On PVP server - is there a universal "peace" sign?

[nidanone]

Hi guys,

Is there a universal way of showing a player of the other faction that you intend to leave them alone if vice-versa?

For example, last week I was questing solo and didn't notice a horde around, until my chat screen showed "xxxxx waves to you!" and then I saw him lol.

I waved back, and we just went out separate ways and quested in the same area. He was 2 levels below me, so maybe he was the scared one and didn't want any encounter with me.

But it got me wondering if maybe 'waving' is a way to show someone of the other faction that you don't intend to sneak up on them and attack?

Of course it could also mean "hello I'm about to kick your butt"...


Was that a rare occurance? Or do Horde and Alliance sometimes just decide to let the other be and not attack? And if so, is there a universal way of showing the other player that you mean no harm?

I suppose by being the first one to "wave" or whatever I'd also be giving up any element of surprise (esp. since I'm a Rogue) and they can just come over and attack me now that they know I'm around...

but just wondering about this.


Thanks
Nidanone

[Elly]

I've seen alliance wave before, in fact last night someone did it and I've always interpreted that as 'truce'. Flies in the face somewhat of a PvP server but I like it.

[odinsnephew]

Waving or other emotes helps a bit I suppose but on a PvP server you are fair game to any enemy. Ive exchanged /wave before and still been taken out by the git!! But I have also done the same when feeling a bit saucy :grin:

I also find at night time the enemy are less willing to attack. Everyones just going about their business. Hopefully ;)

[xDarkDrifterx]

Yeah, it's /wave. But make sure you're close enough for them to see / read it (you need to be closer than you think)

But that truce while questing in the same area only lasts till more of the same faction show up - or someone is done and about to hearth or log for the evening - then it's a fight. Some times when other faction members arrive you can even see the guy telling them "no" (with emotes) and probably saying something like "dude that guys cool - he could have killed me a long time ago and didn't" - but the new people in the area don't care what happened 5 mins ago.

Mob mentality at work.

If someone is in the same area as me - killing the same mobs I need - which is hurting my drop rate - we definitely dance (to claim the spot for a bit) :wink:

[Katrala]

I normally /wave if someone is much lower level than me to let them know that I intend to leave them alone. If I /wave at someone, I don't kill them unless they start a fight.

I don't normally /wave at people my own level unless they do it first. I'm currently leveling a gnome warlock and it seems I usually have a huge "KILL ME PLZ" sign over my head, since I have two marks against me (being a gnome and being a warlock).

[mesonm]

Yup...Waving is the only thing I know...I don't remember if you can /hug the opposite faction.

[nosoup4crr]

I was grinding yetis in winterfall with a new shadowpriest the other day. I was level 56, and there was some alliance fury warrior killing them too...he was level 57 or 58. I wave at him. he waves at me. It's all gravy. We go on grinding for a good 20-30 minutes. He runs by me while I'm wanding a yeti to death. I switch targets to him as soon as the yeti dies, so that I can /flirt. Only, I change targets too quickly, and the warrior gets a single hit from my wand. I finish my emote, and start to run to the next mob when I start getting attacked from behind. I /sorry, and start jumping up and down...thinking I'm going to die quickly. 5 seconds of jumping later, I'm still at half life, haha. So, I just psychic scream, SWP, VE, MB, MF...and it's over. He then came back to grind...and, i suppose, pretended like it never happened.

[RioteR]

there is a /beg function. Although when people /beg me it just makes me want to kill them more haha.

[Echosnare]

I'll generally namegank lots. Eg. Guilds, people called roxxorsboxxors etc. Waving won't stop that.

I did have a strange case in Nagrand the other day. I was killing ogres in the burning blade ruins to put flags in their corpses and there was a fury warrior 1 level lower doing the same. Only he kept on flagging my corpses. Arms pvp spec = he took a rez sickness rather than be corpse camped

[caldepen]

I like waving while my cat comes in from the opposite side of the road and starts munching!

[Amiral]

removing your gear and dancing?

[Mincemaker]

/wave, /bow, doing things that actually helps the other side. All these pretty much meant, "I come in peace". However, whether there will be a truce is up to the other side. And such a truce is temporary at best. Once he is about to leave, or more shows up, you can certain that the truce is off.

[Jagang]

I typically try and use /wait and that seems to work about 80% of the time. Even if they are in the process of attacking me. But I'll be honest if you really decide to attack me I'm going to kill you and then wait for you to rez, spit on you and kill you again...rarely do I say /wait because if you start it you get what you deserve. Only time I do it is when I'm farming or something and just want to get things done and don't need someone continually trying to kill me when I have 2 mobs on me already.

[Imraath]

/sorry over their dead body. Provided the GY isn't close by, you should be safe from attack for a while.

[nidanone]

lol - I accidentally attacked a horde today in Gadgetzan (sp)

She was talking to the same NPC I needed to talk to, I meant to right-click on the NPC and accidentally clicked on her and it just auto-attacked.

Needless to say those little gadget-land people kicked my ass and killed me.

[Maticus]

In my experience, Horde normally /wave, then attack me. Occasionally I'll meet a nice one though. For instance, I've been levelling my Priest recently and I keep meeting a Horde Druid, called Bonkers, around the same level. He always waves and I return the emote, and we sometimes help each other out. This sort of thing is much appreciated on a PvP server, when all you wanna do is level your alt.

[Azori]

I remember when I was in darkshire, like level 23ish, and this evidently 70 orc warrior showed up.

Instead of killing me, he laughed, waited for me to tag a mob, then one shotted it for me^^

Been a few times where people my level have helped as well. Sheeping a horde about to die has been my favourite - they don't know if it was a favour or an attack half the time :s

[nidanone]

Then of course there's days like today, on a 30 minute timed escort quest with a fellow player (the turtle escort quest in Tanaris).

... we're almost reaching Steamwheedle Port, and bam! (I mean sap!). An undead rogue kills us both and we fail the quest.

Neither of us felt that attempting that quest again.

Oh well

[Ardani]

Just friendly emotes in general, doesn't have to be /wave, generally gets the message across. F'rex, the other day I was clearing some quests out of my log and ended up in a cave system with an Ally warrior. I did /hello, he did /hello. We worked our way through the cave killing our mobs, occasionally stopping to help the other one if they overaggroed, or just whacking their mob in passing to speed things up. When we got to the "boss" at the end, he was obviously hanging back to see if I wanted it (or possibly if I was going to turn on him if he took it -- you never know!), so I did /point at him, and then /point at the boss, to indicate he was welcome to first kill. Then we did /farewell while he left and I waited for the repop.

Who says you can't talk to the enemy? :grin:

[Levangoth]

Generally I would /wave and things seem to be okay. However if it is a lock (I'm a mage) I will help them kill a mob and then /wave. That usually works.

There was one such instance where a 70 Horde helped me out while I was levelling. Myself (64 at the time) and a 63 Hunter were trying to complete a group quest in Outland and we needed a 3rd member to help us complete it. Nobody else needed that quest or was willing to help (even for gold). A 70 warrior was on his flying mount and just happened to stop and have a look at us. I pointed at him and then at the mob we had to kill, he nodded and dismounted. I shot a frostbolt and then he charged in immediately after. We managed to kill the mob but he also died in the process, when he rezzed we thanked him and he took a bow and flew away.

Could never thank that guy enough.

[SquareRootOfBob]

/lick usually does the job.