In World of Warcraft, a Paladin and a Death Knight extorted their dungeon group together. They demanded gold, otherwise, they would leave the group. A player shared the action on Reddit and it became the top thread with over 1,300 upvotes. Meanwhile, the Paladin was kicked out of his guild.
What exactly did the Paladin do? On August 13, a group set out together into the Keystone dungeon Brackenhide Hollow at +16 level. Before the final boss, the Retri Paladin demanded that the group pay him and the tank 50,000 gold, otherwise, they would not finish the run.
In a Keystone dungeon, players cannot be invited afterward, and a tank is absolutely necessary. Therefore, such an extortion attempt is promising. However, the group refused to pay. The Paladin and the Death Knight left the dungeon afterward.
However, the action did not end well for the Paladin. Although his name was censored on Reddit, it was shared on Twitter. Several users report that he was subsequently kicked out of his guild. The guild leader even reportedly celebrated this solemnly.
You can check out the thread here:
Criticism of the Player, but also of Game Design
How did the action go down on Reddit? Logically, not well. Users demanded that the group report the players so that they are banned for extortion. Some researched and found the player’s profile on Raider.io, a tool to check progress in instances.
There, the tank and the Paladin have since made their profiles private or changed their names.
Others joke that the two players sacrifice 30 minutes of their life just to end up with gold worth 1.50 to 2 dollars. One could easily surpass that even with minimum wage, buy gold through the coins, and not risk one’s account for such nonsense.
However, there is also criticism of Blizzard itself:
- On the one hand, permanent bans should follow for such actions, which, however, do not happen or rarely occur.
- On the other hand, it is simply poor game design that players cannot be invited to these dungeons afterward. This system invites bad players to exploit it.
What do you think would be the appropriate punishment for such behavior?
By the way, the next patch in WoW is scheduled for release in September. You can find out what it brings here: WoW: Fyrakk’s Wrath is coming soon – Patch 10.1.7 is already coming in September.
