Do you honestly have fun as a F2P in 20-24 battlegrounds?
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Insects
Legend
I like playing battlegrounds when I play with my friends: Mindy, Verh, Earl, etc. I mean, like previous posters have said, you win some and you lose some. Sure, I'll get frustrated when I meet 24s consistently, but it doesn't ruin the game for me to the point where I don't want to play them anymore.
When it comes to arenas, they're just okay imo. Honestly the reason I don't like to play them is because I know I'm bad, and I know I'll screw up and feel guilty if the team I'm on loses. I'm not saying arenas are bad, I think it's great that people want to do them. I just don't think they're for me.
Anyway, just my two cents.
When it comes to arenas, they're just okay imo. Honestly the reason I don't like to play them is because I know I'm bad, and I know I'll screw up and feel guilty if the team I'm on loses. I'm not saying arenas are bad, I think it's great that people want to do them. I just don't think they're for me.
Anyway, just my two cents.
Antithesis
Legend
Well, this poll looks completely impartial.
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Klinda
Legend
Please tell me your trolling, as Yde said, the poll results are simply your own opinion, from what others have said thus far it seems people are still enjoying themselves despite the blatant imbalances. Look at that poll cotus and tell me you think that is a fair and honest poll. Why not be logical and have an option that says yes, no or sometimes?
C O T U S
Legend
yeah you caught me dude, i hacked the above 36 peoples' forum accounts and voted in the poll for all of them. the results are simply my own opinion. then i hacked a bunch of other peoples' forum accounts and made 5 pages worth of forum posts on their different accounts
i'll remember this next time i try to sneak one by you!
verh
Legend
I didn't vote because there is no "Yes" option. The way you've worded it is incredibly biased.
Purse
Legend
It's no secret that COTUS and some other veteran f2p players look down on BGs as a waste of time - and push for F2P Arena as the one and only way to enjoy PVP at this bracket.
And it's also clear that many of us enjoy playing bgs, whether that's by pugging (to each their own I guess), pugmades (not much better) and a full 10/15-man premade (genuine fun times, especially AB).
So lets just stop arguing/debating over this. The fact is: if you enjoy BGs, great. If you enjoy Arena, great. If soloing instances is how you enjoy F2P, good for you!
Nobody is forcing you to play the other if you don't want to.
And it's also clear that many of us enjoy playing bgs, whether that's by pugging (to each their own I guess), pugmades (not much better) and a full 10/15-man premade (genuine fun times, especially AB).
So lets just stop arguing/debating over this. The fact is: if you enjoy BGs, great. If you enjoy Arena, great. If soloing instances is how you enjoy F2P, good for you!
Nobody is forcing you to play the other if you don't want to.
Rhaellia
Has Been
Yes but only when I'm with friends.
I'm so burnt-out I almost can't stand to login anymore, ALMOST ;D
Seriously, I don't wanna be in a faceroll 10 man premade with people I don't know. I just want some games with my friends, win or lose, I don't care. Alliance or horde, don't care. WSG or AB, don't care =)
I'm so burnt-out I almost can't stand to login anymore, ALMOST ;D
Seriously, I don't wanna be in a faceroll 10 man premade with people I don't know. I just want some games with my friends, win or lose, I don't care. Alliance or horde, don't care. WSG or AB, don't care =)
Zorglub
Legend
tbh I always like meeting and playing with new ppl, probably cause most of ppl I knew left the game.
which isn't so strange if we bare in mind that most of ppl I knew well when I started playing wow are finishing college or working now
even if 9/10 of new ppl turn out to be douchebags (which mostly happens), because of that 1 person I'll enjoy playing with its worth the effort.
at least I think so.
ofc, don't get me wrong, its great to play with friends and so, but sooner or later you'll end up with a much lesser pool of ppl then @ start
I'll phrase Robin Williams from Good Will Hunting here -
"Maybe *you're* perfect right now.
Maybe you don't wanna ruin that.
I think that's a super philosophy, Will;
that way you can go through your entire life without ever having to really know anybody... "
KainUFC
Legend
Nice giant Sasugay pic
zaxxo1
Legend
Personally, I've never gone into arena, mainly because of a complete lack of knowledge of what it is. I don't know whether it's an all out deathmatch, or objective based etc. One thing that I believe would help me personally to take up the idea of arenas would be sone sort of guide, what they are, basic tactics etc.
The other thing that holds me back, is that i always see what I consider to be the best AP players doing arenas, and I know i could not begin to compete with them with my character and skill level at the moment. To counter this problem, i have two ideas:
1. The 'elite' players give an almost tutoring session to the less skilled players, building their confidence and giving them advice. If you really wanted people to stop bg's and start arenas, i think this would help a lot.
2. The other is to start having arenas in which only the players that have not done arenas a lot participate in, therefore eliminating the hazard of being significantly outclassed, and of letting your team down.
If any of these things could happen, I know it would bring me to arena, and perchance many others as well. Also, I think it's important to never discourage a player, but instead to provide tips and support to help them improve.
~Zaxxo
The other thing that holds me back, is that i always see what I consider to be the best AP players doing arenas, and I know i could not begin to compete with them with my character and skill level at the moment. To counter this problem, i have two ideas:
1. The 'elite' players give an almost tutoring session to the less skilled players, building their confidence and giving them advice. If you really wanted people to stop bg's and start arenas, i think this would help a lot.
2. The other is to start having arenas in which only the players that have not done arenas a lot participate in, therefore eliminating the hazard of being significantly outclassed, and of letting your team down.
If any of these things could happen, I know it would bring me to arena, and perchance many others as well. Also, I think it's important to never discourage a player, but instead to provide tips and support to help them improve.
~Zaxxo
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Mialo
The Architect.
General information about arenas.
And some more about the arenas themselves:
Ring of Trials - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
Ring of Valor - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
Ruins of Lordaeron - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
Circle of Blood - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
Dalaran Arena - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
We usually make teams even, be it the classsetup, playerskills and/or experience, gear,... There is no reason not to play arenas as long as you aren't braindead and willing to learn.
The best way to learn is still to play
Klinda
Legend
Now that i look at what i wrote i realize that was completely worded wrong.
What i meant to say was that the options of this poll were bias and clearly illogical as others have pointed out. The options of this poll(or at least the 1st one) are a generalization of the experiences of others simply based off of your own experiences and that is not a smart thing to make. Just because you may have one good game every few days doesn't mean other active players in the bracket have one good game every few days either.
My win ratio as you can see here is a little over 50% which obviously means that i have more than "1 acceptable game every few days". I'm not speaking for everyone because logical reasoning says i can't do that. I'm just saying that you shouldn't generalize other peoples experiences based on your own.
Imirak
Legend
Why not simply add a "Yes" option without the bias? Are you concerned that it will get the most votes and burst your little bubble of cynicism?
Kearbear
Legend
Voted "yes" but no I do not really enjoy "putting up with bullshit." It frustrates me sometimes just like it does anyone else.
However I wouldn't bother logging at all if I didn't find this fun. It is fun to have a -free- PvP outlet sometimes. It's fun to pull together and win against the odds (was in a pug group the other day that cooperated to beat a 7 hunt ally team, and it was fun) Maybe I'm just a masochist, but I don't have to win every game or be in a position to steamroll the opposition to enjoy myself. The challenge is what keeps it interesting for me.
However I wouldn't bother logging at all if I didn't find this fun. It is fun to have a -free- PvP outlet sometimes. It's fun to pull together and win against the odds (was in a pug group the other day that cooperated to beat a 7 hunt ally team, and it was fun
) Maybe I'm just a masochist, but I don't have to win every game or be in a position to steamroll the opposition to enjoy myself. The challenge is what keeps it interesting for me.