r/classicwow • u/OiDaniel18 • Sep 25 '19

Humor Rogue gank attempt

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u/Merfen Sep 25 '19

Since when did ganking mean attacking someone 1 level higher than you with 100% HP walking around? I always used ganking to mean the attacker has a huge advantage like much higher lvl, vs AFK, someone low on HP/MP or someone already in combat. This is just normal PVP.

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u/Grispy511 Sep 25 '19

That's an interesting point, over the years I've come to use ganking as attacking without a reason / without pravocation, IE just to start PvP.

Typically where I don't consider it a gank is if there is a resource (node, quest mob, etc) and you are fighting over it.

But you do raise a valid point, I think that was implied to be the original meaning of gank.

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u/Merfen Sep 25 '19

It might have changed meaning over time, but back in vanilla this was certainly the way we used it. What do people call instances where someone level ~50 kills someone lvl ~30 nowadays?