well, the overall population is in play because bgs use players from all server types, not just those that queue from pvp servers.
pvp servers doesn’t mean they queue for pvp only, it just means you have to worry about being attacked while in the open world. this is why you see so many carebear alliance on pve servers; it has nothing to do with queuing into bgs or not.
poor analogy- this only fits if everyone on horde got together before tbc and said, “let’s all go horde so we can really stick it to the idiots that still end up going alliance!”
Are you denying that the majority of the people interested in PVP play Horde?
There’s a Horde guild on my server that’s slowing growing in size over time. We fought 8 people at the Terokkar spirit towers yesterday. If you check logs my server has 0 Horde. Most people that PVP play Horde. Most people that only PVP and don’t raid who will not show up on logs play Horde. It’s not that hard to put the pieces together.
My anology is fine. Stop telling PVE players to fix PVP problems.
All that matters are the players that play PVP, and which faction they chose. It is glaringly obviously that way too many went horde in North America, hence the queues. PVE players have nothing to do with this. Overall server populations dont matter, nor do the server types.
PVP operates in its own bubble. The only relevant data is the number of active PVPers on either faction for each of the major ‘battlegroups’ for lack of a better word.
I can only tell you that it felt like it did and I’ve heard the same from others. I know that’s anecdotal, so I reserve judgment.
I would not be absolutely shocked if results were skewed by people who would ordinarily not PvP queing up on horde just to check out HvH, or people on Alliance to check out the loot box. People who might not have qued for the subsequent test after their curiosity was sated.
That was during the test. I thought you meant actuall win rates prior to the test.
If HvH is happening then Horde players would share the Alliance players losses. An awesome horde team that would have normally stomped an alliance team is now facing another Horde team and beating them instead.
Well that’s all we have is feelings here. There is no data for the subsequent tests. I’m not drawing any conclusions by the way.
You also ignore this part that gives a plausible rationale.
I would not be absolutely shocked if results were skewed by people who would ordinarily not PvP queing up on horde just to check out HvH, or people on Alliance to check out the loot box. People who might not have qued for the subsequent test after their curiosity was sated.
There are no #s and data available to us for the subsequent tests.
Only the first one, which I do not dispute.
Edit: If I’m mistaken let me know. I haven’t seen them publish the results for the last tests. But if they have and the results are the same, I will accept them.