I keep hearing this terminology and I just do not understand what it means.
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In bgs like Arathi basin, gilneas, seething shore etc there are nodes that you have to take. When you click the flag you can’t be hit while capping it or capping it will fail. When people want you to spin it it means to hit the enemy players trying to take it. This keeps them from taking it
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Prevent enemy players from capturing a flag/node. Even if it means death, delaying them from capturing it by a few seconds can give teammates time to rotate and reinforce the location and prevent capture.
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So I should be very aggressive when defending.
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It’s just something to consider. I’ve held nodes for like 20-30 seconds on ranged stuff by playing max range versus 2-3 people that weren’t able to collapse on me. Other times I’ll want to be directly on the flag to more safely/reliably prevent captures.
Also calling incoming (and numbers) helps, like inc 3 bs
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Be defensive and do whatever it takes to delay the enemy taking the flag.
You are the only one defending, there are 3 enemies trying to kill you who eventually WILL and will take the flag. Spin the flag means basically aoe the flag to delay them capturing it as long as you can.
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I think the term came about during MoP when Monks used to do that spin kick while on the node to prevent anyone from capping it.
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Also helpful when solo guarding a node to sit further away in order to buy more time in distance from rogue sap etc. caps. Always AOE if you know stealth is on other team.
Add on will help monitor location of stealth too, chances are if they are not engaged they will be coming to a guarded node.
Six seconds to cap a flag.
nah it’s because the flag capping has a “spin” animation around the flag when it happens.
It’s just irony that spin the flag mostly means prevent the enemy from doing the spin
Being very aggressive when spinning a flag is usually a pretty good way to fail at the task. I often see people get so focused on trying to kill an enemy and get kited away from the flag while another enemy strolls up to the flag and caps it uncontested.
Your concern is preventing the node from being captured. You know it will take a few seconds for anyone to complete that process. All you have to do is hit anyone with the Capture progress bar above their head before it completes.
Other than that, you should be focused on calling for assistance to your location and using whatever means necessary to survive as long as possible so that you can continue to disrupt those Capture progress bars. CC as much as possible, defensive cooldowns, try not to allow melee targets to stay in range of you and try to prevent casters from maintaining line of sight of you.
Ive been hearing spin flag since at least tbc. Dont think it was anything literal.
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it means the warrior on ur team better get to the dang flag and spam whirlwind like his life depended on it!
Yeah I think it originated with warriors using whirlwind to hit multiple opponents attempting to take the flag/node
it means to aoe the flag so opposing players can’t cap it. it means die defending the flag and do what it takes to keep them from capping it!
FIGHT ON FLAG PEOPLE!!!
it is so annoying to see a big fight 30 yards away from a flag that is being defended… Only to have it ninja-ed
FIGHT CLAP ON CLAP THE CLAP FLAG