01-11-2008, 03:13 AM
Odd, taking Stonehearth is the norm in the AVs I've done, in fact not taking that graveyard normally means the Horde is not going to win.
Is the alliance right? I don't think that's the right question. There is no obligation for the alliance to field a team for a battleground. I know I boycott WSG personally, because I hate the way people play it. Its CAPTURE the flag, people, not farm HKs in the midfield. Sigh. I certainly sympathize with their plight, my last server, Fenris, the horde in that battlegroup blew chunks, there was no hope of winning an AV back then (first part of last year). And so the response of most of the horde was 'don't bother, suffer enough games to get your tokens then never go back'.
The sad thing is, Blizzard is not drawing the right conclusions from how AV has turned out, and this will just make the devs even more determined to 'avoid repeating the mistake that is AV'. I really don't like the hamhanded approach they have taken to 'correcting' the balance in AV. And this latest one-sided buff is just too damn silly for words. They need to spend the time, money and resources to revamp AV, straighten the map out, get rid of the exploits and the lousy map layout, and do it right.
Is the alliance right? I don't think that's the right question. There is no obligation for the alliance to field a team for a battleground. I know I boycott WSG personally, because I hate the way people play it. Its CAPTURE the flag, people, not farm HKs in the midfield. Sigh. I certainly sympathize with their plight, my last server, Fenris, the horde in that battlegroup blew chunks, there was no hope of winning an AV back then (first part of last year). And so the response of most of the horde was 'don't bother, suffer enough games to get your tokens then never go back'.
The sad thing is, Blizzard is not drawing the right conclusions from how AV has turned out, and this will just make the devs even more determined to 'avoid repeating the mistake that is AV'. I really don't like the hamhanded approach they have taken to 'correcting' the balance in AV. And this latest one-sided buff is just too damn silly for words. They need to spend the time, money and resources to revamp AV, straighten the map out, get rid of the exploits and the lousy map layout, and do it right.