New WoW Battleground!

[XenonCJ]

Preview of the new World of WarCraft battleground: Arathi Basin is up:

The Basic Concept



Both sides of up to 15 players each compete to occupy the five resource nodes spread throughout Arathi Basin.
Each claimed node generates resources for the owning team. The more nodes your team controls, the quicker you gain natural resources. The first team that gains 2,000 resources wins.
Both the winning and losing team earn honor after completing an Arathi Basin Battleground, as accumulated resources translate directly into bonus honor for players. Even if you don't win the Battleground, you walk away with honor.
As players compete, they will improve their reputation with the Defilers or League of Arathor, thereby earning many new and powerful rewards.
Arathi Basin is banded by level, just like Warsong Gulch. The minimum level to join is 21, and different instances will spawn for players between levels 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, and 51-60.
More at:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/arathi.html

[Paltry]

.... jumanji!

[Mrbunchypants]

sweet. looks like alot of fun :D

[Vermillion]

Everytime I turn around now a days, I'm tempted to rejoin WoW. Curses.

Must remind myself of the pain of the grind. And that I like not losing days at a time. And that I enjoy being married.....

Luckily I gave my account to a friend and it will be tough to get it back seeing as that is now his primary account and he's in love with the Druid my hard work created LOL

[Draft]

Sounds like a lot of fun... when you can play.

Please, Blizzard, please make Battlegrounds cross server. I'm begging you here.

[Varsity]

I love the hills in the background!

[XenonCJ]

Sounds like a lot of fun... when you can play.

Please, Blizzard, please make Battlegrounds cross server. I'm begging you here.Exactly... I 2nd that sentiment whole-heartedly. The more battlegrounds they add, the harder it will be to get a game going... Simply because the player base is spread thinner and thinner across them...

[Demo_Boy]

You know in Tribes 2 they had C&H CTF hybrid maps that were awesome.
You would have to own a Capture and Hold point to lower the forcefields to access the flag stand.
Does WOW have Shrikes?

[Blue]

I'm in that terrible grey area at level 53 where no one in my level range really wants me on their team. The 51-60 team-up really does consist of which level 60's have the best gear. The other sets are pretty balanced (save for the 31-40, the 40's move a bit faster should they have their ride), but the end one just plain sucks because, at my level, I'm completely worthless. Even a 59 isn't going to do much to a decked out 60.

I think the Battlegrounds are a great idea and, even if not everyone uses them, I like having the option of wanting to play should the urge arise. However, I would really hope that Blizz would re-set the last grouping to 51-59 and then 60's in their own team. That would really help balance issues. As it stands now, I'm going to be unwanted, so I have to hit 60 before I have any hope of trying to compete.

Ah well. No time for BG anyhow. Seven levels to go, heh.

[Dirty Harry]

You know in Tribes 2 they had C&H CTF hybrid maps that were awesome.
You would have to own a Capture and Hold point to lower the forcefields to access the flag stand.
Does WOW have Shrikes?
Nope, long live Tribes.

[RandomViolence]

I haven't played my 47 pally for about two months now... I'm wondering if I should go back in and give it a shot again...

[net7runner]

When I first saw this, I got really excited, believing that you were going to be able to do something with the resources gained ala Natural Selection. Or maybe effect NPC spawn like in the War3 Custom Defense of the Ancients (not exactly, I guess, but that would be cool).

As it is, it will still probably be cool as balls (I'll leave you to ponder exactly how cool that is)

[Draft]

You can summon NPC troops in Battlegrounds. Horde can do Wolf Riders, air strikers and Reaver assaults. They've mentioned siege weapons on their "coming soon" page, so hopefully those will go into the next epic BG.

But really, all that can wait for some kind of improvement to the queue system. The wait now is just intolerable, and almost ruins one of the best experiences in the game.

[evilpenguin9000]

I tend to stay away from the whole pvp thing because my laptop's video card throws up when I take part. But it's getting harder to stay away.

Especially since my guildmate became the first high warlord on our server...only took him 3-4 months of 16 hour days in WSG. He may be a tad bit hardcore.

[Roc Ingersol]

AV's going to be vacant when this thing opens.
EDIT: And that's a good thing. Way too many damn NPCs in there.

I don't think cross-server would help, because the alliance/horde imbalance is pretty much constant across servers. Sure, there'll be more matches going - but your waits will be just about as long.

What they need is intra-team skirmishing. Got 20 alliance in queue and no horde? Open a 10v10 Alliance vs Alliance 'squabble' in WSG.

[Alexious]

Even a 59 isn't going to do much to a decked out 60... However, I would really hope that Blizz would re-set the last grouping to 51-59 and then 60's in their own team. That would really help balance issues.
Hear, hear! Having level 51s be in the same grouping with level 60s is just plain stupid. I thought Blizzard play tested these things... you'd think they could have figured that one out. :rolleyes:

How do the level 60 players feel about it? Do you guys like having people in the low 50s to beat up on? Or would you prefer the challenge of knowing that everyone on the other team would be your level?

[netcraazzy]

What they need is intra-team skirmishing. Got 20 alliance in queue and no horde? Open a 10v10 Alliance vs Alliance 'squabble' in WSG.

That's actually a really good idea! I know Blizzard may be apprehensive about doing it though because it kind of ruins the whole fictitious story behind the BG arenas but ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get those damn wait times down.

[Paltry]

What they need is intra-team skirmishing. Got 20 alliance in queue and no horde? Open a 10v10 Alliance vs Alliance 'squabble' in WSG.

good idea indeed, maybe you can split them up by race and come up with a funky little story to go with it