Fixing Alterac Valley

It’s probably obvious from the title of this blog that Alterac Volley is my favorite battleground. Or, I should say, it was my favorite battleground before Wrath was released. Unfortunately, since that time Alterac Valley is simply an afterthought to most PvPers for a simple reason.

When Wrath came out, the daily quests Concerted Efforts (for the Alliance) and For Great Honor (for the Horde) were modified so that the Alterac Volley token requirements was swapped out with a Strand of the Ancients token. This simple act has totally destroyed participation in Alterac Volley on my battlegroup. Queue times right now are nearly 40 minutes long at any given time with never more than one or two games ongoing.

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The Numbers Don’t Lie

I got a little bored yesterday afternoon so I started messing around with the XML feeds from the Armory, trying to come up with a way to display some information about my character here on the site.

Something I’ve never seen anywhere is a personal Battleground standings widget so I whipped one together for myself. If you’re reading this through an RSS reader, you’ll have to visit the site and check it out in the top-right corner of the site’s header.

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3.0.8 Changes to Lake Wintergrasp

The latest patch notes for 3.0.8 are out. You can head over to MMO-Champion for the entire list but I wanted to focus on the notes about Lake Wintergrasp. Here they are:

• Wintergrasp PvP vehicles have had their health increased.
• Wintergrasp Tower cannons have had their health increased.
• The Wintergrasp Fortress Exterior walls have had their health increased.
• The Fortress Keep door now has had its health decreased.
• The Orb is now instantly clickable.

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Season 5 Has Arrived

Yesterday saw the launch of the much anticipated fifth season of Arena play. With it comes three new tiers of gear and a pricing system a lot of people appear to be having a hard time coming to grips with. I’m going to ramble on here about this new season from the perspective of a hunter with just over 16,500 honorable kills who is totally unamused by Arenas and refuses to participate in them.

Mandatory Arena Play

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