Being asked for money!?

I've been begged for money twice - once from a guild leader(whose faction I immediately left) who wanted money to get us to level two, and once from a random person.

Fac leader was basically bugging every new member we got to donate 1 mil or 2 mil to get the guild to the next level. When a random person asked me, I was on my panther riding into Lost to grab some pots before a BH. "got any gold" was the whisper. I ignored, and they didn't ask again, fortunately.

Strange. People see players with mounts and fashion and think we're rolling in the dough. There are those lucky people with 24 million coins, but...not everyone.

I usually give them a free teleport..





..to the bottom of the Frozen River

Ilwyn_ - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Strange. People see players with mounts and fashion and think we're rolling in the dough. There are those lucky people with 24 million coins, but...not everyone.

I will be straight with you

When I was level 2, and walked around Plume, and saw people with their TT70 bows and the TT80 X-Bows [TT90 was practically non-existent back when I started and the few players who had it had better things to do than be in Plume of all cities] I thought these people were the gods of the game short of GMs and assumed they were rolling in it too.

The difference is, rather then PM one of them begging for stuff thinking my assumption was correct, I just aimed to be like these people when I got to their level instead.

I think when you see somebody who would appear to have a lot of material wealth you naturally assume they have the coin to go with it.

Sadly, the catch is, the people with all that fashion, and those flashy mounts and aerogear, don't have that coin more often than not. Because they just spent it on all that cool looking stuff. >.>"

Now who wants to give me 3.1k SoF to get my veno a Herc?! Anybody? -ducks behind a flame proof shield-

Begging can take many forms in an MMO. It's become increasingly common for a lot of people to ask for for pots on instance runs. Decent people who genuinely forgot usually offer to buy them from you, i usually provide them with the pots they want at no charge if i have them. The rest i give nothing, we all have our costs and everyone should be expected to be fully prepared for a run they're squadding for.

frankieraye wrote: »

I usually give them a free teleport..





..to the bottom of the Frozen River

cruel, but plain awesome b:victory

MANray_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

Begging can take many forms in an MMO. It's become increasingly common for a lot of people to ask for for pots on instance runs. Decent people who genuinely forgot usually offer to buy them from you, i usually provide them with the pots they want at no charge if i have them. The rest i give nothing, we all have our costs and everyone should be expected to be fully prepared for a run they're squadding for.

I've actually run into this a couple of times in TT and FCC... "Damn I'm out of pots! Can anyone give me some?" Not, can I buy some (although that happens too, just less frequently), but rather can you give me some for free... Begging under the pretense of inaedvertent unpreparedness is still begging.

While I'm willing to believe that you simply got excited about TT/FCC and may have forgotten to stock up before the run, I find it hard to believe you also remembered to store ALL your coin in the bank before coming to the start point, so if you ask for pots in the middle of a run, at least offer to pay. Otherwise I may suggest it comes out of your split in TT (I guess that you're slowing everyone else's FCC run isn't as bad since replacing you would likely take even longer).

Mostly I just say no to random requests for compensation... if it's a friend I might make an exception. I'd much rather offer an unsolicted gift (free wine, gear I'm no longer using, a charm or esoterica, etc.) than cater to a unsolicited material request.

I've been asked several times, but never in the game. Always going down to the convenience store for a Mountain Dew and always there is someone outside saying "can I have your spare change when you come out?" The really funny part is I usually see these people dressed in nice clothes. It's almost like a guilt trip, cause I hate to see anyone suffer, but these people just don't look like they are suffering at all.

Anyways, I'd just tell them to go grind level 1 mobs with no equipment, so they have no costs.

Someone asked for a mount last year for his girlfriend, said he would pay me back in a week, so i give him me polar bear.b:sad ME STUPID b:sad



I ended up getting no money after a month but a friend saw me Bearless and gave me a new polar bear that was spurred for no reason, karma rocks...

I have gotten asked for everything from coin, my mount, my fash, etc. I usually just ignore them, but if they persist, I blacklist. I have never given anything to strangers, but have given pots, armor & weapons to friends.

I also hate people that don't take "no" for an answer when they send random squad invites/random friend invites/random faction invites. I got so annoyed with the faction thing that I created one just to put my alts in.

One of the funniest things I saw the other day was someone in faction chat (on one of my alts) asked for 10 Gold so she could fly. A level 15 veno who obviously didn't understand coin vs. gold or the fact that she couldn't use it anyway even if she did buy it. But it's a faction with a lot of new players so instead I just tried explaining things to her.

Aldryami - Sanctuary wrote: »

One of the things I have noticed the few times I have given handouts to random desperados is that they never say 'thankyou'. People who authentically need assistance usually express their gratitude.

Very true.

Some of these desperados have gotten smarter though. One couldn't get help for Aerox, gouf chief. So he faked an fb39 squad and said he needed Aerox first. Then he pretended to go to fb39 dungeon, went there, and logged out. Squad waited for 15mins, and realised it was bogus.

I've only met one beggar, whom I remember asking me for coins. I hadn't met beggars before, so I asked her why. She said she needed clothes. Then I asked her why she had to ask me for money... Then she told me nvm. I think I sounded more annoying with my questions than her with her begging. =X

I haven't personally met many beggars but mostly ppls who wana trades.I remember once someone offering me 2k if I give him my mount just for a round in Arch xD Other one saw me on my mount(that time was the pink fishy)and asked me to sell it -at first I politely explained her isnt for sale but she even started to send me pty invitations and request trades.Then I got pissed and told her to get out.She raged and the following were raging offences xD . However mostly Im not paying such people attention-doesnt worth it

it happened to me today for the first time in west arch , guy asking me for 30K and i said no then he wanted my belt and my rings told him that it was a gift from a friend , then he wanted my Armor etc , drooped one polo herb and two coin and flew away (=

Beggars... just pathetic

i had a fight with a noob in the faction today. asked me for 800k -.- i should have just blacklisted.