PvP!
I had my first WoW PvP experience. I took my 19th level Night Elf Hunter, Gealach, to Warsong Gulch (I started my characters over on Moonrunner). The battlegrounds are split into different level groups. At 19, I was one of the high level characters in the 10 - 19 group. Warsong Gulch is a game of capture the flag. The game is over when the first side captures three flags.
My first experience was highly unorganized. It played fast, and the Horde beat us in under 10 minutes. The Alliance didn't even score. But as a hunter the experience was fun. If I came upon a group already engaged in combat, I could start shooting, and it really felt like I was turning the tide in several skirmishes. So I decided to give it another try.
The second time, the battle raged for well over 30 minutes, and by the end of it I was apparently known to the enemy. There was a 19th level Orc Warrior, who would charge through a whole group of my alliance friends, just to attack me. A 19th level Tauran Hunter would have his lion pet attack me every time he saw me. There was also a 19th level Troll Shaman who really didn't like me after I killed him as he tried to carry the Alliance flag over to the Horde side, and a few others who seemed to like to attack me over any of my teammates. By the end of the battle, I was ranked 2nd. I had dealt 32 killing blows, participated in over 70 kills, and had died 11 times myself. Oh, and the Alliance won, 3 to 1.
I would just like to say, that was FUN! Now I just need to figure out where the flags actually are, so I can do more than just shoot people. Unfortunately for my PvP Battleground days, I managed to level to 20 later that day, so the next time I go will be in the 20 - 29 group, and I think I'll try get to at least 25 before trying that. Or I could just try it with a different character... both my Gnome Warlock and Human Paladin are still 18.
My first experience was highly unorganized. It played fast, and the Horde beat us in under 10 minutes. The Alliance didn't even score. But as a hunter the experience was fun. If I came upon a group already engaged in combat, I could start shooting, and it really felt like I was turning the tide in several skirmishes. So I decided to give it another try.
The second time, the battle raged for well over 30 minutes, and by the end of it I was apparently known to the enemy. There was a 19th level Orc Warrior, who would charge through a whole group of my alliance friends, just to attack me. A 19th level Tauran Hunter would have his lion pet attack me every time he saw me. There was also a 19th level Troll Shaman who really didn't like me after I killed him as he tried to carry the Alliance flag over to the Horde side, and a few others who seemed to like to attack me over any of my teammates. By the end of the battle, I was ranked 2nd. I had dealt 32 killing blows, participated in over 70 kills, and had died 11 times myself. Oh, and the Alliance won, 3 to 1.
I would just like to say, that was FUN! Now I just need to figure out where the flags actually are, so I can do more than just shoot people. Unfortunately for my PvP Battleground days, I managed to level to 20 later that day, so the next time I go will be in the 20 - 29 group, and I think I'll try get to at least 25 before trying that. Or I could just try it with a different character... both my Gnome Warlock and Human Paladin are still 18.
posted by Tam @ 2:58 PM
2 Comments:
At November 08, 2005 7:43 AM,
Lord Runolfr said…
OK, I now need to know where to find the frickin' Warsong Gulch Battlemaster. That sounded way too entertaining.
At November 09, 2005 6:21 PM,
Tam said…
I got to Warsong Gulch by talking to the battlemaster in Darnasus. I believe there are now battlemasters in all main cities, just talk to them, and you will be placed in queue.
Alliance side the waits are apparently much worse than Horde side. I waited a little under 20 minutes for my first turn, and about 30 minutes before the second one. You can do other stuff while you wait, something will pop up when it's your turn, and you have the option to cancel if you want to, or get ported directly to the battleground.
When the battle is over, you get ported back to the battlemaster you talked to to get in queue (I assume... I always ended up in the elf city, but I'd guess if you started at Ironforge, that's where you'd end up, I didn't test that).
Happy PvPing! :)
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