No Arena make Owl sad… AB make Owl dance!
Originally, the goal was to hit 70 and arena this weekend. It’s just not going to happen. I’m almost 64, but these levels are so brutally long that there’s no hope of hitting 70 before Tuesday’s server reset.
So, the new goal is next weekend. That is definitely realistic.
Since I’m so bored of leveling, I have been doing quite a bit of BG’s. I am absolutely loving AB and WSG as a druid. It is really fun ninja’ing flags and surprising the hell out of people by popping treants on them from stealth. If you haven’t ever played a stealth class in AB, then I can guarantee you that you have no idea how many people are just lurking and waiting for an opportune moment to ninja. I’ll wait 5 minutes until the defenders get bored, all but one leave, pop my treants and kill the one remaining, and ninja away. Patience is the key.
I have no idea why horde is so much better at AB than alliance. I have only been in one losing AB, ever. Granted, I haven’t played a ton, but I’d say my record is 20-1. It’s not that horde is communicating better, necessarily, it’s just that people know what to do. Alliance moves in one big mob, while horde is much more fluid. There is no reason to assault one base with 12 people when you could be assaulting three with 4 each… you can either assure yourself one base or have a very good chance at getting two.
I think the biggest reason that horde wins AB is that they always seem to control the blacksmith (BS). Maybe this is a map advantage and it’s marginally closer, but I don’t think so. There has been more than a couple times where alliance is first to the flag, but horde usually kills them and retains control. BS is so key to mobility in the battleground, and honestly I’d rather have only BS than all four around it. As long as we have BS then we can stage attacks with ease and eventually get at least two of the other four. That is why I always charge BS at the start of the BG. I want to do all I can to make sure horde wins it.
