EU+US Important: Not being able to join the new AV

icehawk · Nov 5, 2019

ohti said:
I'm not huge on the fact that they made it BFA content either but I don't understand how so many ppl think it makes no sense for it to be considered BFA content

Ive been P2P through 4 Xpacs. Now that I’m not currently P2P, does that mean I can’t celebrate an anniversary? I’ve been part of WoW’s history.
It defeats the purpose of an anniversary - everyone should have a right to participate.
I didn’t realise it was P2Celebrate these days.
I really hope it’s not as intended and just some lazy coding that gets sorted soon.

Sin'dor · Nov 5, 2019

EDD said:
i don't know but what other BFA content could you do below lvl 110?
yet this event can be done by anyone lvl 10-110 only if you have BFA.

This has happened in previous expansions with any new "event" that required its own zone/instance... like the Trial of Style, for example.

Bug-reports and forums were flooded with complaints, because there was absolutely no reason to "gate" a game-wide holiday behind the latest expansion... but it was never changed because it wasn't a "bug".

That's simply how the game works.

I've submitted a ticket about todays BG, but it won't make a difference. The only thing that might push Blizzard to "make an exception" would be a moral outcry of sufficient mass.

You'd need to guilt them with a highly-visible 1000-post thread about the hypocrisy of "Celebrating 15 Years" when the very people that have played/payed for those 15 years can't participate if they don't cough-up extra cash for the latest expansion... or a viral #15YearSnub twitter movement, or whatever.

Baumbart · Nov 6, 2019

Tarren Mill vs Southshore and Molten Core for the 10th anniversary also required the latest expansion. It's stupid but this is Blizzard.

ohti · Nov 6, 2019

icehawk said:
Now that I’m not currently P2P, does that mean I can’t celebrate an anniversary?

You can if you just bought BFA

icehawk said:
It defeats the purpose of an anniversary - everyone should have a right to participate.

I'll drink to that

icehawk said:
I really hope it’s not as intended and just some lazy coding that gets sorted soon.

Every atom in my body says this was intended.

LennywBT · Nov 6, 2019

Baumbart said:
Tarren Mill vs Southshore and Molten Core for the 10th anniversary also required the latest expansion. It's stupid but this is Blizzard.

It is in no way stupid. This, first of all its a business, then a game. What's been done makes sense, just because you or some other portion disagree doesn't mean you are right.

Rhaellia · Nov 7, 2019

Whelp.

Edit: This was on a vet account without bfa or gametime.

Chops · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
Whelp.

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Lol they heard us and said "suck shit, nerds"

Mythic Al · Nov 7, 2019

So, now you need BfA & an active subscription?

Edit: Nevermind, I can queue on my Inactive BfA Veteran with XPOn. Perhaps was just referring to the change in Error Message?

Rhaellia · Nov 7, 2019

Chops said:
Lol they heard us and said "suck shit, nerds"

Well, they did fix the bug

Prime Al said:
So, now you need BfA & an active subscription?

Edit: Nevermind, I can queue on my Inactive Veteran with XPOn. Perhaps was just referring to the change in Error Message?

Yeah, this is just on a vet account without bfa.

Edit: Oh wait, my f2p still gets the same error. Lol. Nvm.

Mythic Al · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
Well, they did fix the bug

Yeah, this is just on a vet account without bfa.

Gotcha.

Rhaellia · Nov 7, 2019

So wait, did vet accounts without bfa always get that error?

Mythic Al · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
So wait, did vet accounts without bfa always get that error?

No, I think it used to be "Group join failed" or something along those lines, but it was still an error message.

Chops · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
So wait, did vet accounts without bfa always get that error?

Yes

Conzil · Nov 7, 2019

I have pretty much given up by now but you guys can still complain in here https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/w...korraks-revenge-join-as-a-group-failed/101396 and we might get a change

Rhaellia · Nov 7, 2019

I agree. Even though for F2P it's still the same error. It seems pretty likely it is intended.

I've also posted a thread on the forums for US folks.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/av-event-join-as-a-group-failed-bug/355726

Maybe next year? Lmao. It does seem like the AV event might be part of the new yearly anniversary content due to it being an achievement under the PvP tab.

Conzil · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
Maybe next year? Lmao. It does seem like the AV event might be part of the new yearly anniversary content due to it being an achievement under the PvP tab.

I really hope so, atleast I can do AV on my other acc

Brihan · Nov 7, 2019

I also hope it'll be there next year ...
Or maybe it's only a "15th anniversary event" ...
Or maybe it's just a giant experimentation made by Blizzard to collect data and see how to scale properly everyone in Shadowlands, maybe leading also to scaled PvP in the future

icehawk · Nov 7, 2019

Rhaellia said:
Whelp.

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Edit: This was on a vet account without bfa or gametime.

Well, looks like Blizz have played their hand here.......
They can stick their anniversary..........

Conzil · Nov 8, 2019

Get rekt non belivers! It's f*cking fixed!

Brihan · Nov 8, 2019

Coliz said:
Get rekt non belivers! It's f*cking fixed!

Thanks for the kind words

It's been a team fight tho

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