Guild Wars 2

So you’re running around doing map completion or daily gathering and an NPC comes up to you asking for help. Do you ever feel guilty when you run away from them? Or do you take time out to do the event? Or do you start the event then run away?!

“You there; you look useful!”

No time for you today, lady. I’m just here to farm all your resources.

They don’t pay well enough.

I’ve helped them out before. And then they allow the exact same thing to happen again and come whining to me (again!) to fix it. Obviously helping them each time they get into trouble hasn’t worked in teaching them how to cope. It’s tough love time now.

Not anymore n the end they are just npc’’s really. But assuming u feel guilty on a level of principle and insteaad see the npc’s as hypothetical scenarios that reflect on how u would handle things. Then yes I felt guilty in the past. I hope by god you don’t see them as real people OP.

I don’t see them as real people, but I like to pretend they’re real people for my own enjoyment. When I go to the movies, I don’t spend the entire time saying to myself this is really fake, that guy isn’t really dead, he’s just an actor, that guy isn’t an evil kitten. I let myself get immersed and I do the same thing in Guild Wars 2.

I’m not beyond passing an NPC and saying, sorry mate, no time right now, as if they can hear me. Sure I know they can’t here, but that’s okay. It’s fun.

Xanctus The Dragonslayer.2318:

Not anymore n the end they are just npc’’s really. But assuming u feel guilty on a level of principle and insteaad see the npc’s as hypothetical scenarios that reflect on how u would handle things. Then yes I felt guilty in the past. I hope by god you don’t see them as real people OP.

Lol, no I don’t see them as real people, I do sometimes think it would be nice to participate since the devs spent time making the event, then I carry on chopping trees and run away.

The ones I feel guilty about is the ones I made to be mules. They started their life leveling, seeing the world, thinking they would be the hero who would kill a dragon and have a fulfilling, meaningful existence.

Then one day they reach level 30 and I take them to see this really cool jumping puzzle with the ghost of a pirate and all sorts of tricks and traps. However, once they reach the end and open the chest, they are abandoned. After that they stand in that cold, clammy dark cave and open the chest once a day. They will never see the sun again or feel the wind on their face or gain in strength and levels. Their endgame went from the world to silence and darkness.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

The ones I feel guilty about is the ones I made to be mules. They started their life leveling, seeing the world, thinking they would be the hero who would kill a dragon and have a fulfilling, meaningful existence.

Then one day they reach level 30 and I take them to see this really cool jumping puzzle with the ghost of a pirate and all sorts of tricks and traps. However, once they reach the end and open the chest, they are abandoned. After that they stand in that cold, clammy dark cave and open the chest once a day. They will never see the sun again or feel the wind on their face or gain in strength and levels. Their endgame went from the world to silence and darkness.

Mine can’t jump to save their lives, nothing to do with me of course, clearly they have and issue with depth perception and timing so now they are all ascended iron farmers…

I like to think I’m helping by just not making their problem worst

Just a flesh wound.3589:

The ones I feel guilty about is the ones I made to be mules. They started their life leveling, seeing the world, thinking they would be the hero who would kill a dragon and have a fulfilling, meaningful existence.

Then one day they reach level 30 and I take them to see this really cool jumping puzzle with the ghost of a pirate and all sorts of tricks and traps. However, once they reach the end and open the chest, they are abandoned. After that they stand in that cold, clammy dark cave and open the chest once a day. They will never see the sun again or feel the wind on their face or gain in strength and levels. Their endgame went from the world to silence and darkness.

Pure guilt after my level 21 engineer got his 3rd birthday present was the only reason I ended up using the level 80 boost on him rather than on someone I wanted.
Now I need to make a new low level character to take his place in that cave.

I have dialogue turned off most of the time. At most the NPCs just grunt at me. It makes me chuckle.

~EW

It depends what mood I’m in. Usually if I don’t feel like I have the time or inclination to stop and help I’m also not immersed enough for it to bother me, I can dismiss them as just NPCs in a game who would be doing the same thing 5 minutes later if I did help.

But sometimes I hit that fine line between being immersed and sort-of role-playing and just wanted to complete my original goal, and it’s an event I know I don’t like that much and I feel bad about ignoring them.

Then I tell myself someone else will help sooner or later.

I do from time to time feel guilty, yes. But more so when I accidently flatten or kill small harmless animals in the pursuit of the real nasties. I make a point of never attacking rabbits, ferrets, etc. Deer, bears, et al its open season. But critters, never!

My main is a CHARR so this is a little weird, I’ll readily admit.

Nah. I don’t feel guilty. They are fickle and really just want to use you. They will ask me that and if I stand around for a second they will ask someone else the same thing. They really don’t care about me.

Maybe more like regret. I haven’t reached 5000 events yet, so if I ignore one, that’s one more to get later. But I’m patient.

I’m just curious how when you help them … why does it revert back. I thought this game sold the idea that you help people and save some village and they would remember you when you come back.

But every time I run by the npc, they have both failed to remember me, and failed to keep that village. I mean, after a few times teaching my kids stuff, even they are self sufficient.

While I do feel that slight moment of guilt as I pass, it quickly gets overrun by thoughts of … well I really just don’t want to help you anymore because I’m tired of doing the same thing over and over and it’s a waste of time. Time is money in this game, and spending 10 minutes or so for a measly 2 silver, will put me hard up for cash real fast.

I sometimes start them with no intention of helping them.
A drake ate my friend
A large drake is attacking our camp
Sure.. You just run that way and I’ll go this opposite way..

I don’t care about them, or other players, at—- ooh, a there’s a node.

If they’re Charr I never feel guilty. They’re lucky if I even rez them…

Usually I take the time to help an NPC. If however their event is on a short timer and I get asked more than once on the map to help them while I’m there, then I’ll swing them a disdainful look and move along.

I used to do it more. One day, I did the event near Honor of the Waves in Frostgorge wherein the Icebrood attack the Quaggan Village. With the quaggan guards all defeated, I single-handedly drove off the blackguards. Once the Quaggans revived, I heard them crowing, “Quaggans did it! Quaggans defeated the Icebrood!” Ungrateful snots. I don’t go out of my way to help Quaggans anymore, and would love to be able to give them what they richly deserve.

#theonlygoodquagganisstuffed

I help charr the most, and the other non-humans occasionally. Humans I don’t usually even bother to rez.

#onlycharrlivesmatter
#notmyproblems

At some point you have to let them solve their own problems. I mean I’ve done my part for years and as far as I can tell it hasn’t changed much. I with there was a “explain that doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity” dialogue option just for giggles.

I think after 3 years of helping many npcs, I can safely say I dont feel guilt. At some point you gotta help your self bro. Also I have nodes to farm for all them golds. I dont even want a legendary I just want to max all the gem upgrades for all my toons.

I pretend I don’t speak their language and run away.

Nah, they don’t learn.

Take that Fisherman guy that gets chewed up by the alpha drake daily. You can’t fix stupid.

The first few times I encountered such an NPC I did all he said. Now I ignore them and only feel guilty when I visit WvW in my berserker gear.

Mugiwara Zoro.9240:

So you’re running around doing map completion or daily gathering and an NPC comes up to you asking for help. Do you ever feel guilty when you run away from them? Or do you take time out to do the event? Or do you start the event then run away?!

The one NPC that bugs me is an abandoned kid in Snowden Drifts. He sits behind a rock waiting on his family to show back up. WHY is there no event around this kid! It’s very sad.

Also what happened to old big arm? Did he become a Son of Svanir or icebrood? The incomplete stories bug me more than ones you know you can help.

We are the difference between detectives and street police. I don’t bother with things that don’t really quite monster larger than 10’ lol.

yes I feel guilty. I put it upon myself as my personal mission to help each and every single NPC that requests it. To fail to help them is to fail myself.