Epic struggle, now open on Tuesdays

Some guys on the inofficial Runetotem forums are trying to get enough Horde players to sign up for the Alterac Valley battleground to make it open up not only on weekends. Yes, interest in PvP is now so low that on a normal weekday evening there aren't enough people from the smaller side signing up to even get the Alterac Valley battle started. There was a special effort last Tuesday with people shouting in Orgrimmar to get more people into the battleground. Or as one of my guild mates commented: "Alterac Valley, battleground of the epic struggle between good and evil (now open on Tuesdays)".

Warsong Gulch is running more often, due to it needing much less people. But the same forum reports big problems there as well, caused again by the fact that there are so many more players in Alliance than Horde. Basically a battleground opens up when there are enough Horde players for it, pairing them with whatever is available in the long waiting queue on the Alliance side. So powerful Horde guilds like Ad Nauseam just need to form a 10-man raid group, sign up for Warsong Gulch, and get most often paired against random pickup groups from the Alliance side. Easy win, easy PvP rewards for the Horde side, but not much fun for the Alliance. People leaving the battleground immediately when they see they are paired against Ad Nauseam further aggravate the problem.

Blizzard's solution? They want to add a third type of battleground. Sure, we have problems finding enough players interested in the battlegrounds, lets distribute them even further and make matters worse. I don't know how they can think this will work. The new battlegrounds will be populated for two or three weeks, and then the shine will have worn off and the situation will be worse than before.

My advice? WoW is a wonderful PvE game, but if you want PvP, go and buy Guild Wars.
- posted by Tobold @ 10:40 AM Permanent Link