How high to die?

[Rijen5]

Hey guys, I was flying on my hearthstone steed one day and accidentally hit the dismount key. Well guess what, I died. But this got me thinking, how high am I able to be to survive a fall? I thought this would be a fun little trick that I could show off to my friends so I dug into the topic. Although I had not found anyone who knew about the concept so I decided to find my own.
I first just flew up in the sky and measured the time it took me to fall. From there I was able to find the gravity of WoW which I got was about 10.6 m/s^2. Now that I know the gravity, I can figure the max height of which I can die. This took some time since I had to estimate and assume certain heights. Also using WoWwiki I based my height scales off of the fact that my race which is a male Blood elf hunter, is 6 feet tall and I was able to go from there. But after I was able to scale the heights in relation to the game, I found that at about 165 feet is where a character can fall and still survive. And around 170 feet is where someone will die. I also found an interesting thing where the amount of max health points I had was irrelevant to the damage taken. I learned this when I got bored of walking to my dead body so I did the resurrection from the grave angel. Apparently, at the same height of 165 feet, my character survived the fall and at 170 feet, my character died. So it is possible for fall damage to go off a percent health damage when falling. So now I know what height I should be flying at and not kill myself again lol. Hope this was interesting, I certainly had fun doing this little experiment!

[The Oblivion]

i was told even 1 marijuana can kill you

[lightofdawn]

falling damage is definitely percentage based, but this was an interesting read. glad you figured out how to land in the middle of a fight with as few hitpoints as possible haha

[Danuru]

i was told even 1 marijuana can kill you

I am finding this way more hilarious than I ought too. I might be more tired than I thought.

[nomorepriest]

There is an achievement.... figure the height needed for the achievement and you win the Internet

[belfpala]

I am finding this way more hilarious than I ought too. I might be more tired than I thought.

Maybe you're higher than you thought. Don't come down.

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There is an achievement.... figure the height needed for the achievement and you win the Internet

That one place in Orgrimmar, I think. Bunch of orcs figured it out.

[DarkTZeratul]

The achievement is to fall 65 yards (195 feet), so I'm going to assume the limit is slightly past that.

[yetgdhfgh]

I too am high so i gotta ask is this a wow question or a gen OT question i cant tell?

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Or play a Mage, Paladin, Druid, Priest, invest in goblin gliders, etc....there are a ton of ways to avoid death from falling damage

[schwarzkopf]

They don't call it Terminal Velocity for nothing OP.

[Powerogue]

Become a subtlety rogue and amaze your friends by taking literally no damage.

[Azadina]

So it is possible for fall damage to go off a percent health damage when falling. So now I know what height I should be flying at and not kill myself again lol. Hope this was interesting, I certainly had fun doing this little experiment!

Yes, it is percentage based. Also, do note that if you are stationary on your mount in the air, at level where you can still dismount and barely survive, and dismount, then you will survive. However, if you're flying at speed at that level, dismount, then now your momentum will make you fall at an angle forwards, making your fall longer and killing you.

[Deathgoose]

The achievement is to fall 65 yards (195 feet), so I'm going to assume the limit is slightly past that.

IIRC, the Scryers tier in Shat was the perfect height to drop down to the lower level and earn the achievement without dying back when it was first added.

The Aldor one, however, was too tall, and you'd go splat.

[Deleted]

I seriously thought the thread was about drugs when I first read the title.

Very interesting indeed, it's funny that you got into this trouble to figure it out.
Btw how do you know how high up you're flying?

[Allybeboba]

i was told even 1 marijuana can kill you

You cannot OD on MJ. The effects can kill you if you do something stupid though.

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IIRC, the Scryers tier in Shat was the perfect height to drop down to the lower level and earn the achievement without dying back when it was first added.

The Aldor one, however, was too tall, and you'd go splat.

Died to that damn elevator many times.

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Become a subtlety rogue and amaze your friends by taking literally no damage.

Druids and panda take less falling damage. Or should I say VanDamage.

[Flabberly]

Rogue master race?

[Kanegasi]

You cannot OD on MJ. The effects can kill you if you do something stupid though.

"Injecting marijuanas" is a meme. I'm pretty sure it came from this.

[Nnyco]

just rocket jump shortly before landing and youll be fine

[KivuYar]

Rogues can fall from any height as long as you can grapplehook yourself to the ground before landing...

[Yizelin]

Rogues can fall from any height as long as you can grapplehook yourself to the ground before landing...

Or if you're subtlety with Catlike Reflexes on your artifact.