Maybe its the battlegroup, luck, or the bracket 60-70 but the BG’s I have been slotting in-between dungeons on my Warrior have been great xp gain ventures for me, and have proven better for XP then Random Dungeons. I also seem to be winning more then loosing – 5/5 AV victories. 8/13 AB and not shown on that table is 1/2 wsg.
One AB match we held 3 bases for a long time. We defended the onslaught of the horde – pushed back their offense, and while they abandoned BS to try to take LM from us, we snuck in behind, and capped it – forcing them back to defend their position. It was a slow victory, but we won, and we did it by teamwork, and communication.
I am seeing a hunger to win in these lower level BG’s that I don’t see much in level 80’s ones. Besides getting positive – gooey – I kicked the horde butt feeling you get from winning a BG. Lobie Bg’s give you Honor, Rep, and XP, while at 80 your just after honor and rep. We level faster when we win.
My first pvp experience in WSG as a Prot Warrior when I was under 20 was rather depressing. Run up to target getting pummelled by range. Have no rage – smack them once, and die. Getting charge in Prot stance has made Bging a lot more fun.
I had a purpose for doing BG’s . I had my first lust for Shield – 13k honor Grand Marshals Aegis not only does it seem to be an awesome stat’d shield for my level 65 now – It is shiny. As in Really shiny. In the sunlight in game it has this sheen to it that is dazzling. It’s rather factionotic ( I know this is not a word, but was trying to come up with something similar to patriotic.) and see I am keeping my Victory count on the side of my shield.
It looks more like some way of saying “Just cos you can see my arse cheeks clearly does not mean you have an invitation. Now get down and stay down.” Insert many shield slams here.
I haven’t BG’d much at low levels but given I am levelling a druid I might seriously consider it.
What kind of queues are you seeing for BGs? I know at 80 on Bloodlust random BGs are around 5-6 minutes.
Ab on the weekend was pretty fast ( holiday weekend) Av takes 1/2-1 hour so i que for Ab and take Av when it pops. Your seeing that long for 80? Randoms on Bloodlust at 80 I get normally take 1-2 min tops
Yeah I was waiting 5-7 mins on my lock last night for BGs to pop during peak time.
Berserker Stance -> Recklessness -> Defensive Stance -> Shield Block -> Battle Stance -> Concussion Blow -> Shield Slam = dead player.
Hilarious fun, you should try it sometime. 😛
Needs non-Australian latency 😦
Randoms are only 1-2 minutes for me on bloodlust as well, perhaps it was just the night?
I was going to suggest turning Wg shards into boa honor tokens bu you play blackrock alliance:) I was doing that to fund a horde alt from alliance side. But based on my experience last Ioc weekend you wont like 70-79, I dinged 80 with a 80% win record and never had a loss in AB(as horde)