Trouble At T'Mill

Tarren Mill that is.

I had a stunningly frustrating time the other night (and by night I'm talking about my evening, but around 2.30am in Europe), having picked up a few Hillsbrad quests I thought I'd stick around long enough to do them as a break from The Barrens.

Happily having slaughtered some Hillsbrad Peasants and collected alchemical components from some Naga and Murlocs with no sign of any Alliance players at all, I ran back to Tarren Mill and was just clicking on one of the quest givers when BAM! I'm hit by Fireball, Corruption and I think Smite, at sufficiently powerful levels that I'm just dead. Instantly.

Before releasing my spirit I look around to spot the culprits, but there's no one to be seen, and the Guards aren't leaping on any intruders, so I have no idea what just happened. So I click 'release', move to the graveyard, which is only metres away, come back to my body and resurrect.

BAM! The exact same thing happens. And once again, there's no one in sight and the Guards aren't reacting. WTF????

So thinking some bizarre glitch is happening I decide to head back to The Crossroads anyway and then take a flight which will take up the duration of Resurrection Sickness I'll get, I rez at the Spirit Healer instead.

BAM! It happens again!

This time, from a slightly different angle, as I look around I can work out what's happening. Three Level ?? Alliance types have somehow made it onto the roof of the inn, which I can't fathom the achievement of at all, and are basically able to cover all of the Mill's grounds, including the graveyard, from an almost unassailable and essentially invisible vantage point.

As I watch, the next trick they try is on some poor Rogue who runs up all unsuspecting and is suddenly pounced on by a Mind Controlled DeathGuard.

The only way I can work out to get around them is to resurrect inside the inn they're on top of (and therefore be shielded from them) and then Hearthstone back to The Crossroads. I wasn't able to turn in the quests, and I ended up coming back (carefully) an hour later in hopes they'd have gone, which they had.

When I mentioned it to the Other Half, he noted that if they were attacking Guards and other Guards weren't reacting then there must not be a recognised route to get up to the roof, which means they're using some kind of exploit and I should have reported them.

Next time....