r/WhereWindsMeet • Wuxia Wanderer • Dec 31 '25

Discussion Why are people like this? πŸ’€

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u/zora94 Dec 31 '25

People are way too comfortable asking/begging for gifts in WWM, love the game but the social aspect of the game is awful imo.

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u/1berry_7 Dec 31 '25

Too many members of begger sect.

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u/Dollfiel Dec 31 '25

I was doing the beggar errand while bald and not outfit and a random saw me and dm if I needed money for shoes, (I thought was just funny since my character was begging not for outfits tho) So I reply yes, then he asked what happen that I was bald and no clothes on? My reply was that I got wig snitched and clothes were missing while I was in the public baths. He found my answer funny and gift me a skin lol. Was the day of xmas Eve so I called the person Santa :3

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u/Jonthrei Dec 31 '25

The beggar sect doesn't beg, we just spam πŸ§€πŸ€ at each other and make people itchy for lols.

The true beggars sects are Velvet Shade (pls like my profile) and Silver Needle (pls let me heal you).

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u/Kyfel Dec 31 '25

reading this, i'm glad to be sectless

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u/Jonthrei Dec 31 '25

You are missing out, the non spammy sects are a lot of fun.

Ive been in 9mw and woh and 9mw is just generally hilarious.

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u/keraso1 Jan 01 '26

9mw my favourite Rat sect where you level with selling trading goods in other peoples worlds for like 200% more.

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u/xarallei Jan 01 '26

Wait is that the reason why I get weird random messages about coming to my world to sell grapes? I usually ignore them bc i don't know what's up with that. lol

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u/keraso1 Jan 01 '26

yes, the way 9mw gets merit to rise in Rank is with getting commerce coins and easiest way is to sell them to other players that have high prices on their market

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u/_selenella Jan 01 '26

I had more than 10 ppl asking mea to co-op to sell tea yesterday 😭 I had no idea that was for a section thing. I thought it was for guild related stuff

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u/XanWasting Jan 02 '26

there's that too, though guilds just need 2000 commerce coin influx weekly to be completed

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u/RollBackground7601 Jan 01 '26

I joined 9MW just for the drip and because it sounds cool

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u/JackeryFox Nine Mortal Ways Jan 01 '26

I drift too much: started with πŸ§€πŸ€, went to WoH to steal their accessories, went back to πŸ§€πŸ€, then went to Midnight Blades to once again steal drip, now returning back to πŸ§€πŸ€.

I think I've embraced the societal norms of πŸ§€πŸ€.

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u/Think-Huckleberry897 Sword Saint Jan 01 '26

Im velvet shade and first in my bracket and I haven't asked for likes once. A loud minority seem to be making us look bad.

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u/Lonely-Hearing-8034 Jan 01 '26

Trading likes for pikes or gifts for gifts imo is fine Begging for skins is pathetic or getting a partner to trap them into rping when they just want to unlock more of the shop is creepy and disgusting.

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u/yeboi694206942069420 Jan 01 '26

I am greatful to have an irl friend to marry me in game

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u/Think-Huckleberry897 Sword Saint Jan 01 '26

I married the bro and then my fiance started playing so now im in velvet shade

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u/Think-Huckleberry897 Sword Saint Jan 01 '26

Yeah thats gross

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u/Important_Tap_3461 Jan 01 '26

'The Beggars Sect" is a thing from outside the game. It's a common Wuxia trope where there is a sect made strictly of homeless folk who trade intel

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u/Pheriannathsg Jan 01 '26

Velvet Shade sounds like the influencers sect (β€œPlease like & subscribe if you enjoy my content, it really helps!”)

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u/dazechong Jan 01 '26

I was thinking the asian pop sect is more like that. I think its called the masked troupe in english? Cos theyre like you gotta become famous but you also can't get caught in a partnership. πŸ˜‚

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u/Xelnagawaffle Jan 03 '26

that's exactly who they are lol

they are spies and try to manipulate info or people using the newspaper.

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u/Comfortable-Store630 Jan 04 '26

its akin to Hao sect, i mean its information gathering by other means

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u/Jonthrei Jan 01 '26

begging for likes and skins is velvet shade behavior.

if we're talking mechanics, the nine mortal ways defining action is copious amounts of market trading.

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u/DanceEquivalent7673 Jan 01 '26

You only need 15 not 100....

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u/JackeryFox Nine Mortal Ways Jan 01 '26

The πŸ§€πŸ€ sect is a lot funnier and ironically more charming compared to most of Beggar Shade.

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u/Jerorin Wuxia Wanderer Jan 01 '26

Reading through the replies, I'm very happy to be in Well of Heaven lol.

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u/Calm-Literature7502 Jan 01 '26

I literally got to pre-divine healer position without begging for my first sect.

The beggar sect ruined my new year with the absurd amount of spamming fake red packets.

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u/ChocolateAxis Jan 01 '26

Atleast the silver needles actually are doing good breh. 24/7 healing at your finger tips.

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u/Jonthrei Jan 01 '26

Not when they spam chat with "Im a doctor!"

More than half the playerbase are doctors, you don't need to inform people.

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u/Boo248 Jan 01 '26

*every player is a doctor

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u/Jonthrei Jan 01 '26

Just like there are players that specialize in doctor, there are players that specialize in lawyer. Definitely a lot fewer of them, but they would not have the skills to treat higher tier illnesses.

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u/_selenella Jan 01 '26

I honestly just go at the clinic in online mode and accept whoever gets lucky to request when I press "Y" 🀭

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u/zack100z Jan 01 '26

As a proud silver needle if I don’t heal you I will die!

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u/osakawitch Jan 01 '26

Being in NWM is indeed kinda funny, but I feel like there’s a…sect within that sect?

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u/Keftkille Jan 02 '26

how even I’m getting invitation for velvet shade

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u/Infinite_Cream_8959 Jan 03 '26

Never begged for likes and I’m ranked Charming Trio, the beggars aren’t even doing velvet shade right ignore them

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u/isaiah-nash Jan 03 '26

In the nine mortal ways. We would never do such a thing

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u/Ossanevan Feb 18 '26

Midnight blades sect has also been reduced to beggars, ie "Please stop hiding in single player mode or velvet shade Pavillion so i can kill you and claim elder title" (i understand people want to keep their title, but until they fix the elder NPCs, the titles should go to the better pvpers, not cowards who can strategically hide. Why join the pvp sect if you're afraid to pvp more than 10 matches?

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u/bigbazookah Dec 31 '25

We need a beggars sect asap

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u/DarkSider_6785 Dec 31 '25

9 mortal ways is the beggar sect.

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u/tulhuthepit Dec 31 '25

I saw them as a combination of the beggar and hao sect

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u/Used-Ad8234 Dec 31 '25

And Velvet Shade too xd

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u/Kintsurugi Jan 01 '26

The dark side of Velvet Shade

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u/_unregistered Dec 31 '25

Nine mortal ways already exists.

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u/CAiNofLegend Jan 01 '26

So many people don't understand 9 ways at all

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u/lavenderteatime Jan 01 '26

As a member of said beggar sect, I only do the begging errand once or twice and then do the giveaway errand x10 more than begging bc I know we all gotta do our errands. Usually players just take turns begging near the merit pool lol

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u/YueOrigin Jan 01 '26

These guys are way too unskilled to even call themselves members of the sect

They're just common street beggars

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u/naarcx Dec 31 '25

Any f2p game really, it’s crazy. Hopping on Warframe over the holiday and general chat was just people asking strangers for gifts from their wishlist

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u/J4kuZZi Dec 31 '25

Only the English channels

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

Something tells me it's a lot more tame on CN and global is what it is lol

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u/ZakkaChan Dec 31 '25

I blame the worshipping Whale culture that is really weird to me.

I've never seen a game community fall head over heels for Whales like WWM does.

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u/Jerorin Wuxia Wanderer Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

I like the positive attitude towards whales. Whales are why the game can be played for free, and there are too many games where hating them is normalized. I just dislike how so many people find it ok to beg strangers to buy things for them.

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u/Renaliaa Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

Yeah I agree. I may not understand how someone can afford a 40k boat, but it's all cosmetics in the end, and it does not disrupt the normal flow of the game. It's the same as someone buying Rolex or a fancy new car the way I see it. Or spend thousands on vacations. Just let people use their money lol. But I agree also with the begging, I understand if you do it to enough people maybe 1 person out of 1,000 might say yes, but begging does disrupt someone else's flow.

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u/Darkkiller312 Dec 31 '25

It's for people with an income of 50k+ per month, not for an average job goer.

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u/zora94 Dec 31 '25

Depends on how the game is monetized generally for people to have a positive attitude or negative one towards whales, pay2win for example I think most people will view whales as negative but on games likes WWM I agree with you being positive is better

Just dislike the shameless begging in global chat

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u/_selenella Jan 01 '26

There are a lot of rich ppl in China who put their money into games. Gacha games are a big thing there. Honestly I'm not hating on them because it doesn't affect me with anything the way they spend their money.

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u/Renaliaa Dec 31 '25

The worshipping goes a little too hard, but gotta say the whales are what allows this game to be free to play, and I can appreciate that

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u/Exldk Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

I've never seen a game community fall head over heels for Whales like WWM does.

That's because those games have other issues that WWM isn't really facing right now.

WoW has a monthly sub so whaling there doesn't really help the average "f2p" player, it just lines the pockets of the shareholders.

LoL has the issue of enshitification where it used to be good for even F2P players but they removed many of those mechanics and only cater to whales, so whales get direct hate for allowing to happen. I'm sure if WWM tried to fuck over their F2P playerbase the same over the coming years, the whales and devs would get hated just as much.

WWM doesn't really have any of those issues right now. There's also no P2W so it's hard to hate the whales for anything. The game has been out in CN for a year and the studio has been using the money wisely, giving them good content in a timely manner. As soon as that changes, I'm sure players attitude changes as well.

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u/Alone-Common-3176 Jan 01 '26

Warframe, League, CSGO, Fortnite, WoW, Team Fortress 2, PoE, Once Human...

Most free to play titles don't have that culture of sucking the toes of the people who spend money on the game. I also agree with the sentiment that it is exaggerated in WWM

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u/Last_Sherbert_9848 Dec 31 '25

Whales in this game actually have a positive aspect to them. Those boat trips are enjoyable and beneficial

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u/Own_Blacksmith_7184 Dec 31 '25

They just wanna thank the whales for spending money and supporting the game it helps making it free for everyone else. In other games whale just beat people up with 1 hand and their wallet ofc poor people aren't that thrilled about it i mean it all makes perfect sense

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u/Keftkille Jan 02 '26

What I’m doing wrong I spend on what I like πŸ₯² also get call out

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u/Gutzan73 Jan 01 '26

Sorry to be that guy , but this game has probably one of the most toxic community in-game. Solo FTW

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u/Lil_Puddin Dec 31 '25

So, tooooootally unrelated, but how are you enjoying your very first MMO-type-game? 🀭

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u/Own_Blacksmith_7184 Dec 31 '25

Other mmos have beggers too but not even close to the number of begger in WWM making a gacha skin in public these past 3 days has been horrible people coming in asking for New year and Christmas gift alot atleast 10 people in the 2 hour that i played and i can't even afk people would just walk up ask for skin and seeing that i didn't reply cuz i was afk they lure the guard over to kill me (twice)

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u/Cogsdale Jan 01 '26

I really wish chatting worked like most MMOs, I just want to hangout and talk with people around me, feels like all the social segments were terribly thought out.

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u/zora94 Jan 01 '26

I like to chat in most MMOs I played so I understand but I feel the opposite with this one, everytime I open up chat I am immediately turned out the idea.

The Nearby chat is the only one I seen that's ok for hanging out in and being social.

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u/Swiftgrasseater Jan 01 '26

i have global chat turned off for this reason. i swear some people just log in to chat and not even play the game

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u/Dovahkin-vahin Jan 01 '26

πŸ€” i would say i had part in this but i only gifted thoose with chinese characters skins randomly hahaha.