Yes, but to be fair Large Scale WOW PvP is severely lacking and needs to add things that should have been and HAVE been available to their competitors for YEARS now. Some folks like to be involved in Castle Storms, evolving 24/7 Pvp where you can take over Castles, supplies, etc. like ESO and GW2 RvRvR. Amazes me with the MONEY Blizz, Activision have they refuse to give it love. That is a big part of why I rotated or play the other two I listed. Large scale fun!
Unfortunately, Blizzard does not allocate much dev resources to PvP.
As it is, we barely get PvP balance changes and thatâs just adjusting some numbers. Fixing a map is too much effort.
If you know youâre about to be ported into a box in ashran, itâs actually really simple. DONT MOVE after about 5 or 6 seconds, you will be ported back to where you were. you just canât move or you will be stuck.
Is it an exploit or a smart use of an already existing Ashran mechanics? Lastly, a simple piece of paper counters this âbeing cagedâ in a box.
You canât always scroll out. Npcs and enemy players can keep you stuck in combat - scrolls fail when used in combat. If you canât get out of combat you had best hope you die or it will be a long imprisonment.
Thereâs so few locks that abuse it that it has not become a big issue.
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Trapping players inside a wall so they canât participate for the rest of the game is clearly not intended gameplay.
First, not everyone has that piece of paper. Second, as Deso pointed out, even if you have it, you might not be able to use it. Third, to get out, you have to teleport across the entire map. Even if youâre fortunate enough to not be permanently trapped inside a wall, youâre still removed from the battle for a long period of time.
It takes some mental gymnastics to believe that trapping players inside a wall is intended in any form of PvP.
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I guess some Paly donât like using their books?
Premades sync Ring of Frost, Static Field Totem or any other mass CC w/ Shadow Rift to port whole teams where they see fit. Usually under bridges, behind buildings or places where they know players will get stuck.
In general, the TWO second duration makes it very difficult to get out during a battle with all the mass spamming of slows .
Ultimately, that talent does not belong in PvP.
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Yep. Blizz should actually enforce/fix the exploitive gameplay(ers) as a priority over âsocial behavior.â But one of the excuses given by players seems to be âitâs not rated so who cares.â
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A quick way to die if the not moving and scroll tricks donât work-- Set down a campfire and drink two of the Pinchwhistle Nitro Fuels.
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Doesnât this have a cooldown? Been meaning to mess around with catharsis stacking but never tried cause I thought there was a cd
(The booze not the campfire)
No cooldown. You can drink those until your toon pukes.
If you get ported in to that box they keep aoe to keep you in combat, preventing a scroll use. Iâve been successful with using shadowmeld, then scroll out. Not sure if this works with other classes abilities to break combat, but does with shadowmeld.
Had this happen a few nights ago, had our team report the lock that was doing it, and he did get a timeout/ban so it is a reportable offense. not a clever use of mechanics