NaomiButterfly on Apr 14, 2015 wrote:

I feel that too many kids are begging to be gifted even after people tell them over and over again that they aren't able to or are not able to afford it! I think this gifting option should stop, however not completely stop! I feel this game could have a code option to send gifts to the person you are trying to gift. The one who wants to gift someone would pay for the gift through the pirate101.com site then you give the person you want to send the gift to the code, then that person would type in the code while playing the game. This would be just like the friend finder code option except this would be related to gifts.

If the option to gift someone wasn't within the actual game itself only within the pirate101 website the begging will become less and less since many players will forget that they can get gifted on the website or won't even know about it.

I like being able to freely gift my friends; if constant begging is bothering you, click 'ignore' on the person doing it, or if they're a friend, just delete them.

There was a point and time in my Spiraling adventures where begging was indeed a commonplace theme among some pirates out there-- but for the most part, the begging has taken a nap. And SwashBucklingInari (Catherine/Erica), you are quite fortunate to have never witnessed such piratical, scurvylicious and nefarious behavior, that being of the begging variety.

I have played on various servers and in various realms and in just about all of them have, at some point in time, come across a "dog trying to be tossed a free bone"-- and quite often too. From being heckled and followed around Bestia to the casual slow building up of begging momentum, to all out begging warfare...I have experienced it all. I actually kind of get a kick out of it at times because it can produce some hilarious moments. Chatted lines such as "by the look of your gear you seem rich, so why not?", "it's not going to hurt you to gift me" and the ever profound "COME ON BRO!" or equally thought provoking "Just do it dude"...yes, unfortunately there are some scurvy sorts out there that have no shame when it comes to begging for a morsel.

But as you noted Catherine, it is not worth getting upset or bothered over. Sure it can be a tad annoying at times but they are just words on a screen and as others have stated, you can simply ignore them, delete them if on friend list or just leave the area and/or change realms if need be. So, as you wisely suggested-- just move on and continue to have some fun.

Believe me I absolutely love to gift (and have done so a lot) to my close in-game friends and to fellow pirate friends that may not have the means to acquire crowns and crown purchased items as easily as others. I don't believe that I have ever gifted to someone that actually flat out asked...but then again my friends list is populated by goodhearted, respectful and courteous pirates-- imagine that! How dare any pirate be of the decent sort!

I don't recall it ever happening to me, either - at least, not in Pirate. I generally am hanging out on some of the servers in the back row, though.

-Indigo

My ignore list is longer than my friends list for this reason.

People shouldn't take gifting away. Today a really nice person gifted me a mount! I didn't even ask for any gifts!

on wiz I have full crown gear, a storm master amulet and a phoenix mount. as you can guess I do seem to be asked to gift allot, although I don't like to have people on my ignore list so I just tell them I spent all my crowns (I really did) although time to time I add a random person and gift them but just the ones who seem like they need it the most.

- jack nightingale lvl 65 buccaneer

"I'm sorry; I can't gift on this account."

I'd use the "my mom won't let me" excuse, but well, my mother's not been able to control my spending for many, many years.

its really annoying when people offer packs for help or for a morph, like really just ask don't try to bribe

Monkrinx2024 on Apr 22, 2015 wrote:

That happened to me also,but in a rear occasion. This happened when you got rear gears or retired items from the crown shop or items from retired bundles.I know how this feel back in my wizard 101 days, just came back last week first time in two years. It's a bit annoying based on my experience. This is why i took a 2 year break.

Just politely decline it works most of the time, or what someone said earlier in this post use the ignore button or ignore that player.( Just hope they don't push that report button for declining politely, it happened to me sometimes. )

Even if they do try to report you for declining politely, KI will check the text records and mark them as a false reporter. If a person makes too many false reports, they get into trouble with KI and not you.