I just don’t understand why people show up in full raid gear? You have the gear and you don’t even need the pvp stuff so why are you there?
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As the thread gets longer I can understand why people don’t want to read all the posts so I’ll try and summarize my feelings about the topic here.
I believe casuals have a right to playing BG’s also but is mostly overshadowed by very geared people now. Having also a PVE T1 rogue I saw no point in taking him to rank 10 for gear I’m not going to use. So I made another 60 rogue to play PVP with in BG’s. As said, in this thread, a couple classes have BIS pieces in the PVP sets but the majority of classes there is no point of getting the PVP set when they already have T1/T2. I can understand people want to play PVP just for fun, like me. There is a point when it gets very unbalanced and it’s only going to get worse with AQ and Naxx. Back in Vanilla it was a very small population that did these raids and completed them. Now everything is known and many people will be very geared. This leaves an even greater discrepancy than in Vanilla.
Casuals would like to play PVP also. Getting home from a long days work people just want to unwind and have a good time in WoW BG’s but that is not possible for casuals now. It shows in the Horde queue times. A lot of people were very serious, this time around, about their goals in WoW Classic. Many of the people went hardcore into PVP on Horde. This decimated the Alliance on many servers to where Alliance no longer wanted to play. I know it’s PVP and they should know what they are signing up for but people don’t, they are casual. It shows in the battlegrounds too. Most of the Alliance is casual and no longer want to PVP in their greens and blues. I have couple greens and many blues on my PVP rogue. Do manage to get a few kills but a majority of the time I have top deaths. Going after healers and low level health targets behind enemy lines is a tough life. It’s certain death after appearing and most the time I do not kill my target. Horde are very quick on healing , stunning, fearing, getting away, frost nova, rooting, etc. when they see me. Also, the top death thing, I feel, shows participation. I think that a lot of Alliance are afraid of dying. They back away from a fight instead of going forward and Horde capitalize on this almost always. Distracting healers or killing them is very important to a fight. Sapping them so they can’t drink is also very good. In Alterac Valley I believe the unbalance shows the most. In Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch I have noticed Alliance are much more serious or more geared than in Alterac Valley. I’ve actually gotten many wins in AB and WSG. Not that I was the best player in there though. Again I got a lot of deaths and not so many kills but I feel I can help with the goal of the game. It seems strategy plays a more important part than actual kills.
In summary I believe casuals have the right to play BG’s on their level for fun or for gear. I really don’t know how this can be remedied but there has to be some way for everyone.
The Great Wall has been built.
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I do have a 60 Horde Druid also but was crushed when I found out the queues were so long. Wanted to get some PVP gear on a druid but just lost interest after that.
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Here is some casual info I displayed later in the thread.
This is from the World of Warcraft Original Vanilla Box.
III. Engage
Whether you’re a novice or a veteran, a world of bold adventures and mighty deeds awaits. Even if you only have a few minutes to play, Blizzards superior quest system ensures an adventure is always waiting.
I believe this was before battlegrounds was released. The vanilla box was never changed to reflect changes other than the sticker that said “Over 5 Million Online.” So the launch box I have is the same as the one I have 2 years after.
This is what the Burning Crusade Blizzard Product Catalog says about World of Warcraft Vanilla.
Engage an Ever-Changing World
Blizzard’s dedicated live team creates a constant stream of new adventures to undertake, lands to explore and monsters to vanquish. The epic quest never ends.
Accelerate The Adventure
Whether you have half an hour or all night , a world of bold adventure and mighty deeds awaits. Private dungeons, seamless graphics and Blizzard’s superior quest system are just few of the innovations that eliminate waiting and accelerate the fun.
They obviously weren’t talking about Classic Horde queues in that “innovations that eliminate waiting and accelerate the fun.”