Alterac Valley Primer

[Ynir]

After becoming exhalted AV in a week of hectic activity, Spangles, NE warr, rarely deviates from this general routine:

Ride as quickly as possible to Snowfall, take the graveyard, defend SF if necessary (usually not) till backup arrives.

Clear all the towers and graveyards along the shortest route to Drek.

Pull the warmasters and dogs, tank the warmasters outside.

Tank Drek inside the bastion until game won.

This takes 20 - 40 minutes, depending on intensity of Horde defense at the graveyards. (The only loss I experienced is when the Horde called out their god and dragged him into the Alliance bastion, which was very funny.)

The only other game that wasn't a win was a two-hour series of HK battles, scattered across the map. This seemed much more like what an evenhanded game should be. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the battle ended. I have not seen another battle like it since.

I can only conclude that the Alliance stronghold is much easier to defend than Drek's bastion, because Alliance always wins the games I play. Either Horde don't fill their raids (I haven't been checking the roster) or this BG is seriously broken. I wouldn't play it if I were Horde.