There are a lot of easy things you can do to win friends and perhaps help improve your reputation. This may help you in the future by getting you in parties or guilds, or getting you good trade deals, free gifts, and other rewards. These suggestions are not mandatory and aren't always applicable. Use your best judgment when applying them! Please refer to the Game Policies for all game rules..
Be polite when you make item trades. Thank the person for their purchase or for selling the item to you. You can also /wave and /bow. Whatever happens, keep your cool and be polite. Take the high road in any item disputes.
Help point the way when players have questions or problems.
Cast Buffs on other players you meet along the way. They won't be expecting it and it could help them in battle. Often other players will return the favor by casting whatever buffs they have on you also!
If someone is about to die fighting a monster, save them! You can heal them or help finish the monster off. Of course, don't let the other player take advantage of you by continually fighting things they cannot defeat on their own.
As you are traveling around, if you see someone who is really damaged, cast healing on them (if you have it). You'll regain your mana while you travel so it doesn't hurt you any and the other player might really appreciate the help.
Give away items. You don't always have to sell items you do not want. You can help another player instead.
If you meet up with another player or group of players at the same quest location, try teaming up to complete your goal. That way rather than competing against each other you can work together!
If you notice a person is about to attack a monster, let them have it. Find another monster elsewhere to attack.
If multiple parties are in the same location, you can help each other complete especially difficult quests! For example one party can help clear monsters around a boss while the other party fights the boss. You can then exchange positions and do it again until everyone has completed their objective.
If an item drops in a party and you don't really need it, give it to a party member that does. Being greedy could hurt your reputation!
If you happen to have extra copies of items that can be used for a quest, you can give them to other players that are working on that quest. This only works with items not marked as quest items.
Player Submitted Information
Submitted by Shinstabber
Only join instance groups if you're willing to commit the time. Leaving in the middle of an instance can be viewed as rude. If you have a good reason to leave, apologize and explain the situation before leaving; your party members will be more understanding that way. If possible, try to help find a replacement. Also, be honest in your explanation. Saying "I need to go to bed" then staying online for another hour is an easy way to get on someone's ignore list.
Submitted by Ljubov B
If you see somebody engaged in combat very close to a resource, it is quite possible that she means to access that resource when she's dealt with her enemy (or she was accessing it before she was so rudely interrupted); in the case of a quest item or a treasure chest, it is practically certain. It would be very much "Not Nice" of you to scoot in and take advantage of her preoccupation by glomming onto the resource, especially if the situation requires a deal of work to get to the resource (a number of guarding mobs, for example); she's earned access and you haven't.
This is one form of "ninja" behaviour, and is not only extremely un-nice but also a good way to earn a bad reputation. Nice players profit from their own work and let others profit from theirs. It may seem silly to ask someone in combat whether she means to mine that silver vein, but most people will appreciate your courtesy. Or -- this is even nicer -- you may help her kill the mob and go from there. She may share the resource with you, or not be interested in it at all.
Submitted by Kakistos (Mannoroth Horde)
Being nice can be touchy in contested territory. If a member of your faction is being camped by enemies, by all means, help them out! When it comes to working with the opposing faction - be cautious. If you're helping a member of the opposite faction and the two of you are beating on a strong enemy - and you end up with less health and mana than them at the end of the fight - they may see this as an opportunity to get an easy kill, despite the fact that you were helping them. As soon as the enemies are gone, heal yourself quickly so as not to give them that opportunity, and if they try it anyway, be swift and merciless against their attack and make sure they're sorry for being so ungrateful!
Submitted by LegoMasterBuilder
If you meet up with opposing race be nice to them./wave or /hello and they'll probably return the hello!
Submitted by ?
Keep your cool if you have a member in your group who does not know what he or she is doing. Rather than yelling at them, help them understand what to do and be polite. Who knows, maybe today's noob will be tomorrow's legend!
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