Bob the Beholder,Apr 24 2006, 02:45 AM Wrote:I think cross-server battlegrounds would certainly help queue times and all. But fighting complete strangers all the time is no fun. I remember the people I fight--I know who's a threat, I know who's not, I have an idea who's most likely to be doing what and they likely know me just the same (Alliance flag carriers beware--Lomin is coming, and his AP is up just for you).
I wouldn't mind shorter queue times, but it would detract from the sense of community in a server, I think, to go from fighting your arch nemesis regularly to fighting nameless night elf rogue number 3,748.
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Well you probably will run into your nemesis sometimes, just not every day. I think most people would prefer the cross-server solution. Having battlegrounds on one server might have been ok if there was no current Honor system, but the Honor system ruins it for a lot of people. It's fun fighting your Arch nemesis... The first 50 times. There are some other issues as well.
A ) On one hand, fighting the same people over and over can get quite boring - especially when you pretty much know the outcome of the battle (be that winning or losing), and when you face them over and over again, and you know the outcome of the battle before it even starts, it gets boring/frustrating for both sides.
B ) Which brings us to next point - afking out. It's in large part the fault of the Honor system, and it comes from knowing your opponents. Longer games are discouraged, so people "save time" for next game, even with the new deserter tag.
C ) And you cannot forget scalability. If Blizzard introduces a new BG into the servers, PvPers will be quite split among them all, and it might be hard to find a game for a particular Battleground. But with 16 times the people, it will be that much easier.
I just think it's much more fun to go into battle and face fresh enemy, so when you do run into some familiar faces, you will actually look forward to the battle. Plus, it might weed out a few people who just get through the Honor system by afking out on guild groups and winning against unorganized groups.