[Exploit][pvp/fun/travel] Hitch-hiking enemy boats

[Equ1N0X]

Many of you probably know tha tmost of the time if you fall in front of a boat whether your faction or enemy's, it normally goes through you once its in motion. well with the new deathknight's capacity touse path of frost to walk on water, then mount, and the *BONUS* of unholy deathknight's 20% speed boost, i have found out how to hitch a ride on any alliance boat, since horde uses zeps i didnt do it for hors,e, below are instructions and screenshots for:
Night elf wooden boats
Human old boats (orange small)
human new wood+metal northrend boats (ones being built in sw harbor and ones that go to stormwind)

So far ive been able to use this to kill alliance players in stormwind, and when outnumbered just hitch a ride on the closest moving boat, then let things cool off. its also useful to get a ride in enemy towns. sadly horde technology flies and is superior to pathetic boats so not useful to the alliance.


also a useful way to sneak entire raid groups into alliance cities, seeing as how all except for ironforge are boat accessible. the human old orange boats can be mounted as show in a few different places if you wait while its rested. rest of boats explained in pics.







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NOTE: The position for the northrend boat in the pic will work, but as boat starts moving you should line up witht he wheel shaped thing like 5 feet towards back of boat from my location in pic.


please, my fellow no longer oppressed death knights and other waterwalkers, enjoy



EDIT2: For nightelf boats, to get on while in motion get inside the boat, then jump. you will stick to inside until zone change

[colincancer]

hmmmmm idk what to think yet....well you could uuuhhh idk maybe get in the boat?

[Ferag]

That's pretty cool, good use of pictures and well explained post.

[druu77]

If LOS isn't an issue try to death grip the alliance on the boat and make them fall off haha

[Equ1N0X]

cant test now since i got tests tomorrow but if anyone can try the death grip please post here in thread ill add tomorrow.

and to the person who said just get in the boat, this is aimed at HORDE players who would be killed on the boats unless theyre used to pvp often, and most ally docks have guards near ramps up from water, and all along docks till boats, and most boats have crews now.

[thelittleguy1300]

Cool post... looks interesting as a DK myself

[dracoboy7]

cant LOS
just hope on the ship like normel people and kill them?

this is old... could do this b4 WoTLK useing walter walking pots.... how i used the BB ship 2 ratchet... (hated with BB)

[Akisunmaaji]

To the people saying hop on like normal: With patch 3.0 and beyond, they added guards to the Zeppelins and boats now, and if you try to get on you will (just taking a guess on this from prior experience) either get attacked, or a guard will use his knockback gun to throw you off the ship.

[Sklug]

I can say that yes they added guards onto the alliance ships but the NPCs are like lvl 45 or something. AS part of a PVP guild that world raids often, I have been on pretty much every boat to the alliance cities and even going solo the guards are VERY low lvl -- none of those 75 guards you find in the city.

So, while this is an interesting way of hitching a ride -- at the end of the day it would probably just be easier to walk on to the boat. At level 80 your aggro range is low enough to be standing nearly next to a Boat NPC and they do nothing.

[Benny Lava]

To the people saying hop on like normal: With patch 3.0 and beyond, they added guards to the Zeppelins and boats now, and if you try to get on you will (just taking a guess on this from prior experience) either get attacked, or a guard will use his knockback gun to throw you off the ship.

On Nov 19 when my guild had most of the players hit 80 and we went around killing the Alliance City Bosses we used the boats to get from Darkshore to Darnassus and then to Azuremyst and didn't have the guards on the boats aggro us. They were all "Unfriendly". This was patch 3.0.3

[Equ1N0X]

this is old... could do this b4 WoTLK useing walter walking pots.... how i used the BB ship 2 ratchet... (hated with BB)

The thing is, after like 2.0.12 i believe, the models were changed to make it harder, while it could still be dont, not many people could catch up to, much less hitch onto a moving boat without 100% mount. This way you can deathrrip players into the water, kill them, then when higher levels come, just ride till you see a boat move, run up, and lock in

On Nov 19 when my guild had most of the players hit 80 and we went around killing the Alliance City Bosses we used the boats to get from Darkshore to Darnassus and then to Azuremyst and didn't have the guards on the boats aggro us. They were all "Unfriendly". This was patch 3.0.3

what about guards on docks? stormwind harbor uses stormwind city guards. while its easy to run on in darkshore, you'll get attacked slowed, stunned by low guards till you kill them, and players can attack you on boat, and knock you off. in addition this is usedul to any lower leveled characters who wanna speed up travel, ex a level 19 orc leveling gathering in darkshore needs a ride (just random example)

just hope on the ship like normel people and kill them?

The pvp aspect of this i originally intended mainly was a means for horde players to easily get to ally cities fast. if your part of a larger attack and a few of you are seen on boats in stormwind harbor A) youll be killed B) the harbor will swarm with players who wanna kill your raid(s) C) you hitch a ride and water walk to the dry dock to the north and skip lots of guards and players, without tipping them off as fast.

[Natazia]

+rep - hilarious stuff :P

[Equ1N0X]

Saying +rep doesnt give rep Natazia, you dont have any rep power, youve only made this post since march this year, making you a leacher who cant give rep.
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