tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post3699358433440218716..comments2023-12-28T04:50:49.486-08:00Comments on The Many Relms of Relmstein: Will the Alterac Valley changes hurt the Alliance?Relmsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-7195563453952042042008-01-28T02:46:00.000-08:002008-01-28T02:46:00.000-08:00One of the latest complaints I have heard is that ...One of the latest complaints I have heard is that the Horde have special skills and abilities that are far stronger than the Alliance. That Blizzard has, from the start, tipped the scales in the Hordes direction. <BR/><BR/>I disagree, of course. I have looked at the starting stats of the various races in a given class and see that in the end, some races are more suited to a certain class, but if you know what you are doing, it all evens out in the end.<BR/><BR/>The main reason Horde win is that yes, they work together, and they work together because they usually play more. Give me an average Alliance Vs. Horde pvp record and I bet the Horde score higher on average.<BR/><BR/>I have no battlegroup, but wish I had one. I am tired of going it alone, so to speak, and find that we of the alliance are at our best when we do the whole guarding objectives thing, and when we do the other Battlgrounds we communicate and change things up instead of pounding away futilly at the same objectives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-55421240913115608332007-11-15T08:29:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:29:00.000-08:00This argument was lot more persuasive to me before...This argument was lot more persuasive to me before the arena existed. Both sides can get gear that is superior to any gear available through battleground pvp by doing arenas. Arena battles also improve small group pvp skills much more quickly then battlegrounds.<BR/><BR/>As for many of the other arguments about things being lopsided in the battlegrounds, let me sum up. <BR/><BR/>(Insert side here) doesn't win because they don't play as a team. I was in (insert bg name here) the other night and we lost (insert number of losses) in a row. (insert side here) doesn't ever (insert bg objective). Obviously an imbalance exists.<BR/><BR/>Really, any side that doesn't play as a team and perform the objectives of the battleground is going to lose. The most effective way of doing this is taking personal responsibility for one small objective and asking for help. Defend that tower. Tell your team that an attack is incoming. Ask other players to come help you.Jeff.Bragghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465119604383478194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-8158225271269149522007-11-09T15:01:00.000-08:002007-11-09T15:01:00.000-08:00I've seen many a battleground decided by a defeati...<I>I've seen many a battleground decided by a defeatist attitude. My special pet peeve is the guy who argues for everyone to just let the opposing faction win so they can get their mark.</I><BR/><BR/>When I read this, I had just signed up to join a WSG match which appeared to be against a premade (6 of the 10 Horde were from the same server). One person was constantly asking for us to do nothing and just let the Horde win. We didn't, and to our credit we managed to get a point. But said person wouldn't /afk nor would the do anything to help. Was quite annoying.<BR/><BR/>Side note: Next game I got in with one of the primary proponents of trying to win the previous match and working with him, I capped the flag once and he got it twice to a glorious win.Kazielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283511341760188489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-12511636686328622532007-11-08T18:02:00.000-08:002007-11-08T18:02:00.000-08:00I gave up on the BGs, especially WSG, when I'd gra...I gave up on the BGs, especially WSG, when I'd grab the Horde flag, run out into the field, and be cut down. Meanwhile my "team mates" are scattered all over the map. This despite me using /chat to inform them I'm going for the flag and will be coming out the tunnel, or ramp, etc.<BR/><BR/>I long for the good old days when my Guild would PvP together and we'd strike fear into the Horde, even the Twinks. Now I'm just a sad old dinosaur, sitting around wondering where everyone went.Cap'n Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267651027289124037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-34699703411909541952007-11-08T13:32:00.000-08:002007-11-08T13:32:00.000-08:00Arenas really are the most fair PvP combat I've ru...Arenas really are the most fair PvP combat I've run across. A couple of classes are overpowered in certain brackets but you don't find them in every team.<BR/><BR/>I've seen many a battleground decided by a defeatist attitude. My special pet peeve is the guy who argues for everyone to just let the opposing faction win so they can get their mark.Relmsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-61455952691817561422007-11-08T09:49:00.000-08:002007-11-08T09:49:00.000-08:00"Its almost as if they expect to lose the battlegr...<I>"Its almost as if they expect to lose the battleground and any 1v1 encounter and thus the only honor they actually get is when a large clump of them meet a few straggling horde. A stupid way to play in the long run but it seems the only viable option to some I'm sure."</I><BR/><BR/>It's one hell of a self-fulfilling prophecy. One of the primary reasons I avoid WSG is there is a strong mentality of "Well we're going to lose anyways, so I'll just go out into the middle, farm honor and get my Mark of Honor." Of course when very few people defend and heal the Flag Carrier and no one tries to recover the flag, you're going to lose. There have been quite a few times I've joined up with a WSG group and found a group of players that somewhat work together, or at least enough so that the flag carrier can stay alive.<BR/><BR/>It's usually not as bad for AB in my Battlegroup, and EotS can be okay, but it can be really bad sometimes (might have been that the horde is just better in those games). AV, from what I've seen, suffers from Alliance players focusing more on getting honor via killing Lieutenants and capping points than going for the win.<BR/><BR/>Also, Relmstein, one interesting thing to consider is the impact of Arena gear on a BG. I don't really have any idea of it's impact, but since points are given out weekly, you can't spam it for fast Arena points, meaning neither side has an advantage.Kazielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283511341760188489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-47855201049930599652007-11-07T14:32:00.000-08:002007-11-07T14:32:00.000-08:00Yes the Alliance have the worst tendency to zerg a...Yes the Alliance have the worst tendency to zerg and farm honor. They tend to stay in clumps and never defend a node or a flag especialy when the main group of Alliance moves away. <BR/><BR/>Its almost as if they expect to lose the battleground and any 1v1 encounter and thus the only honor they actually get is when a large clump of them meet a few straggling horde. A stupid way to play in the long run but it seems the only viable option to some I'm sure.Relmsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-17228652431089399122007-11-07T12:37:00.000-08:002007-11-07T12:37:00.000-08:00The alliance tend to lose not because of gear, but...The alliance tend to lose not because of gear, but because the alliance folks tend to run around randomly killing not trying to get any flags or hold any bases. This is not true of every player in pvp but enough to cause loss after loss after loss. Not working together to win is teh biggest crutch for aliance pvp.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160730972865790359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-17560227276310634132007-11-06T13:50:00.000-08:002007-11-06T13:50:00.000-08:00Shake:The Alliance in general lose games because o...Shake:<BR/>The Alliance in general lose games because of the unbalanced populations not win them. Please re-read the post.<BR/><BR/>Steps in Logic:<BR/>1)Alliance outnumber Horde<BR/>2)Queue times longer for Alliance<BR/>3)Allows Horde to play more games <BR/>4)Quicker Honor = Qucker Gear<BR/>5)Alliance start losing even more because of gear disparity<BR/><BR/>The orginal battleground system was a ridiculous time sink but was more thought out by the developers since there were only a limited amount of spots for both factions to earn gear each week. No one side could gain gear quicker then the other.Relmsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-90224533988679672182007-11-05T21:47:00.000-08:002007-11-05T21:47:00.000-08:00"Now why do the Alliance prefer to not directly co...<I>"Now why do the Alliance prefer to not directly compete with Horde to get honor? In general its simply a matter that the gear of the average Alliance is a lot worse then the average Horde player. Mainly this is a result of the difference in queue times with the Horde having near instant queues in most battlegroups because of unbalanced populations."</I><BR/><BR/>this is not really true, the horde have to wait as well. I have had 10 and 15 mins waits for AV, and if allies are winning because of the imbalance would they not have better gear since they would have had more honor than the horde anyway?Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510295892202321964noreply@blogger.com