r/worldofpvp

Mine is probably the Boomie silence as a healer in shuffle or Hunters Trap

Getting really tiring to use the LFG system and sit for hours at a time. Let us pick preferred specs for teammates, and give 50 rating advantage against a team that is queued as a group - if another solo-queued group can't be found in a timely manner.

This is how every other game on the planet does this already, we're using an ancient system here

I've decided I want to either play a human priest or warlock and will be doing a lot of battlegrounds in forever. Undead will be a pain for both, but more so for the priest because their fear has a cooldown. Warlocks also have to deal with the orc shatter curse ability. I'm kinda of discouraged on both classes, but they are what I'm interested in, so which one do we think will have a better time in battlegrounds?

Requiring sitting is outdated game design. I can't think of any other successful game that does it. The vast majority of players don't enjoy it, and people have told me they stopped doing blitz just because they play a spec that has to sit.

My idea: make active capture points rotate. Original blitz Eye of the Storm had the right idea, except for some reason Blizzard linked the nodes rotating to the flag capture, which was dumb. Just make the points rotate on a timer that activates after a capture. In Arathi Basin, for example, the map could rotate between farm and stables being active and lumber mill and mines being active. Blacksmith can stay active the whole time for the freaks who love mid fights.

For Gilneas, maybe rotate between waterworks being active and mine and lighthouse being active. I'm not sure this would be great, but it would be better than requiring sitting.

What I mean by that, is I remember before in solo shuffle, with Arcane mage I could if left unfocused use my arcane surge and touch of magi with good procs and literally delte someone on solo shuffle.

Which class can do something like that now?

All the experience I have in PvP is from BG and focusing in objectives is what I do best, but I still don’t master encounters.

I’d like to start with arenas and solo shuffle, but the problem is I feel clumsy and there is quite a toxic environment. In shuffle I have seen other players comment on “how nerd and noob” a player is and it gets me anxious. Yesterday I was the kill target for 4 rounds in a row and that diminished my performance even more. I have a lot to learn about positioning.

Maybe I could start with premades for arenas, but who would have the patience to play with me? I don’t want to deceive the group.

What is your experience? Because we all started from scratch. How would you approach this? I really like PvP and I really want to learn. I have started with afflock. Which classes would you recommend me to start?

All this cry for having exclusive vanity gear handed over for almost free got me thinking.

Like how many games per season are you actually playing? Have you ever went trough the grind it takes to achieve something hard? Some people should, instead of crying for handed out free rewards spend that time to actually once go trough the grind to achieve hard rewards, maybe that would make you respect the work and effort of having those mounts/tabards/enchants take.

Point of reward system is to have ladder of rewards, so there is always next step you can try and get. Current reward system is totally rigged: Currently elite is top 4%, which is miles below hardest reward, which is rank 1 gladiator. We are at start of season and by end of season elite is something pretty much anyone with slightest effort can achieve. If everyone can have some reward, sooner or later it will lose its value and then there is nothing to achieve from arena. Jump from top 50% to top 0,1% is not good reward structure.

Exclusivity is only real value these vanity items have and noone would want them if they werent exclusive. You can get same model in different color from that seasons mythic raid, which is something anyone with hands and keyboard can do, yet noone wants them. Its not the look that makes these rewards valuable, its the prestige that is behind of countless of hours of improving yourself. Noone would go trough the grind to win olympic medal, if you could buy it for 5e from costco / lidle.

Go ahead and call me elitist gatekeeper or whatever personal attack that is coming, but I dont think I am. I just want to have goal and reward for achieving that goal. I am playing one season per expansion and last expansion it took me 4k solo shuffle rounds to get legend, like 3,9k to get elite. I am not someone that just logs in and is born with magical ability to just log in and have these rewards, it takes lots of work and effort and that is the thing I am addicted to in wow. I had to start improving myself from around 1,7k rating, but instead of crying for inflation / lower rating requirements, i went and actually learned the game and that is something everyone with high rating has done at some point. The feeling you get when you finally hit that goal is pure ecstasy and that is what makes me come back. If gladiator / legend / 2.2k / whatever is not something you can invest enough time, then you should set up your goal lower and be happy with top 10% / top 20% or whatever reward you set for urself. If you cant invest time and effort to hardest rewards in game and still want them to handed out for you, you are just really entitled prick that doesnt value anything but your own ego.

Having free rewards for everyone may be fun for 10minutes or one season, but in the end it kills reward system for everyone, including yourself. That title / mount / tabard is totally pointless if everyone has it.

What's probably the best race for pvp feral druid? (horde side)

Tauren has the stun, 5% hp bonus + 1% hit chance.

Skyborne has 1% haste and 10% movement speed active (i wonder if it stacks with cat form)

So, what race probably has the most value for feral druid? I never played classic wow (only retail) and never played druid, it will be my first time with the class

I know some people will say, just play what you want, but I like the two races and mostly I don't care for visuals

Any lock player who is enjoying classic out there, what do you think will be better racial in pvp as a lock, being able to remove stuns or removing slowing effect?

I am torn between human and gnome, but will def play as alliance.

Random question I've been thinking about.

When you're playing arena/PvP, especially once you've played your class for a long time, how much are you actually thinking about what you're doing versus just reacting automatically?

Like are you actively thinking:

"Warrior used Avatar, I need to trade a defensive."

"Healer has no trinket, next CC chain could win."

"They have X cooldown coming back in 20 seconds, so I need to hold Y."

Or does most of that eventually become instinct/muscle memory where you see something happen and immediately react without really consciously processing it?

I feel like I do a lot of reacting in the moment, especially in shuffle around 1800 MMR because it feels like straight chaos. I'm wondering if better/high-rated players are constantly thinking 2-3 moves ahead, or if they've just played enough that those decisions become automatic.

Curious how it feels for people at different ratings.

Edit Context: I'm a healer

My friend said he wants to try aug in 2s and I before hand had mentioned he could pick anything and I'd find something to match with it.

We would prefer 2x dps and I can't imagine a healer being the right choice. Only looking for 1800 and with inflation being a thing that wasnt here last time we hit did 2s I'm sure we can make it.

Any recommendations? I have most classes at 90 or near it

Or is there a bug or something? It actually doesn't slow anyone anymore. I think it might even make you faster if you have crippling poison on you.