Struggling In Wintergrasp
I was intrigued back when the new queue system for Wintergrasp was announced because I thought it might give the Horde on my server at least a puncher’s chance against our better geared and better organized Alliance enemies. Unfortunately, the exact opposite has taken place and our control of the zone has become an even rarer occurrence than before the queue was implemented.
No One Shows Up
For the last few weeks it seems like every time I get into a Wintergrasp battle we have five or six stacks of the Tenacity buff. The Horde’s participation in Wintergrasp has taken a nosedive on my server and I can only assume the reason is the queue system. Before, when people had to be rallied on the Trade channel to join, we seemed to have more players showing up and smaller Tenacity buffs. Now we’re constantly outnumbered.
Tenacity Imbalance
And, even with the huge Tenacity “advantage,” we’re still getting manhandled by Alliance opposition. Tenacity is a great buff when you’re in a one-on-one or maybe two-on-one fight but when you’re outnumbered two or three to one in the zone, and literally surround by dozens of crowd controlling enemies, all the Tenacity buff does it delay the inevitable death of your character by a few more seconds. I think Blizzard should strongly consider adjusting Tenacity so that it decreases/eliminates the effect that movement impairing spells has on the players with the buff.
The Poll
I’m salty and whiny about the Wintergrasp experience as of late but how do you feel? Answer the handy poll below so I can get an idea of just how out of touch I am with the rest of the player base.
How has Wintergrasp changed for your faction since the queue was introduced?
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- The Inevitable Wintergrasp Queue
- Pre-Game Wintergrasp Strategy
- My Take On Wintergrasp Weeklies
- My Fading Interest In Wintergrasp
- Daily Quest Guide: Wintergrasp
5 Comments
Elnoriah on October 10th, 2009
Actually, WG has gotten better for the most part, much more even battles. The Alliance does not have 20 frickin’ stacks of tenacity anymore, which is great!
Although, part of that could be the paid faction changes.
Boombaloo on October 14th, 2009
I haven’t read your blog in awhile because it was blocked on my work computer for a few weeks. I was laughing today, after I blogged about my Wintergrasp Woes (as Horde severely outnumbers us and tenacity does nothing to assist) to see your post about Wintergrasp as well!
Funny that we were thinking along the same lines, but for different factions, lol.
Spitt on October 23rd, 2009
I think that perhaps, the fault, lies with you. You see, I still announce in trade that “WG starts in X mins – Queue Now!” Or make something much more appealing, to get people to come. Today I announced, “Free Wisp Form! Kill a NightElf in battle at WG, x minutes.”
Now I normally start at around 15-20 mins, and make the announcement in the trade channel every 2 mins, with a final warning around 2-3 mins. This gives me time to get quests if we are defending.
If I dont make announcements, then maybe 3-8 people show up, and we might win… on the other hand, if I do make announcements, then we can get 20-40 people even in the wee hours of the morning.
So start making those announcements, and QQ :p
mage leveling guide on April 19th, 2010
Last time I visited WG, Horde got ra**** hard by the Alliance. About 2 Alliance vs 1 Horde players. It’s 2010 now and I still don’t feel any improvements but well, maybe it’s just an imbalance on the server.
I once saw some stats about Alliance/Horde population on each and every server (as well as the quota of each class), but I can’t remember the URL.
Maybe if you have great problems in WG, your server is simply imbalanced 66% vs 33% like most servers are.
drew - mapwow.com guy on October 8th, 2009
Horde won WG last night, but just by seconds. At the end most of the Alliance didn’t collapse back to defend the final goal.