To the person who killed me with assassins...

arena25 · January 2017

*******.

Some idiot decided to take two Covenant Assassins, misdirect them onto me, then flee so he can get his quest done. Since I was AFK, I died.

Now, I will say I probably should've known better than to go AFK while I go heat up some soup, so I can't complain too much, but at the same time...*******.

Now, I'm running to the dry cleaner, so see you all around.

Arena25

P.S. Before some troll says "Enjoy your vacation from the forums for naming and shaming", I did not NAME the person, as I have no idea who did it, so no, it's not naming and shaming. It's more of a lesson...which is "If a mob pops up, fight it. Don't be a coward."

Turelus · January 2017

This is pretty much a common event for me and my friends any time one of us idles. It's a success if you can go AFK anywhere and come back alive.

As for your situation, it sucks but not sure it's worth an entire forums thread of rage. Say a bad word aloud then revive and go back to what you were doing.

Also OP I feel for completion of this thread we should know the flavour of the soup, well at least I want to know...

Cadbury · January 2017

I hope it was tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. Yummo.

ThePaleItalian · January 2017

Turelus wrote: »

This is pretty much a common event for me and my friends any time one of us idles. It's a success if you can go AFK anywhere and come back alive.

As for your situation, it sucks but not sure it's worth an entire forums thread of rage. Say a bad word aloud then revive and go back to what you were doing.

Also OP I feel for completion of this thread we should know the flavour of the soup, well at least I want to know...

Chicken or Tomato are my guesses

DigitalShibby · January 2017

Lol you know you have infinite lives right?

runagate · January 2017

arena25 wrote: »

2. People show more respect for each other.

You were afk near mobs. For all you know the person who "trained" mobs onto you died to them. Despite your amazingly self-centered narcissism (evidenced by pointing this garbage on the forums) it is entirely possible that you were the one in the way of their quest. I realize the stakes are high in low level overland quests (sarcasm) but you could simply logged out and not assumed the entire world would cease moving simply because you weren't there.

Also, don't post garbage like this on the forums. There really are people who grief others. This is unquestionably not an instance where you can claim this. Look to your signature.

BigBragg · January 2017

Let me see if I get this right..... you regret your life choices and want to lay the blame at somebody else's feet?

waterfairy · January 2017

Correct me if I'm wrong but as long as you're in stealth and not in a spot that mobs respawn, any aggro mobs will ignore you while chasing the player racing past you.

Crouch before afk

starkerealm · January 2017

Soup sounds kinda tasty right now. $:\$

elantaura · January 2017

The correct thing to do is heal them for awhile and they end up with a repair bill.

robertthebard · January 2017

It sucks much more when you're getting coffee...

ntheogenic · January 2017

Easy fix..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLfmEZYdtrY

TheUrbanWizard · January 2017

Go in stealth, controller top down on the desk so view stick wedged so the camera is spinning around you. Easy peazy and no inactivity logout...actually did this once and the view was top down, reminded me of old Zelda

Turelus · January 2017

18 posts in and I still don't know the soup... you can't leave me hanging like this @arena25 !

Tan9oSuccka · January 2017

I do this to people AFK controller rubber banding.

I killed about 8 scrubs at the dolmen outside Auridon.

Thank you AOE Daedroth! A pile of scrub bananas dead on the ground = win

Sigtric · January 2017

If you were AFK how do you know this is what happened? /hmmmmm

Cadbury · January 2017

Sigtric wrote: »

If you were AFK how do you know this is what happened? /hmmmmm

Exposed

Prof_Bawbag · January 2017

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

Waffennacht · January 2017

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

At which point I use major expedition and streak to follow you and jack your farming for an hour or till you teleport away

Prof_Bawbag · January 2017

Waffennacht wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

At which point I use major expedition and streak to follow you and jack your farming for an hour or till you teleport away

You're free to do so. Doesn't annoy me when people start to follow me. Been playing this game since console release and I could count on one hand how many times someone has had the decency to leave me to it whilst I'm clearing a path to the nodes/chest. On the other hand, if i had £1 for every person that has jumped right in there, I wouldn't be sat here having this conversation with you, I'd be sailing around the world on my yacht being fed grapes by a host of beauties.

The reality that gets painted on these forums isn't the same one I've witnessed over the course of my time playing the game. People are selfish. The vast majority of people playing this game don't use the forums.

Nyghthowler · January 2017

@OP, if you went afk then you are at fault for anything that happens to your character. Did you consider some one might have been trying to flee agro and you were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time while afk?

chaserstorm16909 · January 2017

Were you at least in stealth while afk?

Rouven · January 2017

I'll never stoop to that level, but I'm not surprised if someone else does it.

I would not even know how to misdirect a mob, most likely the m

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

Content of post and signature does not compute (?).

Anyways, I'll never stoop to that level intentionally but I don't care anymore about other people doing it to me. If I am "farming" I watch which way that player goes and find another route, otherwise I just carry on.

If I see someone AFK getting attacked by a mob I usually just kill the mob, can't help myself, but I don't stick around to protect you.

If I run past someone (with mobs in tow) and the mobs leash back they won't aggro, at least they never aggro me.

Prof_Bawbag · January 2017

Rouven wrote: »

I'll never stoop to that level, but I'm not surprised if someone else does it.

I would not even know how to misdirect a mob, most likely the m

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

Content of post and signature does not compute (?).

Anyways, I'll never stoop to that level intentionally but I don't care anymore about other people doing it to me. If I am "farming" I watch which way that player goes and find another route, otherwise I just carry on.

If I see someone AFK getting attacked by a mob I usually just kill the mob, can't help myself, but I don't stick around to protect you.

If I run past someone (with mobs in tow) and the mobs leash back they won't aggro, at least they never aggro me.

I only began being an ass wipe myself in-game a month or 2 ago. Like i said, I have created threads in the past complaining about all the tactics others use and the lack of decency on show. Some will see it from your pov, others will just tell you it's fair game. I switched to the fair game side of things and it really is a game changer as far as not getting your Daisy Dukes in a twist over the actions of others is concerned.

I even spent a good while testing it. I would wait next to an enemy in upper Craglorn where there was nodes within their aggro zone and i wouldn't engage until I saw another player close enough to see what I was about to do. Without fail every single one of them ninja'd the node.

That's the people you're dealing with in-game.

Sigtric · January 2017

FWIW you can't misdirect a mob on someone else. The only way you can get aggro is if you are in their aggro range and not stealthed, or you hit it when someone else had it near by. If they ran past so far that the mobs leashed back to their spawn location they wont aggro on anyone along the way until they get "home" (even if you try to hit them) at which point aggro opens up again and can aggro on anyone within their aggro range.

So one of a couple possibilities.

OP was standing too close to a spawn point. Not other players fault.
OP was standing too close to a spawn point where some other player was engaged in the fight. Mob cast some sort of aoe ability that hit OP and OPs armor proc'd a damage skill that hit the target. Not other player's fault.

OP should have AFK'd somewhere else.

Rouven · January 2017

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Rouven wrote: »

I'll never stoop to that level, but I'm not surprised if someone else does it.

I would not even know how to misdirect a mob, most likely the m

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I learned a long time ago that these forums are not a true representation of a large number of people in-game. I too once had in-game morals, I too created threads bitching about some of the underhanded tactics used by others, but it really is a wasted exercise. Yeah, basically you'll meet a lot of people in the game that don't give a rat's ass whether they ninja that node/chest you're attempting to clear enemies from, they also don't give a flying one about annoying others as your very own example shows.

If I see some sucker clearing enemies from nodes or chests, I just run in there myself because in my vast experience playing the game and being on the receiving end of it, the chances are, they'd not think twice about doing it to me. Once you become them, it all becomes water off a duck's back. I still don't stoop low enough that I take the time out to mock them further by using the laughing emote which a lot of people love to do. I just move on. If they ninja the next node/chest, then fair play to them.

Content of post and signature does not compute (?).

Anyways, I'll never stoop to that level intentionally but I don't care anymore about other people doing it to me. If I am "farming" I watch which way that player goes and find another route, otherwise I just carry on.

If I see someone AFK getting attacked by a mob I usually just kill the mob, can't help myself, but I don't stick around to protect you.

If I run past someone (with mobs in tow) and the mobs leash back they won't aggro, at least they never aggro me.

I only began being an ass wipe myself in-game a month or 2 ago. Like i said, I have created threads in the past complaining about all the tactics others use and the lack of decency on show. Some will see it from your pov, others will just tell you it's fair game. I switched to the fair game side of things and it really is a game changer as far as not getting your Daisy Dukes in a twist over the actions of others is concerned.

I even spent a good while testing it. I would wait next to an enemy in upper Craglorn where there was nodes within their aggro zone and i wouldn't engage until I saw another player close enough to see what I was about to do. Without fail every single one of them ninja'd the node.

That's the people you're dealing with in-game.

Sure thing, but I often encounter it the other way around too.

At the end of the day a community is made by the individual.

I believe I commented in another thread about how I liked GW2s system of individual nodes for every player ... but let's not derail this thread which is kinda more about training mobs onto others.

Osteos · January 2017

Here I was thinking someone used a mercenary contract in cyrodiil but you died to overland mobs lol

@Prof_Bawbag come back to the light side. I don't compete or steal nodes and if someone does it to me I just move along to the next one. I was farming in Craglorn back when nirncrux was good, myself and another player started heading to the same node I deferred to them and moved on to a void bloom and got a potent nirncrux. Karma

Waffennacht · January 2017

Just fyi, if we come to the same node at the same time, or if you're facing enemies I'll go elsewhere, funny thing is Ive watched a few players sadly give up on the node then do a double take as I leave it for them. It is rare lol.

Luigi_Vampa · January 2017

DigitalShibby wrote: »

Lol you know you have infinite lives right?

Nah, he plays iron man, dead is dead playthroughs. He had to delete his character and start over.

Danksta · January 2017

Tan9oSuccka wrote: »

I do this to people AFK controller rubber banding.

I killed about 8 scrubs at the dolmen outside Auridon.

Thank you AOE Daedroth! A pile of scrub bananas dead on the ground = win

Me too, and it's one of the few situations I feel warrants a good ol' teabagging.

UrQuan · January 2017

Sigtric wrote: »

FWIW you can't misdirect a mob on someone else. The only way you can get aggro is if you are in their aggro range and not stealthed, or you hit it when someone else had it near by. If they ran past so far that the mobs leashed back to their spawn location they wont aggro on anyone along the way until they get "home" (even if you try to hit them) at which point aggro opens up again and can aggro on anyone within their aggro range.

So one of a couple possibilities.

OP was standing too close to a spawn point. Not other players fault.
OP was standing too close to a spawn point where some other player was engaged in the fight. Mob cast some sort of aoe ability that hit OP and OPs armor proc'd a damage skill that hit the target. Not other player's fault.

OP should have AFK'd somewhere else.

^This. 100% this.

OP, nobody did this to you. You did this to yourself. [SNIp]

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