Shared topic => Hizzere <=. Yes, I just said “Hizzere”. Accept it and move on with your life.
Many things have changed and improved within the game between Vanilla, BC & Wrath. Which change that Blizzard released, made a fundamental difference to your gaming experience?
I can answer that question in two words: Battleground Experience. Don’t ask me which patch that was, because I wasn’t paying attention. I was too busy drooling over the fact that my Hunter would actually gain levels again. Around level 29, she became hopelessly lost to the confines of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch. Try as I might to actually go out and level, doing so was largely a means to pass the time in queue.
Once I hit 30 and went from chart-topper to cannon fodder, I was still enough of an annoyance to wall off a WSG flag from all who thought they could just grab the flag and ignore me. Joke’s on you. Hyper Survival Crowd Control Giga-Cannon X Go! That’ll teach you to not kill me. I wiggle my under-leveled squishy tooshie at you!
*cough*
As I was saying, I was really enjoying Hunter PvP, and spending many many hours accomplishing absolutely nothing. If you’ve read any of my other posts, I’m sure you know that’s something at which I’m very good, so it wasn’t going to stop me. It would’ve been nice to have some forward momentum, though. And then they announced it. BG XP! The BGs were suddenly twice as full, many players of whom had next to zero PvP playtime. It was just people out having fun, gaining XP, and moving on with their day. Many BG regulars and twinks absolutely hated it. Their twink status was no more, and their team was suddenly comprised of n00bs who get on their mounts when they cap a flag (because I’ve never done that… on multiple occasions… <_<;). And they made their frustration known (as they always do).
I, meanwhile, was in heaven. My Hunter started leveling and quickly. I was nearing the 50s before I realized I was still geared from my 30s. I even lead and organized a few wins, which is totally out of character for me (and out of character for most BG players to listen). For a month, my other characters atrophied, and I couldn’t have been happier.
It’s not a perfect system. I still think a 10 level bracket is too big of a gap not to offer some sort of balancing buff. Attempting to contribute from the bottom half of the bracket in any meaningful way is mostly an effort in futility, though I’m finding it slightly easier to hunt and peck for similar-leveled opponents than it used to be. Still, I love the BGs and now my time spent in them on the road to 80 isn’t a complete waste of progress.
And your shared topic fortune cookie:
I’ve thought of a charity event. For every losing AV I am part of in which no one spams /bg with insults, blame or assorted QQ, I will make a charitable donation. I’m calling it STFU4Tots. So far, the donation total is $0, and it’s not looking good for the starving orphens.
