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Level 60 Hardcore Player Killed During Tirion Fordring Escort Quest... by Tirion Fordring

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And here we are with another special Classic Hardcore death. This one has a couple of funny-sad aspects to it, not the least of which is getting killed by the NPC you're helping out in the quest.

One of the best and most well-known quest chains in Classic/Vanilla is the one culminating with the "In Dreams" quest, which ends with a fight between Tirion Fordring and the Scarlet Crusade, including a pretty powerful elite/boss mob. The quest is actually fully doable without ever engaging with the Scarlet Crusade mobs, as Tirion will take care of them himself eventually, you just need to stand back.

Well, NamagoDota, despite knowing you can just stand back and watch the quest complete, decided to heroically help Tirion and the result was... bad. The video starts with a very apt and funny comment: "bored of being 60, I decided to play recklessly and give Tirion a hand". And unlike some players that really do suicide their level 60ies for fun,  NamagoDota very much did not intend what happened next.

While it gets pretty hairy at points,  the Mage seems to get things under control and it looks like they can pull out a win... until:


The audio is also particularly on point at the moment of death, and the video title is hilarious as well. So the lesson is, uh... don't mess with Tirion, and don't help him either!

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i'll never get hardcore, it seems to exist for this purpose alone, to be able to post epic fail deaths and for streamers to 😮 at their own deaths. if you wanted to play in hardcore style you could've before blizzard sunk all that time and effort into for some reason making it an offical game mode. 

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7 hours ago, Grumar said:

i'll never get hardcore, it seems to exist for this purpose alone, to be able to post epic fail deaths and for streamers to 😮 at their own deaths. if you wanted to play in hardcore style you could've before blizzard sunk all that time and effort into for some reason making it an offical game mode. 

Because it's easy money: most people watch streamers do it, decide they could probably do it better themselves, buy a subscription to play Hardcore, get to level 10, die (stupidly) and never play again, throwing the other 3 weeks of subscription into the bin.

I'm happy it's out there for the people who enjoy it, it's just an extra mode where some people can find enjoyment when I can't. But I personally think it's only a matter of time until active players start to die, are done with restarting and thus the gamemode will start to die out. As some parent like to say about their children: "It's just a phase, it'll pass." Until then I'll still enjoy watching the death compilations as the sadistic *filtered* that I am.

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I'm loving hardcore and I've died at least a dozen times. I am currently bouncing between 4 toons and will likely start a few more. The best part about it is that the early economy stays relevant. This means there are always lower level toons needing lower level mats, supplies such as food and drinks (pots, flasks, etc), and gear. I have yet to be questing and not be able to find assistance with quests pre-20.

The challenge, for me, is forgetting about retail and how easy it is to just rush in to a situation (merloc camps, *chills*) with no regard for your life. Every quest requires strategy and understanding the risks, escape options, and if it's something that can/needs to wait until you gain a few more levels.

It's not for everyone, and that is 100% okay, but myself and many others are enjoying it.

 

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Hmmm where do they keep the spoiler tag here...

As far as I can tell,
(please look for yourself, the whole thing is pretty quick, I'm not sure I can tell.  But a commenter thinks this.)

Spoiler

One of the NPC foes mind controlled the player and made him hit Tirion.  Past that point, Tirion was injured - and neutral.   Player did another AoE and that is IT boyo, he was on the aggro table.

At any rate there is definitely a point in the vid where Tirion turns neutral.   At that point the mage should have used invisibility if he had it.  Even if it noped him right out of the quest.

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