Oct 21, 2009, 04:07 AM // 04:07
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2009
Profession: N/E
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anyone else find this strange?
So i have a little story to share, something that happened to me tonight. I'm pretty new to GW, a month or two in, and I'm currently working on getting my first elite necro armor. up until tonight i have saved up about 20-25k for this purpose, through farming and various things of that nature, working on it when i was bored over the past few days. I was in Ascalon city selling some gold weapons when this new lv5 player started asking me basic noob questions, and it was pretty obvious he had just started playing and had very little map and had made very little progress. I almost sold him a gold weapon, but he backed out. I went back to my buisiness, and he pmd me a little while later asking me if I could run him to draks because he wanted some new armor.
the character I was playing with is by no means a running character. I told him he would never find a run to draks in ascalon city and was much more likely to find one in beacons perch, a location he did not have. i was bored so i told him i could bring him to beacons, but not run him. he offered me 5k to do it, and of course I jumped on it. silly kid. during the course of escorting him there, he kept raising the amount he was going to pay me. first to 10k, then to 15k. I started getting a little suspicious as to why he was trying to pay me more money so i asked him to show me the gold to make sure i wasnt getting bs'd. he had it. by the time we got to beacons, he said he would pay me 25k at beacons and another 25k to get him all the way to draks. i'm pretty weak and told him i couldnt get him to draks on just me and 3 heroes, so he paid me 25k and went on his way. now,
1. he could have gottten an actual run to beacons for an amazingly less amount of money than that, instead of paying me 25k to literally walk him there.
2. how does a brand new lv5 player who doesnt even have any locations outside of ascalon have 50k lying around to throw me to bring him places?
being pretty new myself i was just wondering if anyone else found this as weird as i did. i mean it all works out for me, but huh?
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:15 AM // 04:15
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#2
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Departed from Tyria
Join Date: May 2007
Guild: Clan Dethryche [dth]
Profession: R/
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That's weird.
Yup.
Nothing to discuss here.
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:17 AM // 04:17
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#3
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: RAH
Guild: Close Enough [XVII]
Profession: W/A
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He was probably rich and messing with you, I mean 25k is pocket change to some people and I've run into like top5 just won goldcape people pretending to be noobs in ascalon.
Also I tithe my income, and end up like randomly giving away 10 ectos to the first person i see.
Last edited by Lux Aeterna; Oct 21, 2009 at 04:23 AM // 04:23..
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:20 AM // 04:20
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#4
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Nov 2005
Guild: Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]
Profession: W/
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i do that to people all the time. i find legit players who are actually nice, and i give them a decent reward without them knowing. its a good feeling to pay 25k to someone who was nice rather than 5k to a 12 year old brat.
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:23 AM // 04:23
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#5
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bai Paasu Reach
Guild: The Wild Stallions [WS]
Profession: R/
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Yeah I have encountered that as well, even though the character isnt rich, the account may be ;P
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Oct 21, 2009, 05:39 AM // 05:39
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#6
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2009
Profession: N/E
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all possibilities. i apologize for the silly thread, it just struck me as so odd at the time that i wanted to hear any things like this.
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Oct 21, 2009, 07:21 AM // 07:21
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#7
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2009
Profession: D/
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It looks like you put a dent into getting your elite armor buddy, gj. You were right to be suspicious, leechers use this tactic to get you excited over getting a blown up fee and then they scoot off, ignore you, change district and leave you fuming until you blow your top off in alliance chat .
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Oct 21, 2009, 10:06 AM // 10:06
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#8
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Perth, Australia
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Mostly likely a new player using a friend's account.
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Oct 21, 2009, 10:12 AM // 10:12
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#9
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: WI
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferminator
It looks like you put a dent into getting your elite armor buddy, gj. You were right to be suspicious, leechers use this tactic to get you excited over getting a blown up fee and then they scoot off, ignore you, change district and leave you fuming until you blow your top off in alliance chat .
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way to fail at reading. the whole point of the thread is the guy actually paid him
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Oct 21, 2009, 11:49 AM // 11:49
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#10
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Netherlands
Guild: Utrecht Usurpators
Profession: D/
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Here's the most likely explanation:
He saw GW at a mate's place, decided to get it himself too, asked his mate if they could play together, his mate said sure, but you'll have to get someone to run you to Drok's first, here's some gold, call me when you get there.
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Oct 21, 2009, 11:57 AM // 11:57
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#11
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Guild: PURR
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by turbo234
way to fail at reading. the whole point of the thread is the guy actually paid him
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I think he meant it the same way, just the word "dent" wasn't a good choice.
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Oct 21, 2009, 12:10 PM // 12:10
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#12
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Krytan Explorer
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Congratulations to the OP for being +25k richer for doing very little.
Reminds me of the time long, long ago when I was playing through on my Mesmer and a guy was asking for help with the quests in Yak's Bend. I decided to help him with the one where you have to head into the mine area (forget name of quest) and after we finished, he opened up trade and gave me 10k as a reward and thank you for helping him.
Of course 10k is nothing these days but back then, it was one of those O_o moments...getting a monetary reward for just being nice.
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Oct 21, 2009, 12:12 PM // 12:12
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#13
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Guild: PURR
Profession: N/
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And off topic again:
no way would I accept that amount of money from another player for doing something "nice" or "simple". Regardless of how poor I was.
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Oct 21, 2009, 12:39 PM // 12:39
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#15
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Krytan Explorer
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Looks like you were lucky enough to meet him. Worked out even better for you in the end.
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Oct 21, 2009, 01:48 PM // 13:48
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#16
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Atra esternĂ ono thelduin
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Madness Incarnate
Guild: [Duo]
Profession: W/P
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looks like he was messing with you ;-) lol
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Oct 21, 2009, 02:22 PM // 14:22
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#17
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Look up.
Guild: Kurzick Conflagration Unit [KCU].
Profession: W/
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I know a guy who have been playing for 2 weeks who got 25 k for pugging in fort ranik from some random guy o.o he was just doing the mission himself and didn't even ask for anything XD
Moral: Some people have too much money/ too much kindness
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Oct 21, 2009, 03:14 PM // 15:14
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#18
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2008
Profession: A/E
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im going to make new characters all day and do the first ascalon missions now. ill call it the kind rich person farm.
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Oct 21, 2009, 03:40 PM // 15:40
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#19
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Guild: We Gat Dis [HRUU]
Profession: E/
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I'm not gunna lie, its fun
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:09 PM // 16:09
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#20
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jun 2009
Profession: Rt/
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For your second question, any brand new player that gets to a town with a xunlai chest can use the money and items stored in there. He surely had other more experienced characters that can make lots of money. Some guys have not one character but 8, 20, or more spread on more than one accounts.
And fat running "tips" in Guild Wars are common business on certain routes
Last edited by Rhododendron; Oct 21, 2009 at 04:13 PM // 16:13..
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