2.3 AV Changes

[Trien]

Seems to me that games that last that long are rarely "good fought" games. It's just an exercise in frustration -- who will give up first? You can turtle indefinitely. There needs to be incentive -not to-, that aligns personal interest (honor gain, whatever) with the objectives of the battlefield.

I have some screenshots from right around when WSG first came out, where a bunch of guildies decided to queue up together for a 'quick game' before we quit for the night... and this was around, oh, 12:30am, and I had to work the next day. The game ended up running until 2:30am:P. And it was by no means a turtle fest, frantic races to reacquire the flag when they managed to return it (12 returns on one end, 19 returns on the other). Still one of my most memorable games. Cross-realm battlegrounds has unfortunately eliminated some of that rivalry you have when you're up against players that you run into everyday, whether it be in Azeroth at large or in battlegrounds. Long games can be turtles... which can get annoying, but I've had my share of long well fought games (some this last WSG weekend) which were not turtles. But having such games when it's random players vs random players is somewhat rare, alas.

I'm the kind of player that plays for the sake of playing, so despite coming up against bad odds and a losing situation, I'll still be trying to do what I can to do what I can to try to win... trying to steal single nodes against organized teams back in the old AB days, last minute WSG flag grab-and-escapes... So you can imagine my annoyance with all those players who keep on saying, 'let them win'... /sigh. Okay, yeah, I realize they just want to farm their points/marks as fast as they can, and if it's against an organized team that's intent on bulldozing through us... fine, but if you run into WSG and don't even try to play the game and still want your honor/marks...

Compensation for losing shouldn't be something that actually makes it worthwhile for you to continually lose...