Quote:I'm not casting aspersions on any specific PvE player. It just got real real eeasy for a horde player on a pvp rulemIt's not really all that surprising. The ***average*** skill level of a player on a PvP server tends to be higher than the average skill level of a player on a PvE server. This is due to three reasons:
1) PvE server players have less experience with PvP, since they're not forced to do it on a regular basis.
2) PvP servers attract a more hardcore playing crowd. It's no coincidence that a large percentage of high-end PvE raiding guilds are on PvP servers.
3) PvP'ing helps to make you a better player. You develop more "twitch" skills, and you learn the ins and outs of your class more and see its strengths and weaknesses more clearly.
However, there's some mitigating factors right now:
A) The patch just came out and people's UIs/Mods are screwed up. Become too dependent on them and you're lost.
B) Cross-server BGs are the "hot new thing," and some people who rarely/never PvP are trying them out to see what they're like. On Stormrage, I logged in briefly last night and it felt like 3/4ths of the server was queuing up just to see it.
I wasn't on last night much thanks to numerous server crashes, but I did jump into a WSG game and noticed a distinct lack of play on both sides. This one Horde Warrior just pretty much stood there as I blew him away without using a single Hamstring or stance dance to break my fear, and an Alliance Mage on my side mostly ran around in circles when fighting a 2 on 2 situation (so we got reamed). It was the strangest WSG I've played in months.
Another thing I'm hearing/noticing is that getting in on a PvP match at the outset of a match is rare. People are jumping from one BG to another due to the short queue times, so you often wind up coming in at the middle or end of a match.
Short queue times are nice, but I'll miss being able to queue up and then go farm somewhere for an hour or two, then getting a free ride back to Ironforge when the BG pops. Oh well.
-Bolty
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