WoW Life Lesson #3 - Buff Everyone
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Admin on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 35 Comments Tags: ai, arcane intellect, blessing of wisdom, bow, buff, buffs, pink paw, wow life lesson, wow life lesson #3, wow life lessons
Admin on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 35 Comments Tags: ai, arcane intellect, blessing of wisdom, bow, buff, buffs, pink paw, wow life lesson, wow life lesson #3, wow life lessons 
Whenever I'm running around IF or Shatt or Dalaran, going from mailbox to bank or Cooking trainer to cheese shop, I always pop an Arcane Intellect on anyone I can. Whatever their level or whatever guild they are in, I just top them off with a little AI, and hope they have a nice day. I'd even give it to horde players if I could.And really, what does it cost me? Not much. I'm gonna be in town for a bit anyway, or even if I'm out and about doing dailies, what's a little mana here or there? I regen it so quick or maybe I have to eat a Conjured Mana Strudel, but that's nothing really in the grand scheme of things.
What is something is that 9 times out of ten, that person buffs me right back. I can't tell you how many pink paws or BoW that I have gotten just because I buffed them.
And it all adds up. Over the course of doing my favorite dailies, that pink paw and BoW help quite a bit, And I'm sure they appreciate the extra mana and chance to crit. All and all, everyone wins when you just buff people.
Now the same is true in RL. Randomly buff people. Go ahead. Do it and see how your day goes.
What? You don't think you have buffs for people? Oh come on, yeah you do. Here's just a few:
• A Friendly Smile - Places a blessing on a friendly target, increasing their Spirit by 50 for 15 min.
• A Kind Word - Places a blessing on a friendly or unfriendly target, increasing their Spirit by 20 and reducing their chance to harm others by 20% for 10 min.
• Compassion - Infuses the friendly or unfriendly target with a sense of connection thereby significantly reducing their aggro and increasing their ability to cast beneficial buffs for 30 min.
• Understanding - Places a blessing on a friendly or unfriendly target reducing their chance to attack by 15% and increasing you reputation with their faction by 1000.
• Listening - Increases you reputation with targets faction by 200% and increases the targets health and mana regen by 20% while spell is in effect.
And those are only a few of your RL buffs you can give people. So go out and use them, and see what buffs you get in return. I am certain that you will be surprised with the buffs that you get.
And if you know of any other RL buffs you can give out, or that were given to you, write them in the comments. It's always nice to know what buffs are out there.
Reader Comments (35)
Buff it Forward!
lol nice
I do the same thing... everyone deserves to be a little smarter....
:D very nice lol i think i should try it :D
This made my day! Great article!
When I'm in cities I don't really buff people (pally here btw) because it seems like most of them would wear off before they'd be useful anyway. But if somebody buffs me I like to return the favor if possible, it just is being courteous and thankful to them :-).
It's funny if you get buffed from behind, have to spin around real quick, or it creates the whole 'Who Buffed Me' situation and I gotta spam everyone I see with PWFort's and HoTs =D
High Five: Enables the use of "A Friendly Smile" and "A Kind Word" on Un/Friendly targets for 10 Minutes
As a warrior, I always feel kinda sad when I get a random buff while running around, because I don't really have anything to share. :(
SaintGerman for president, on this posts basis alone.
or at least a cookie...
Spamming - Lowers Spirit by 10 every 15 seconds until death. No debuff.
As a shaman i don't find it useful to buff others with water walking or water breathing, unless it's needed. Just buffing those in cities makes it seem not worth the effort.
There really aren't any long term beneficial buff for shamans to give. Considering what shamans are like atleast a 30min spirit buff would be good.
hard when i am shaman......could always invite to group....
@ jacob
instead of trying (not even being first) try to give a more elloborate reaction then nice post... most of the posts here are nice:P
@Saintgerman
this indeed is true and I always do it as it makes me feel good. Just a bid more kindness in the flaming, yelling and uncortious world of warcraft which you get to see more and more nowadays
So true Saint...I am a Valet at a hospital, and we "Buff" every1 we greet and bid farewell to. In return the Dr.'s in the hospital have a much more pleasant and easier time having the give bad/good news to the patients and they leave with a smile, even though they know they haven't much longer to live or they are losing a friend/family member.
This was very sweet.
I really only buff others when I am swimming. Being a lock I get teh unending breath. I dont really see a point in Detect Lesser Invisibility as it has never come in handy before.
The only other time I use my buffs is in Arena's so in the chance we meet another Lock with a Felhunter we will be ready.
Great post saint this really will make people happy, It made me happy :)
As a pally, I also don't buff people too often in cities because they are so short, but I make a point to buff people in the field. I also drop a heal on people that are in trouble. I roll Horde, and this behavior used to be commonplace, but it seems less prevalent nowadays. It's too bad. When I was just a little newb with no hat or shoulders my GM took me under his wing and taught me that all Hordies were on the same team, and I should always do what I could. I miss those days.
Great post! It made my day to see that (some) people that play WoW are still compassionate and caring. Some days, I have my doubts. Following the "Buff it Forward" principle in game and in RL is something I try to adhere to as much as I can. Unfortunately, as a hunter, I have no buffs to give so I compromise with a friendly /smile /thank whenever someone randomly buffs me.
To all the random buffers out there....
/smile
/thank
You make the world.....of Warcraft a better place to play :D
This Post made me throw up in my mouth just a little.
Sad to see how many people don't get it. Either on purpose or otherwise.
Glad to see the few that do get it. YOU make the world a better place.
SaintGermain <3
i was a pala yes thats right i was i quit wow BUT
when i was running around i cast buffs to random people if they were mana users like lock mages and so on they got a bow and non mana users got bom or bok.
i allso healed alot of random people.
if i was running around doing nothing and some poor guy was fighting a mob and not doing gr8 i sometimes run in and help him either kill it or atleast dmg it alot or if im in a hurry just plain stun it.
8 out of 10 people either /w thx or gave a buff back and then there are the last 2 out of 10 who aparently dont give a damn
irl i have a self-buff i use but its not that great
insault: increases agro and reduses attack speed by 10% 30min last instacast its not a good idea to use it around 3 lvl 28 hordes with pvp gear when you a hartfull lvl 22 healer... thank god for bubble and hs
I always enjoy playing my pally or priest and doing this. You get a lot of thank yous, return buffs and even helps for getting invited to a guild since they get a clue about your playstyle from this.