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by graypegg 13 days ago
> a barrage of quests are easy to generate, so are gear choices

Yeah that sounds like WoW retail heh.

Kill 200 boars.

Kill 300 boars.

Kill 250 boars and use this sword.

Kill 251 boars and use this special sword.

I heard about a better sword over there. You have to get past the 200 boars.

Wow, thank you for saving me from the boars. Please take this Boar Bane sword. You should try it out on 200 boars.

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Or, as a variation on the theme...

kill 200 brown boars.

kill 300 black boars.

Don’t forget collect 20 brown boar snouts (20 snouts * 0.1 droprate = kill 200 brown boars)
“Boars are attacking the town! Kill 200 to thin the herd.”

“We tried everything to cure the boars, but we couldn’t. If they go any farther, they’ll infect everything. Kill 200 to stop them from infecting the forest.”

“You are inside your own mind. Your fears surround you. Fear of the boar. Free yourself. Kill 200 dream boars.”

Kill 3 boars, 3 spiders, 3 wolves. Forgot to tell you they share spawns so if you don't find any of X, kill Y & Z until X spawns.

:upsidedownface:

Hey! The NPC whos name you already forgot told you where the dream boars spawn! Are you not reading the deep lore this game has on offer!
For every ten kill X quests you get a Mankirk's Wife quest or a Hogger and it all works out great. 80% of almost everything is filler, like our bodies are 70% just water, but it's the taste that matters.
Killing thousands of boars for fun/XP? This is basically ecocide. Shame on WoW for promoting such behaviour.
Boars and their spread as an invasive species is relevant here?
There is no evidence for that. Boars are presumably native to Azeroth, and part of its delicately balanced ecosystem. Other species rely the the boars in various ways, either because they prey on the boars themselves or because they keep other species in check that would become problematic and invasive otherwise.
Don’t forget, “Kill the guy and get the thing, then take that to this other guy.”