wow-classic Level 50 Hardcore Character Killed by Level 6 Mobs

[Starym 3,787]

 

There really is no safe place in Classic Hardcore. We've seen bank alts get killed by griefers spawning mobs in capital cities, many players recently lost their characters to server instability, even Ouro decided to clone himself to take players out! Then there's the usual DC/afk deaths, Mak'gora's and, of course, the ever-present drownings. And now we have to add mobs 44 levels lower than you to the list!

Bozzy253 had a busy day working from home, and so decided to do something very passive and safe. Training the Mage's defense skill in Tirisfal Glades on their level 50 seemed like a good half-AFK thing to do. That is, until some technical issues turned the whole plan into a catastrophe.

While level 6 mobs don't do much to a level 50 (even if they're a clothie), they still do some damage. After getting down to 50% HP against the 4 mobs while monitoring their character, just as they were about to kill them and eat back to full, bozzy's graphics card died. Only a black screen remained and panic set in, with the usual bashing of all possible damage skills in the hope something would register. After a restart the PC barely even worked, with 1 FPS everywhere, the card was well and truly fried. And after a quick trip to the wife's computer the worst was confirmed: the Mage had died to 4 level 6 mobs.

And the worst part? Bozzy Mage had only 2 defense points left to go...

Level 50 mage died to level 6 mobs training defense skill - PC crash death
byu/bozzy253 inclassicwow

So let that be a lesson to you: nothing is safe in Classic Hardcore. NOTHING.

[zigrifid 129]

why didnt he opened his account on his wife pc the moment all went black ?

It would be faster that way ! he would dc from his pc and login almost instantly to save his char! 

I guess paniking was the real reason he lost his char 😞

[Cheatcho 46]

I will just say don't play hardcore on wi-fi. Death by interference from a random microwave being turned on in the same block is a very common thing.

[TheRagingwolf 202]

6 hours ago, Cheatcho said:

I will just say don't play hardcore on wi-fi. Death by interference from a random microwave being turned on in the same block is a very common thing.

In general, if your microwave is interfering with your wifi then there is a problem with the microwave. The microwaves should not be leaking out and the electromagnetic interference should not extend beyond 10 feet or so. As long as your router is at least 10 feet from the microwave you should be fine. Additionally, whatever PC or laptop you are using should be kept at least 10 feet away as well.

Edited September 25, 2023 by TheRagingwolf

[SpilledStars 60]

5 hours ago, TheRagingwolf said:

In general, if your microwave is interfering with your wifi then there is a problem with the microwave. The microwaves should not be leaking out and the electromagnetic interference should not extend beyond 10 feet or so. As long as your router is at least 10 feet from the microwave you should be fine. Additionally, whatever PC or laptop you are using should be kept at least 10 feet away as well.

This.  There are electrical standards that expect devices to not emit Interference, and also to be Resilient to any interference received.

Graphic card losing it in that way was probably a short after overheat.  Melted chips let out all the blue smoke.

re: 10 ft away -  you aren't playing Hardcore Classic in the kitchen while zapping a hotdog.  I hope.

 

[SpilledStars 60]

On 9/24/2023 at 1:16 PM, zigrifid said:

why didnt he opened his account on his wife pc the moment all went black ?

It would be faster that way ! he would dc from his pc and login almost instantly to save his char! 

I guess paniking was the real reason he lost his char 😞

The moment he chose to spam all the attacks and pray instead of detach his computer from the internet was probably still  the better prayer.

Unless the key he spammed was ice brick and his wifey saw wtf was going on and was already lighting up her machine - it was already too late.

If she had to log out of hers to let him on, that's enough time to go down in history.

(I'm not clear if the first symptom was a blacked out screen, or that's just when he knew it was over, and panicked)
 

[TheRagingwolf 202]

13 minutes ago, SpilledStars said:

re: 10 ft away -  you aren't playing Hardcore Classic in the kitchen while zapping a hotdog.  I hope.

After watching the streamer fails today, you may be giving folks too much credit.

[Cheatcho 46]

On 9/25/2023 at 6:33 PM, TheRagingwolf said:

In general, if your microwave is interfering with your wifi then there is a problem with the microwave. The microwaves should not be leaking out and the electromagnetic interference should not extend beyond 10 feet or so. As long as your router is at least 10 feet from the microwave you should be fine. Additionally, whatever PC or laptop you are using should be kept at least 10 feet away as well.

Well my laptop is 2 meters away from my router and 2 meters away from my microwave. No idea how much that is in feet.

[TheRagingwolf 202]

8 hours ago, Cheatcho said:

Well my laptop is 2 meters away from my router and 2 meters away from my microwave. No idea how much that is in feet.

A meter is a little over 3 feet so, your laptop and router could use a little more distance from the microwave to avoid interference.

[Cheatcho 46]

1 hour ago, TheRagingwolf said:

A meter is a little over 3 feet so, your laptop and router could use a little more distance from the microwave to avoid interference.

With pleasure. I will just need to buy a bigger house first.

[TheRagingwolf 202]

1 hour ago, Cheatcho said:

With pleasure. I will just need to buy a bigger house first.

Lol.

Another option is to hardwire to the router. Cat6 cable has better shielding from interference, and the pairs are thicker and twisted tighter than cat5.

[Cheatcho 46]

45 minutes ago, TheRagingwolf said:

Lol.

Another option is to hardwire to the router. Cat6 cable has better shielding from interference, and the pairs are thicker and twisted tighter than cat5.

Yeah definitely. Cable > wifi any time. I just prefer to not have cables going in the walls and in the room if I can avoid it. I will just log out when I play hardcore and turn on the microwave for now. :)