10-05-2005, 05:50 PM
Ehh... I guess I'll go ahead and play devils advocate here.
First off, I for one don't miss the large scale "world pvp". With no way to even up sides, no way to "win", no objectives to take, it just seemed kindof silly to me. It doesn't help that my server is fairly tilted against the horde, so we never had a chance. There are a lot of neat quests in Hillsbrad that I'm just now getting around to with my alt because the place was such a cluster while leveling my main.
At least on my server there is still a lot of small scale PVP, if thats your game. Head to any of the notorious farming spots like Tyr's hand or Hearthglen if you are looking for action.
It seems like you guys want to grind honor the same way you grind XP. Well, they are different. There is already XP, factions like TB, TMF, AD, and probably heros will involve more of an XP grind. One aspect of the game is not the conventional, kill 30,000 of X and collect 3,000 of Y grind. It is a good thing.
As far as character advancement goes, I'm not sure if I ever saw where the honor system was supposed to be a widespread alternate means of advancement. Even if they said it, things change. Right now it seems more like a Starcraft/Warcraft ladder. I played hundreds of games of Starcraft and Warcraft, but spread out over a long time, and never made it far up the ladder. Play it because you enjoy it, and at the end of the day you will find your level.
If you do need to advance, BG faction rewards are pretty reasonable in terms of time/epic. If you are going to be casual, it's going to take you a long time to get epic no matter what your route (raid/BG/farm enough gold to buy at AH). WAI.
First off, I for one don't miss the large scale "world pvp". With no way to even up sides, no way to "win", no objectives to take, it just seemed kindof silly to me. It doesn't help that my server is fairly tilted against the horde, so we never had a chance. There are a lot of neat quests in Hillsbrad that I'm just now getting around to with my alt because the place was such a cluster while leveling my main.
At least on my server there is still a lot of small scale PVP, if thats your game. Head to any of the notorious farming spots like Tyr's hand or Hearthglen if you are looking for action.
It seems like you guys want to grind honor the same way you grind XP. Well, they are different. There is already XP, factions like TB, TMF, AD, and probably heros will involve more of an XP grind. One aspect of the game is not the conventional, kill 30,000 of X and collect 3,000 of Y grind. It is a good thing.
As far as character advancement goes, I'm not sure if I ever saw where the honor system was supposed to be a widespread alternate means of advancement. Even if they said it, things change. Right now it seems more like a Starcraft/Warcraft ladder. I played hundreds of games of Starcraft and Warcraft, but spread out over a long time, and never made it far up the ladder. Play it because you enjoy it, and at the end of the day you will find your level.
If you do need to advance, BG faction rewards are pretty reasonable in terms of time/epic. If you are going to be casual, it's going to take you a long time to get epic no matter what your route (raid/BG/farm enough gold to buy at AH). WAI.