Loot greed in WoW Classic led to a duel to the death. A dramatic spectacle where a character met their permanent end.
A few days ago, the realms of “WoW Classic Hardcore” launched. There, fans can once again experience the original World of Warcraft, but with a tough twist: every character has only one single life. If you die, you remain dead – and that forever.
This leads to small arguments becoming dramatic moments where the life of a character is at stake. And the most likely reason is, how could it be otherwise in WoW, the loot.
Hunter has need on cloth item
What happened? In WoW Classic Hardcore, dungeons are particularly dangerous. Numerous elite enemies await in the dungeon and thus many opportunities to die quickly. Those who venture into the instances hope for good loot that makes this risk worthwhile. So it was for the mage Mcwiggles, who was happy in the end because the coveted “Belt of Arugal” dropped. This is a cloth belt that gives a big bonus to intelligence and smaller bonuses to willpower and agility.
Basically a very good item for cloth classes, but especially in WoW Classic, other classes also like to roll on all items. Hunters are notorious for this – after all, everything is a “hunter item” because hunters can use almost everything, whether it gives them a big bonus or not.
What had to happen, happened: It was not Mcwiggles who won the belt, but the hunter Butternutz. And that was the trigger for a duel to the death.
Crowds gather before the capital to watch the duel
What kind of duel is this? In WoW Classic Hardcore, players can challenge others to a “Mak’gora”. This is basically a normal duel, but it doesn’t end at one health point. Instead, the fight continues until one player dies and the character is considered lost.
The loot dispute escalated to the point that both were ready for this deadly duel and wanted to meet before the gates of Orgrimmar.
This “loot drama” spread relatively quickly, so more players gathered and wanted to witness the duel.
As in a proper Mak’gora, the two were blessed by others beforehand – so there were many buffs for the mage, but also for the hunter and his pet.
How did the duel end? Even though the mage Mcwiggles had challenged the duel, the fight was relatively clear. After Mcwiggles had first turned the hunter’s pet into a sheep and then freed it immediately, it didn’t take long for Butternutz to triumph. He simply used the sight lines of the city gates of Orgrimmar too well and was able to claim victory.
The moral of the story? Hunters are still sneaky ninja looters even after 20 years, but once they have something, they won’t give it up.
