AV Weekend Wrap-Up and "Dr. Phil"

Jan. 22, 2008 | by trptscott | Tags: 3v3, alterac, arena, valley, warcraft

So AV weekend has come and gone. It was a good weekend... despite the "boycott" that apparently has been taking place on the part of the Alliance. 35-minute queues, 20-minute game, 600 honor. And in between, I'm constantly getting rocked by premade EotS and AB teams. Racked up about 30k honor from my weekend of playing.

Those of you on Horde side, did you notice any of the following?

1) On Thursday/Friday, the whole Alliance team would zerg to the FW RH cap it, cap towers, and burn Drek. Since Horde doesn't usually play much D, this worked for a while. Horde spent most of their time name-calling and bitching instead of adjusting.

2) By Saturday morning the Horde are playing some D and the games slow down a bit. Some Alliance still try to zerg RH, but there aren't enough to make it a quick kill.

3) By Sunday evening, the initial Alliance O push is thwarted, the game collapses, and its almost like the old days with Alliance rolling backwards as Horde push right on into Drek.

So rack up the AV bonus honor I did. Unfortunately, my 3v3 was not so successful. We were up and down throughout the weekend. Almost 100 games played and only a 1568 rating. I'd say that's a fair indicator the team chemistry isn't there. Especially since we all sit above 300+ resilience. There's no doubt in my mind that some team combos just don't work. Not to mention the 400g I spent on respecs throughout the weekend to try and "spark" some competitive play. I think I'lll give the PMR setup a try. Rumor has it those teams are pretty successful. Now to find a good mage.

And the final item on today's rant, WoW and your significant other... hence the "Dr. Phil" tag in my subject line. My significant other is just not accepting of my WoW addiction. And let's face it, I don't do WoW in moderation. Those of us who raid know that shit never gets done on time... ever. In the past, I just chugged along and kept working with the team until the job was done. Nowadays, the GF is asking "when will you be done?" I say 30 minutes, some tard Warlock wipes us, and it's another hour gone by.

So my question to DQ readers... what types of arrangements do you have with your significant other when it comes to WoW? And no, she isn't going to play the game... ever.  :-(

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7 months, 1 week ago

well, don't have a lot of issues with my missus, since we don't live together =D
she knows that I prefer to play on sunday nights, sometimes friday too, since we try to get raids going there (full casual guild) but I try and spend an equal amount of time/evenings with her, thus evening it out.
must admit I am not too interested in moving in with her atm, since I can't really see this trend continuing

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7 months, 1 week ago

My wife and I played EQ together, then when we stopped playing EQ and started with WOW we play that together. We also play Hellgate London TOGETHER.

We are in a Raiding guild, we play almost daily BUT if we don't want to raid...we don't. We go watch a movie or just sit on the sofa and watch TV like mindless zombies.

The important thing we found out was that when one doesn't feel up to playing ( hard day at work or what ever ) we stay off the computer and spend time together

on a side note, she only actually started playing games with me so she COULD spend time with me. It wasn't like I was at the clubs or out all night... I was right there at the computer and she was there with me. It might not be the best thing but it was better than nothing at all :)

My suggestion is that when she asks why how long your going to be if you tell her ...30 mins... then you should be done in 30 mins let your guild/raid/arena team know that in 30 mins...you HAVE to go. A game is not as important as your RL relations. EVER.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

I am Alliance from Azgalor on the Ruin battlegroup. We had no boycott on my server. queue times were the usually 5-8 minutes which are FILLED with Horde premades.

Our arena queue times are insane, up to 14 min for 2v2.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yeah I definitely noticed long queues the bit of time I played. I think it's fairly silly that Alliance players decided to boycott AV this weekend.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

I play on the Fenris server, dunno what battlegroup that is but we have never had long Q's for AV and I play a lot--I mean a lot--of AV there being that I don't belong to any guilds so depend on the BGs for my equipment.

Alliance has never "boycotted" any of the BG's there, I really can't think of any particular BG with an extraoridinary Q time, longest I have waited is 10 mins, usual wait time is 4 min or less for any BG. So I guess its a question of where you are and group behavior.

Btw, on our server Alliance usally wins AV, its WSG, EOS and AB where we lose our shirts...again just a characteristic of our server and the servers that play with us.

Now I must say that after the last major upgrade Alliance encountered a steep learning curve, it took us a month or so to get the new hang of AV, horde ruled us for the longest time...however once we learned there is more to winning then "getting Galv" we were off and running. Hint: if you still want to give Alliance headaches play a lot of defence and fill up Galv with horde players...on the other hand we have adjusted to this and turtles, once so common are now rare.

Still AV is in my opinion the best BG in WoW and I thank all the horde who make it such fun, I figure if I do not die I aint playin! ;)

Now as to your gf, I think it is time to have a talk with her, explain how seriously you take the game and see if you can't work out a compromise...for example set aside a day (or days) for raiding and a set number of hours where you will not be disturbed. ALSO set aside a day (or days) and time where you pay attention to her. If you dont give you aint gonna get any, dont think I need to explain that. ;)

Good luck.
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