Breakfast Topic: Favorite battleground

by Elizabeth Harper Jul 27th 2007 at 8:00AM

There are four battlegrounds in the game right now, but you can still only play one at a time -- which means you've got to have a favorite. You know, the battleground you hope will come up even while you're in another. I have to say, I think my favorite is still Alterac Valley. I've always loved the massive battle that plays out there, and how it integrates PvE elements in a PvP framework -- however, I can't say I'm fond of the AFKers these days... But this isn't about my favorite battleground -- today we're asking which of the four you favor, and why. So tell us, do you have a favorite battleground?

Tags: alterac valley, AlteracValley, arathi basin, ArathiBasin, battleground, eye of the storm, EyeOfTheStorm, pvp, warsong gulch, WarsongGulch, world of warcraft, WorldOfWarcraft, wow

Filed under: PvP, Breakfast Topics

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

ghen Jul 28th 2007 9:30PM

Arathi Basin. Its the right mix of small-team play with large scale battle. Getting 40v40 set games are impossible, but 15v15 happens enough to give a huge boost of accomplishment when its over.

Lanae Jul 27th 2007 8:07AM

Of the two I know & play, WSG and AB, it would be AB. Maybe because the Alliance doesn't get its bottom kicked every single time like in WSG, so it's actually fun to play for me.

Krishan Jul 27th 2007 8:09AM

For gaining honour I love AV but for fun I am very fond of AB simply because it's nicely spread out, it's a simple map and it's all about capturing bases :D

alienatheart Jul 27th 2007 8:12AM

i love AV, horde have a huge amount of fun rushing the allies base.

4STR4STALeatherBelt Jul 27th 2007 8:12AM

Warsong Gulch, without a doubt.

With a good team, against another good team, it's the more interesting of the Battlegrounds. The only downside is when it's a bad team against a good team, it's horribly obvious moreso than in the others.

homant Jul 27th 2007 8:17AM

WSG hands down.

Yes, it's the most susceptible to premades.

Yes, it's the lowest honor/hour if you lose.

But CTF never gets old to me :)

Niyx Jul 27th 2007 8:36AM

AB

Its possible for you to single handedly turn the tide of the battle and its impossible for the game to last more than 45 minutes like warsong.

AB is definitely the best BG.

mark Jul 27th 2007 3:45PM

I usually do AV becasue I'm a prot. Warrior so I can be of actual use in that BG as well as gaining the highest honor/hour.

But for fun I'm all about Eye of the Storm. It's just the most fun fight for me because small 8v8 skirmishes pop up all over the map while you're capping some objectives!

DarqAngels Jul 27th 2007 8:48AM

Old AV before they took out all the NPC's, it used to be an epic battle, you had people mining, you had people farming hides. Send out a 5 man to rescue the goblin and take the shredder...

Come on how cool was Old AV!

BillDoor Jul 27th 2007 8:50AM

I agree with the others, AB is my favorite, followed by WSG.

AB is fun because it's reasonably sized, and the battle for the nodes really keeps you moving. Defense works, but you need a very active office too.

mcclary Jul 27th 2007 9:32AM

I'm with 7. There's nothing worse than going into WSG for a quick 15-20 minute battle and finding yourself at a stalemate an hour later.

Wulfhere Jul 27th 2007 8:54AM

I play a lot of Alterac Valley because, frankly, I want to make 2000 or more honor in a day. Can't do that in WSG, it seems to me.

Bearskunk Jul 27th 2007 8:55AM

AV is awesome. You can just sit in a cave, do nothing and at the end of the day go buy a new PVP item with the pile of honor points you got :D

Tolento Jul 27th 2007 8:56AM

Alliance rogue here. My favorite has always been AV. Particularly the old Proudmoore-only AV's before cross realm battlegrounds. They used to take hours and hours to complete. The queue times were long but the AV matches, once you got into them, could last all day.

I want another big fat 40vs40 battleground. The more players the better!

Arawn Jul 27th 2007 9:02AM

AV is obvious, but my second is Eye of the Storm. Second fastest honor in the game, and it requires your team to walk and chew gum at the same time (which no one seems to get...you *cannot* just hold two towers and win)

Welshboff Jul 27th 2007 9:24AM

I used to really love AV. I remember 5 hr epic battles and it really felt like if was war and really worth the win.

Now with AV finishing in about 20 mins it started off fun but now its boring. Give me epic raging war again please.

So for me AV followed very closly by AB

Hidden_Agenda Jul 27th 2007 9:50AM

I am quite fond of EotS. It has elements from both AB and WSG. What is not to like?

innajunglestylee Jul 27th 2007 9:59AM

@16

I'm with you. I like how a game where one side wholly ignores flag caps can quickly flip for the other side (and I've been on the wrong side of that); I like how quickly I can run from flag cap to flag cap to keep the action going. Sure, it was kind of lazy design to simply take elements from the existing games and be like "LOL WSABG!" but hey, it works.

Luis D. Jul 27th 2007 10:20AM

I guess I'd have to say AV for the grand scale of it but I wish there was one that was just purely a deathmatch. Why can't there be one where it's just an all-out 40v40 (or higher) battle? The team with the most kills in a certain amount of time (maybe 10 min? 15?) would get the bonus honor. No caves to hide in, no faction NPC's to protect you. One can only dream...

Heraclea Jul 27th 2007 10:42AM

AV for me. As a prot-specced warrior, it's the only one I feel remotely useful in. The NPC bosses mean that there is work for a tank there. Play there rewards things other than ranged burst damage and crowd control, which is what PvP is about anywhere else.

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