Get the Hell Out of my BG
Posted by Breana in PVP
The following is a rant. My reader threatened to quit this morning, so I started to read the over 1000+ items, while there, I came across two posts which causes a strange cat-like hiss to emanate from my throat.
This rant is aimed at my fellow Alliance brethren and Horde readers are excused to have a margarita as the flames show begins. I claim no expertise or advance techniques; I do however, promise one pissed of dwarf, a hungry ravager and a itchy trigger finger.
Alliance and battlegrounds. What words does this association summon?
- Sucks
- Loser
- Frustration
It seems, regardless of what type of server you play on, be it PvP, PvE, RP, etc, the whinnying is always the same:
“Alliance always loses.”, “Just let them win.”, “Come here and lay down so we can finish.”
Then you have them, people just standing around or dancing or naked, just waiting for a sword, bullet or spell to end their miserable lives.
Bah! You disgust me!
I don’t know how it happened, but for as along as I remember, there has been this preconceived notion that Horde always win BGs and Alliance is the suxor and must lose.
Who the hell wrote that down?!
Did I miss something?
Listen boys and girls, don’t be such a bunch of kids. You want to know why the horde win all the time? Here are four reasons:
They communicate:
It doesn’t have to be a premade. Like it or not the horde talk and listen! The only way to win a BG is to work as, gasp, as a “team”! You don’t have to be on voice chat to do it, but someone has to take control of the raid the moment you all get ready. That minute before your BG starts isn’t just for you to pick your nose and buff people, it is TO PLAN! Make decisions as a group and figure how who is going where, who are you healers? Do you have enough to send at least one to a group? If you are capping a flag, node or heading towards a tower, talk! Say something, If you are under attack ask for backup and all of you fighting in the middle of the road in AB, stop being a bunch of honor whores and help the people keep the damn node so you can win the damn game. Remember there is no I in Team. Don’t be an egotistical prick. Which leads us to number two.
Moving as a pack:
Really people, do you think that one uber mage is going to last long against five horde trying to cap Blacksmith. Patience actually has a purpose here. Wanna know another secret? Horde love healers and have at least one traveling with their “flag”, zerg parties. Do the same. If you are going after the flag in WSG, make sure you travel as a pack, and have at least one to two healers on the carriers. Going after a node? There is power in numbers.
“Stay the F^&K there!”
Like in a PvE raid, people have roles. It is not total chaos and if done correctly, it makes the game very intense and enjoyable. However for this to happen, people have to DEFEND and stay the f%^k they are suppose to. If you are staying at BS, then STAY there. Each BG has its unique flavor and understanding what you need to do in each is very important. Sacrificing HK so you can make sure Stables stays blue is a good thing. Don’t ever think otherwise.
Everyone plays:
No horde aren’t innocent when it comes to AFKing or not participation, but for the most part, they are very active PvP players. When you refuse to play or /dance, all you are doing is inflicting the raid with a handicap. What do you mean? Let me illustrate it thus, if you join a raid, you are expected to do something be it healing, tanking, dps, sheeping etc. If all you do is just stand there, you have just forced the raid to do the content by minus one. Would you be happy with this person? would you allow them back into your raid? I think not.
The main thought process I find most disturbing , it is not okay to do that in raid, but fine for PvP. That is just horrible. There are people who love BG’s, who love the strategies evolved, who thrive in the challenge and the ever changing landscape. If there was one thing to say about PvP, it isn’t boring. Yet, you feel it is okay to cheapening this by not participating. To the girl who wrote the email to BRK. You want to know why those horde were pissed? Because you cheated them. You tarnished the spirit of the activity.
It is like winning a gold metal only because the other guys refused to show up to the meet.
It is worthless and empty.
No one is forced to do anything in this game. Especially PvP. You want epics? Go raid, do a heroic.
If you can’t or won’t, then do something else, I don’t fraking care what it is, just don’t clutter my BG with your negative comments and passive aggressive bullshit.
Or next time you might get a lovely call from a GM.
/Rant off
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Posted by Breana in BA
Yep, you may not know it, but Ratshag turns another season! He, like wine and Sean Connery, just gets better with age! Go and say happy birthday ( Ladies, he may not want me to say this, but throwing undergarments is welcomed…)
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