04-22-2005, 08:56 PM
So, I've heard a number of people address the PvP without Battlegrounds issue in some of the other threads and I thought it would be a good idea to create a thread that lets folks opine on the topic directly without creating tangents to other topics.
So the question is: Do you think that adding the PvP honor system before the Battlegrounds arenas are available was a good idea or a bad idea?
I'll start with what is probably the unpopular side of this, but I'm all on PvP servers and I have to say an absolute resounding YES! On the PvP servers there have always been folks who wanted to PvP and could be found roaming Arathi/Hillsbrad in hopes of finding a mass battle. The problem is that there's always been a larger populace that wanted to PvP in the ganking/griefing role. Questing in STV came with the expectation of getting ganked a few times an hour.
It's only been 3 days since the patch, so I can't say anything comprehensive, but I've seen two changes since then. 1) There seem to be fewer gankers out on the roads. The 3-5 level 60's who'd come and sit on the road in Duskwood for hours at a time are no longer there. This is probably because of 2) there are a lot more saviors out and about! If I've run into someone who was ganking, a single tell into the general chat has elicted 2-3 immediate responses of folks who were looking for PvP action and wanted to come to the rescue! Instead of letting an area wallow, the folks are coming to action immediately if there's a PvP opportunity!
My lvl 43 out and about in Tanaris got a) ganked less and b) quested more specifically because there WAS a war going on in GZ. What's more, I'm seeing a huge shift from solo and roving gankers to much more mass PvP. This is my favorite thing since the patch. In solo PvP, it's very much a rock-paper-scissors scenario with the way Blizz did the classes. En masse, everyone's abilities get to shine and the whole functions so much better than the sum of it's parts.
For me - the PvP Honor system has made my game play more exciting, less stressful, and better overall. But that's just my experience - what have you guys (especially the PvE'ers out there) been seeing?
<edit: emoticon problem.>
So the question is: Do you think that adding the PvP honor system before the Battlegrounds arenas are available was a good idea or a bad idea?
I'll start with what is probably the unpopular side of this, but I'm all on PvP servers and I have to say an absolute resounding YES! On the PvP servers there have always been folks who wanted to PvP and could be found roaming Arathi/Hillsbrad in hopes of finding a mass battle. The problem is that there's always been a larger populace that wanted to PvP in the ganking/griefing role. Questing in STV came with the expectation of getting ganked a few times an hour.
It's only been 3 days since the patch, so I can't say anything comprehensive, but I've seen two changes since then. 1) There seem to be fewer gankers out on the roads. The 3-5 level 60's who'd come and sit on the road in Duskwood for hours at a time are no longer there. This is probably because of 2) there are a lot more saviors out and about! If I've run into someone who was ganking, a single tell into the general chat has elicted 2-3 immediate responses of folks who were looking for PvP action and wanted to come to the rescue! Instead of letting an area wallow, the folks are coming to action immediately if there's a PvP opportunity!
My lvl 43 out and about in Tanaris got a) ganked less and b) quested more specifically because there WAS a war going on in GZ. What's more, I'm seeing a huge shift from solo and roving gankers to much more mass PvP. This is my favorite thing since the patch. In solo PvP, it's very much a rock-paper-scissors scenario with the way Blizz did the classes. En masse, everyone's abilities get to shine and the whole functions so much better than the sum of it's parts.
For me - the PvP Honor system has made my game play more exciting, less stressful, and better overall. But that's just my experience - what have you guys (especially the PvE'ers out there) been seeing?
<edit: emoticon problem.>