣

Is she selling her bathtub water? Does it go for gold or crowns?

CreamedPieYum

Faulgor wrote: »

(Mental) Illness is not uncommon in Tamriel.

Have you heard of our lords and saviors, Peryite and Sheogorath?

My mother told me to smile, and to always put on a happy face.

#Joker

zaria

Faulgor wrote: »

(Mental) Illness is not uncommon in Tamriel.

Have you heard of our lords and saviors, Peryite and Sheogorath?

Made more true in that very few of the beggars ask for gold, neither can you give to them.

Sylvermynx

I don't respond to in game beggars - they go on my ignore list. But when I have friends who start playing, I give them a fair amount of gold to help them get set up. In fact I've done that in the other MMOs I played too, since the friend who got me into WoW did that for me, and daughter ditto when she got me into RIFT.

Pay it forward, pass it on. But that doesn't include people I don't know.... and probably don't WANT to know.

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Uhm, they make perfect sense. I'm actually surprised we don't see more of them, aswell as orphans running around.

...Well the second is explained by Bethesda's usual lack of children in their games.

Cirantille

Can we actually give them coins like in older tes games? I tried but it did not work

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Cirantille wrote: »

Can we actually give them coins like in older tes games? I tried but it did not work

You can to some specific ones. Even is an achievment for it.

Eirinin

Cirantille wrote: »

Can we actually give them coins like in older tes games? I tried but it did not work

I wish. It'd be cool to be able to hire them too. They could gather mats or work at one of your homes. Heck, assign them to sell your vendor trash for ya.

Cirantille

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Cirantille wrote: »

Can we actually give them coins like in older tes games? I tried but it did not work

You can to some specific ones. Even is an achievment for it.

I will look up in wiki, thank you!

Eirinin wrote: »

Cirantille wrote: »

Can we actually give them coins like in older tes games? I tried but it did not work

I wish. It'd be cool to be able to hire them too. They could gather mats or work at one of your homes. Heck, assign them to sell your vendor trash for ya.

I sense some gray fox business here

moonpawc

Well.. There's monsters, beasts and daedra everywhere, as well as bandits, cultists and straight up warzones. It's hard being an unarmed farmer with no combat training.. If you cut down a tree for wood there's a bosmer hunting you down because of its religion.
And if you actually get lucky, suddenly some previsously unknown hero pick-pockets you and loots everything you own after killing your family for gold.

Shardaxx

What I don't get is, sometimes I pass npc beggars in towns who are asking for gold or some help, but when I try to speak with them to give them some gold, but there's no option to do so.

Lokey0024

I hear the gold Coast trading company is looking for guards.

IsharaMeradin

TES has never outright admitted it but there is most likely a beggars guild. A guild whose members make pocket change by begging while also being eyes and ears. The beggars guild makes good coin by being hired to discretely obtain information in non-intrusive methods. After all, who pays attention to the person begging at the corner? Many of the upper class have become blind to the "needy" that they unwittingly give information away simply by walking by while in conversation with one another.