The World of Warcraft, summed up in one concise quote

[razzleccentric]

"People will always want mounts and non-combat pets. I could offer a repeatable quest to slap a handful of kittens and people would do it if I gave them a little pet for it. And they'd drop the kittens off a cliff for a mount."

~ Tirion Fordring

(as related by Michael Sacco at WoW.com)

Comments

[bluestocking7.livejournal.com]

Sally KILLS kittehs in Lord of the Rings online. :-(

[razzle.livejournal.com]

In the blood elf starting area & Silvermoon City there are lots of little (level 1 critter) cats wandering around. It is my BIGGEST pet peeve in the game when somebody kills them just for fun.

Just like when people kill the squirrels around the Darnassas bank. *sigh*

I think anyone who kills a critter in a city should receive some kind of debuff and/or automatically lose a gold as a "fine". That would fix 'em. >:D

That said, I have no problem torturing a human for information or blowing up their corpses. They had it comin'.

[bluestocking7.livejournal.com]

Sal said she has no choice - they are EBIL kittehs that apparently attack first. But it still makes me squeamish every time I see it.

Humans yes - the more the better, but not animals.