October 30th, 2009
Zach takes you on a tour of the Battlegrounds and world PvP. Think of it as the casual player’s guide to World of Warcraft PvP. This will consist mostly of hopping around from place to place hitting things, spouting all manner of asshattery, and playing heavy metal music. Ok, that’s not entirely true. Zach doesn’t play heavy metal music when he PvPs. He plays Mika. Because fewer things are more embarrassing than getting pwned by a player who listens to Love Today while PvPing.
This post is for noobs. Now don’t get your knickers up in a bunch. It’s alright. We were all noobs once. I remember the first time I entered Warsong Gulch and had no idea what to do with the flag after picking it up, eventually dropping it at the flag spawn area it thinking that was the way to capture it. Naturally, the enemy returned it and promptly capped, resulting in a torrent of insults and less savory emotes throughout that game. Ah, the good old days.
Of course, if I’d let the experience intimidate me, I probably wouldn’t have entered another Battleground again. But I’m nothing if not stubborn, so I eventually slogged my way through Warsong Gulch (it was the only Battleground back then) and got the hang of things. These days, Battlegrounds are considered to be a “casual” form of PvP, which is easily enjoyed by solo players as well as groups. Since we’ve gotten more than a few questions regarding how to start playing the Battlegrounds lately — it turns out that despite having 11 million players pick up the game, a lot of people are only just starting to play World of Warcraft — so for today we’ll take an absolute beginner’s look at the Battlegrounds.
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