Most MMORPGs are based upon one simple game mechanic: killing things and taking money and experience from them. However, Noor, the pacifist, levels from 1 to 70 in a decidedly unconventional manner: levels without intentionally killing anything.

The website of wowinsider released the interview of Noor the pacifist. The interview revealed:" We checked on Noor and Reinisch's progress this month and found them plugging along merrily through battlegrounds, quests... and yes, levels. Intrigued, we contacted the player behind the toons to find out what's behind this novel way of playing World of Warcraft. Read more about the attraction of playing a pacifist character, how to go about getting XP without killing anything and of course, whether or not Noor thinks he can actually make it to 70... all after the break."

Parts of interview are as below:

Why on earth a character that doesn't kill anything? Doesn't that feel like pulling teeth?

I prefer doing stranger stuff, as opposed to grinding high-end instances. Once, my 70 mage was in Southshore, and someone was asking directions to Ghostlands in zone chat. I told him how to go through EPL. Then I clicked on him, and he was something like a level 12 Draenei hunter. I asked him why he wanted to go there, and it turns out he wanted a red cat for a pet so I escorted him through EPL, and he only died a couple of times getting there. I've also done a few quests on PvP servers with non-hostile Horde players (not pre-arreanged or anything), such as the mechanical chicken escort in Feralas (twice, so we could all get credit).

It looks like PvP is a huge part of your strategy. Do you foresee continuing to PvP the whole way up?

I have to; the repeatable daily battleground quests are the only way to "grind" XP if you aren't going to kill mobs (not counting the very slow repeatable seasonal quests that you can do each year). Without them, Horde characters would be stuck around level 15 and Alliance around level 23 ("around" since class quests vary, and exploring very high level areas can get you a bit farther).

What reaction have you gotten from other players in battlegrounds?

Some are amused, some are not so amused at least for my rogue. At least nobody complains in BGs about a priest who runs around just healing everybody.

Also, he told us that he is a 50-year-old male computer programmer and main webmaster. If you want to read more, please click: 15 Minutes of Fame: Noor the pacifist. If you have any opinions, feel free to leave a comment.

News Original From: wowinsider

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