I’ve been chugging along in classic for a while but I’m starting to think the problem is the players more than the game in general.  For example, in retail I had guilds that lasted at least a year from Wrath through MoP.  Like talking to people every day, getting asked to heal everything, raiding, arena, rbgs, everything.  The once Post Mortem blew up, it was just guilds ending left and right.  No one asked me to heal or do anything, for a long time.

Classic has been the same only, guilds last about 3-4 months.  I don’t raid, dungeon, or get asked to do anything.  Can’t seem to make friends.  I had that one friend from the start of classic who just disappeared one day, and I think it was because I casually said something about the political color of my state.

It’s probably time to just stop playing.  I may log my retail characters in all at key locations for them and stop.

Playing a mage is interesting because people can get portals, food and water from you.  Peoples social skills really fail in asking and compensating for these things, let me tell you. Just recently I had…

A nelf ask for a portal to Darn and tipped nothing.  I basically gave them like 20s the cost of the rune.

A paladin who wanted water, so grouped with me to find me in the plaguelands.  He then ran up and looted the mob I had just killed, taking my loot, then paid me 50 whole silver for 2 stacks of level 55 water.  Really the loot thing pissed me off the most even though it was just silver and some cloth.  Very rude.

In bgs lately I just summon like 200 waters and say “open trade for water” then I give all healer  types 2 stacks.  But sometimes people throw up a trade if I’ve said nothing and just sit there.  I like to target them, turn towards them and do nothing.  I’m not a gumball machine, you can’t just tap me and expect water or food to fall out.  The best part is when I say “open trade for water” and have someone throw up a window and ask for food.  I’m not summoning FOOD I’m doing WATER.

But the funny thing is, when I offer it for free in bgs, more than half don’t even say thanks.  Clearly I do not expect a tip in bgs but at least say thanks. It takes time to summon a bag full of water, like 3 full mana bars which just don’t refill themselves instantly.

Oddly enough all in the same night of the paladin stealing my loot, another paladin found me, asked for 80 waters, and tipped 3g.  And said thanks!  That’s how you do it!

I was out in Western Plaguelands just grinding mobs.  It’s like the old L2 days trying to level or get a drop, only with WoW, you will eventually get a drop.  So far I’ve gotten some nice items like a Blue Sapphire which got me around 25g and a Unicorn ring which was another 15 I think.  Not bad.

That being said it’s funny to find into people just completely utterly clueless and rude.  I was fighting some Scarlet Crusade groups when a hunter comes up to me and asks a question.  I’m like mid-fight.

You can see I immediately answered him but before I even finish looting the mob he says “good talk” and BLOCKS me.  Like really? You interrupt me killing something and expect an immediate reply and when you don’t, you block the person? GG.  And of course it was a HUNTER.