Do Players Only Turn on WM With Friends...?

[Geospatial-dalaran]

@Orngchkn-medivh

Today, I’m always stumbling across a raid of Allies in one zone and a Raid of Horde in another zone, and they two not coming at each other. Like I get it, it’s fun to faceplant people, but how’s it fun to always be on the overwhelming odds side? The black empire zones in Uldam and Pandarus: one side has been taken over by Allies and the other by Horde…we all know the bad guys are on the other map, but let’s just stay here and kill their stragglers trying to get the dailies.

This is definitely true, but I’m not even talking about these large & somewhat uncommon cases. I will just find a horde questing, literally anywhere in the world, and they will have someone with them to help them win. I can’t stress enough that I’m not overexaggerating, it is truly every time I try to 1v1 someone.

When I lose a fair 1v1 nowadays, I am genuinely pleased that a player was skilled enough to beat me fairly and I am happy to walk back from the GY for a fair and fun fight like that. It just sucks that players don’t actually want to be good like that anymore, they just want to literally have a resto shaman friend following them while they quest. It’s honestly pathetic how people play PvP nowadays lol

[Volcz-durotan]

I don’t turn it on for other reasons. I am a returning player and I only have 9.8k HP vs someone who is 120 ilvl and has 27k+. If everyone had more or less the same gear level and HP pool, I would definitely turn it on. Maybe in SL. We’ll see.

[Geospatial-dalaran]

@Thedeacon-proudmoore

Let me rephrase my point since it flew over your head. War mode is war…no rules. You are looking for duels. I dont initiate a duel and then cry because i cant gank the person

Oh wow, hello rude. I’m not talking about whatever your roleplaying fantasy about warmode is, I’m talking about players genuinely not playing a skillbased game anymore because they would prefer to just troll with their friends & get wins handed to them easy. Nice try tho big brain.

Call it what you want & be as rude as you’d like, fair play is fair play & people who are actually good at this game enjoy winning when they play fairly. Baddies like wins handed to them. Call it war if you want idc about your rude comments, hope you get a good nights rest & some exercise so you can be less rude on wow forums.

[Thedeacon-proudmoore]

How about this. Turn off WM and when you see someone out questing then ask if they wanna duel. There…now it’s fair for everyone. And no i dont filter my words to cushion your delicate sensibilitys.

[Nathrakh-thunderlord]

OP, that is what world PvP is. You want 1v1, duel someone, otherwise it is what it is. Totally legit, normal, PvP behavior.

@Geospatial-dalaran

Oh wow, hello rude. I’m not talking about whatever your roleplaying fantasy about warmode is, I’m talking about players genuinely not playing a skillbased game anymore because they would prefer to just troll with their friends & get wins handed to them easy. Nice try tho big brain.

/Salty

Pot, meet Kettle.

Seems like you’re the one living a roleplaying fantasy. OMG how rude…

[Forumtoon-silvermoon]

/Shrug

I never turn it off.

[Thedeacon-proudmoore]

And i never turn it on. We both have our reasons but dont feel the need to cry about it either way. Happy hunting. Ill be in my safe little pve world.

[Murlocks-frostmane]

Great for a main, aggravating for an alt.

[Fairbanks-zuljin]

@Geospatial-dalaran

Hi Guys,

Am I the only one that feels like whenever I try to 1v1 a player with warmode, at least 1 or 2 more teammates of theirs pop out of nowhere to win for them? It’s so continuous that it’s kind of frustrating to try to actually world pvp without a team to help…

Just curious if anyone actually tries to PvP without teammates nowadays, or if I should only try to PvP if I have an entourage to help carry me through 1v1 fights? Does anyone actually turn on Warmode if you don’t have a party anymore? I’m kind of bitter but also genuinely curious, because 10/10 warmode 1v1s that I engage on our ended by 3 other players coming to help the person I try to fight lol. It seems like people only try to play PvP if they have an edge on you.

Whenever I choose to turn WM on I understand and accept the uncontrolled nature of pvp. That is to say, I accept the risk that I will get my butt handed to me by multiple players even when I may have thought it was just going to be a 1 vs 1.

[Hamoron-icecrown (Hamoron)]

Definitely not lol a great chunk go in solo I have watched people in warmode and there are tons out questing solo without a friend or guardian.

[Soulshox-stormrage (Soulshox)]

ughhh…no. If there are actual pvpers no matter how well you play if you’re class is not S/A rank you will lose and no one is gonna fall for transmog. Most players base the gear level on your health pool.

Also i have WM constantly on myself. Horde outnumber Alliance by a lot in WM thats why we have a 25% bonus. Just need to pick your battles.

You win some and you loose some.

[Thundahstahm-stormrage]

@Soulshox-stormrage

ughhh…no. If there are actual pvpers no matter how well you play if you’re class is not S/A rank you will lose and no one is gonna fall for transmog. Most players base the gear level on your health pool.

Yeah, because the three 22yo clowns, doubtlessly tossing a few backs, and looking for a 3v1 are definitely running the numbers on the guy in STV.

It’s called bait because morons fall for it.

[Evilbadguy-malganis (Evilbadguy)]

You know what I hate about WM, is the fact it automatically puts it on when you hit a certain level.

[Soulshox-stormrage (Soulshox)]

It’s a legitmate tactic. High levels characters go out and one shot the lowbies leveling. It slows horde leveling, enforces why the bonus is there in the first place.

I’ve killed many a times by a level 120 when i was leveling but i accept it as part of the Warmode. I usually just take a break if i am camped and play a different toon and come back later.

Warmode is not fair, even or honorable in any way. There are BGs, arena and dueling for that.

[Ataxerxes-dalaran (Ataxerxes)]

I thought the strategy was obvious – roll deep, avoid gank.

[Raheya-moon-guard]

Honestly I gave up on war mode a while back, it’s not so much about PvP but roving gank squads. It doesn’t matter if you’re horde or alliance, maybe that’s fun for some but meh.

[Ravalastana-barthilas]

@Orngchkn-medivh

I was thinking more Tarrin Mill days of pvp, dude is killing lowbies. Lowbies announce that max level ally is killing everyone. So someone goes down there to even the playing field, Ally calls for help, Horde calls for help, then we spend a hour in massive raids absolutely destroying each other and ruining people leveling expierance.

If this was warmode, I’d have on constantly.

As it is, nah. Can’t be bothered.

[Rosenylund-emerald-dream]

You can pick and choose when to pvp and when not to pvp.

People use this privilege to only go in when they are more likely to win every encounter with a death squad.

Literally everyone figured this out the moment warmode was announced

[Orngchkn-medivh]

@Ravalastana-barthilas

If this was warmode, I’d have on constantly.

Same. I loved old Tarrin Mills days of PvP. Some of the greatest times I had in wow was these impromptu “Kill’em all” 40v40 raids.

[Hizami-dentarg (Hizami)]

I keep WM off cause I just not into that type of pvp style open world wise. /shrugs/ I only turn it on when my friends/guildies need help with a quest or whatever…as they usually always have it on. So pretty much yet it’s only on when friends/guildies are around.