We "Won" AV... yet get less honor?

#0 - March 6, 2008, 4:05 p.m.
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Just finished a pug AV, we were doing pretty terrible, Horde rushed DB faster than we could rush FW. They then proceeded to recap their two FW towers at the same time as our DB towers turned.

Out of desperation, we managed to convince a warrior to put on a shield, and he triple-tanked the icewing warmasters and drek, and we were able to DPS drek down in time to beat the horde to the finish.

The Frostwolf General is Dead! The Alliance Wins!

Bonus Honor: Alliance, 250 Horde, 375

.....should this be happening? I thought we won!
#24 - March 6, 2008, 5:12 p.m.
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.....should this be happening? I thought we won!


But if the other team destroyed more towers and killed more NPCs, didn't they accomplish more in the battleground?
#37 - March 6, 2008, 5:35 p.m.
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No. They failed to complete the main objective.

In any other contest, it matters not what the stats are at the end of the contest...only who won the match.


Glad to hear Alterac Valley is not like "any other contest". ;-)
#76 - March 6, 2008, 6 p.m.
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To be honest, i think this points out a pretty big flaw in the system- like how a team can pull out more objectives in the bg and still lose.

I hppe that the 2.4 patch fixes stuff like this.

Could the devs also just take a good look at the overall design of this bg. There are a ton of good posts on the subject.

I understand that mirroring the bases is not an option, i wouldnt want that anyway. But they should be equivalent in number of entry ways, npc aggro paths, npc support structure and tower defendablity.

I always thought it was kinda... dumb that an alliance bunker gets support from its own archers and horde bunkers are pretty much a "gimmie" when you get inside.

Likewise, i think balinda needs a complete overhaul. She is much more managable then galv, simple due to the cast times and such. Maybe make her a new class all together. Buffing her and vann's (i still don't get why you buffed vann's hp to compensate for bals weakness btw) hp did not change the fact that her design is just weak compared to galvs.

Oh well, this is not relevent to the post, and im sure will get ignored. But it can't hurt to try.


I don't think we have ever changed Alterac Valley from its original design... oh, wait, actually it's changed significantly since it came out and overall it looks like it is working pretty well right now.

Did you see the changes to Balinda and AV in general coming in patch 2.4? http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=4311227692&sid=1 Have you had a chance to test them on the PTR?

We continue to watch this battleground like all aspects of the game and make changes as we feel they are needed. While you may disagree with the setup of completing tasks in the battleground to gain honor, if honor points are your goal, you know what you need to do to get them.