3 Fun Ways to Treat Beggars in MMOs
Admit it, you've had your fair share of these people. They run to you, often add you as a friend, then suddenly ask you: "can i hav som gold and items plz?". What's worse, even if you tell them no, they'll pull you in to a lengthy debate on how you are more well off than he is since he's new and you've been playing far longer than him. His conclusion, you should give him some stuff. I used to tolerate them before, giving them money or some old items but they just keep coming back. Annoying. So these days, I've devised some methods on how to shoo them without engaging into a shouting competition.
1. Have them go to an area where they'll most likely die - Here's how it goes: when somebody asks you for money, say "Sure, lemme just kill some mobs in <insert high level area here>. I'll give you the loot." More often than not they'll agree to this. Bring him along cast some movement speed buffs then try to leave them in the middle of the area. They'll have no choice but to die and respawn. Add him to your block list.
2. Trade with them but cancel it - Try to trade him some nice rare items then cancel it. Ask if he got it, he'll say no of course. Then do it again. After the nth time, say "WTF?! Why isn't it working?!" Then claim it may be a bug. Tell him you'll try again next time and leave him there speechless.
3. Agree but give him some hard work to do - Well, not really. Here's something I did back in iRO (International Ragnarok Online). A beggar comes up to me and asks "can i have some zeni?". I said "Sure, I'll give you 10k, but of course there's some sort of a catch". He asks what it is so I continue with, "Well, just to make it a bit harder for you, I'll give it to you 5z at a time." I was pleasantly surprised he accepted the deal so he went on trading with me. After a few rounds he got tired of it and went on to find his next target.
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