Rogue Sap Spam Intentional

We've all been there, sitting in Gadgetzan with all our sweet level 70 gear, dancing with some lowbies of the opposite faction when a stealthed level 20 rogue walks up and saps. 9 seconds later he does it again...and again...and again. The Gadgetzan bruiser standing next to you absentmindedly fiddles with his mace, the sniper checking the scope on his rifle, neither of them aware of your plight.

I can't remember which patch made it so that sap doesn't aggro neutral town guards, but it's been a problem for the last few patches. Gadgetzan isn't the only place this happens, many of the shared towns in Outlands have the same problem, such as the Cenarion Expedition Outpost in Zangarmarsh. Sap spam has seemingly reached epidemic proportions alongside a burgeoning Blood Elf rogue population. It's gotten so bad it seems like it must be a bug, but what does Hortus have to say:

Since the player does not leave stealth it should not aggro neutral guards.

It should flag you for PVP, and that is being addressed.

So alas, the sappings will continue and we, the level 70s, will be unable to respond with more persuasive measures.

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I think the sappings are fine, it's the guard system that sucks. You can't retaliate against the rogue at all to stop them without getting steamrolled by the guards from everywhere. They really need to imlement an aggressor system that works so you can fight back.

Yes, I have had that situation in the past 2 weeks. Of course its Blood Elves. There were a a bunch of BE hordes in Gadgetzan. While the Allies were getting upset including myself. We started to cap them. But before we even dealt the final blow the guards were all over us. I contacted the game master and he/she of course gave me the generic. We will look into crap. So at the end everyone left town....And started to hunt down all Blood Elf outside of Gadgetzan. IF we can not defend ourselves from these A holes. Blizzard wont....until they fix it in a patch with the guards. Hell, even when a Horde rogue sneaks into Stormwind and does sap everyone in SW guards come out and defend. Keep in mind I am Honored with Gadgetzan and guards don't do crap.