Eye of the Storm - Like or Dislike?

What's your opinion of Eye of the Storm?

  • I like it more than any other battleground!

    Votes: 8 16.3%
  • I like it as much as any other battleground.

    Votes: 25 51.0%
  • I'm okay with it, but would rather play a different battleground.

    Votes: 13 26.5%
  • It is my least favorite battleground.

    Votes: 2 4.1%
  • I dislike it so much, I block it from random battlegrounds.

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Total voters
    49

Kincaide

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I was just curious about what you guys thought about Eye of the Storm. I'm especially interested in the opinions of those folks who have never played it before it was released to F2Ps. I did a lot of EotS years back on my paid account (and AV too, but that's another story) so I don't have the perspective of someone who is playing it for the first time.

For those with active paid accounts, I'm asking specifically for your thoughts of EotS at the F2P level. Also, this isn't meant to consider general complaints about the bracket as a whole, except how they may specifically affect Eye of the Storm.
 
I have never been big on EotS, but it is always refreshing with a change from time to time. Playing without the fear of being thrown off the edge of the map is also nice.
 
I find that EotS is one of those battlegrounds that are only fun when you have a team that knows what the hell they are doing. Since that is not the case for the f2p community, because most of them have NEVER played it before, it is extremely teeth grinding to play it. Seeing people rush mid and ignore bases; or others capping the flag when we are winning, with 3 bases and without control of mid. Once you get a team that knows what to do, its a very fun instance to play in. The jumps are fun too, which not many people know around here (even the big jumpers).
 
What jumps? I cannot seem to think of any off the top of my head. Besides, how much fun is there in jumping around on purple rocks? The only BG that, as far as I am concerned, has had fun wall jumps and glitching into cool spots is Alterac Valley.

That reminds me. Does anybody remember a PvP movie from vanilla, in which a mage did a lot of wall jumping and stuff in AV? I have been searching for it for a while, but its name eludes me!
 
1. Alterac Valley.
2. Arathi Basin.
3. Eye of the Storm.
4. Warsong Gulch.

My preferences.
 
Like any BG, it can be a lot of fun when you aren't playing with a team of average WoW players.

They just don't have the rudimentary level of logic to understand that what can happen in this situation:

Code:
GY1



Base 1        Base 2

5x Team 1     5x Team 1



Base 3        Base 4

5x Team 1     5x Team 1


GY2

20x Team 2



is this:

Code:
GY1



Base 1        Base 2

5x Team 1     5x Team 1
6x Team 2


Base 3        Base 4

5x Team 1     5x Team 1
7x Team 2     7x Team 2

GY2

and given balanced teams that results in:

Code:
GY1

15x Team 1


Base 1        Base 2

              5x Team 1
6x Team 2


Base 3        Base 4

                       
7x Team 2     7x Team 2

GY2


The lesson of EOTS (and similarly AB) is that greed and overconfidence can cost you the game. Get 2 teams of players who understand this, and you can have a great game though, each team probing the other team's defenses for weaknesses.
 
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What jumps? I cannot seem to think of any off the top of my head. Besides, how much fun is there in jumping around on purple rocks? The only BG that, as far as I am concerned, has had fun wall jumps and glitching into cool spots is Alterac Valley.

That reminds me. Does anybody remember a PvP movie from vanilla, in which a mage did a lot of wall jumping and stuff in AV? I have been searching for it for a while, but its name eludes me!

The only easy jump that comes to mind is at DR. You can jump onto the broken building and them jump onto the flag. perfect spot for healing if youre dealing with MDPS. An old old old one was also in MT, you could jump on the coat hanger with the flag and climb up inside to the top of the tower.
 
Does anybody remember a PvP movie from vanilla, in which a mage did a lot of wall jumping and stuff in AV? I have been searching for it for a while, but its name eludes me!

Also, to reply to the other half of your comment: the only mage that I am aware of that is on Youtube and does WoW exploration things is TheWizardTrokair. You can check his older uploads. Maybe you'll have luck :)
 
I haven't played it before it was made available to f2p, and I think I like it a lot. It's similar to AB, which I enjoy as well. They seem to have somewhat more strategic depth than WSG. I can't compare to AV because that queue is not popping often enough.
 
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Generally like it quite a lot. The timing of flag captures adds to the strategic factor in a way that I approve of.
 
It's fine. I wish more people knew how to play it. I also wish the flag would stop bugging.
 
I like Eots, I think it's a nice combo of ab and wsg.

As already mentioned, it can get a bit frustrating when your team doesn't really know how to win, or maybe they do but they are too busy fighting in mid to do anything else. It's a great BG imho and it brings something different to the bracket.

TLDR: It's great, I like it.
 

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