by Arlos » Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:04 pm
I rarely get that many kills in BGs, mainly because I'm a paladin, but also because I'm frequently the flag carrier. The guild I'm in (same server as Soulcutter there) usually has a couple teams going at any one time, neither of them specifically put together, and we're running about a 80% win rate or higher. Only time we lose at all, really, is against Ravage or Blood of the Horde, the 2 top horde guilds. Part of it is that shamen are simply better for CTF than paladins are, and part of it is that the horde racial advantages (especially will of the forsaken) are much more PVP oriented than the alliance ones are. But also they're just good teams with talented people.
I refuse to play in an all pickup group, but frequently will play on a team that is mostly IA, but with 1-2 open slots that pickups fill. I think Soulcutter can confirm we give them some of the best fights of any of the alliance. The main reason that horde teams are racking up such huge numbers is that it's far easier and faster to get into a BG with a team on horde than it is on alliance. Average wait for a team for us is 40min-hour. Going solo it's about 20 minutes, but you're usually placed with Gimpy McSuck and the Retard Brothers, and you get stomped flat even by lousy horde teams. Top alliance last week was a mage, Vlperz who got 150k. I was 16th at about 89k.
Now, if we can just set up a 40v40 IA vs Ravage trip to Alterac, that would be the ultimate. Real strategy, actually being able to deploy the whole guild, no more artificial restrictions on my use of all my class abilities... Mmmmmm.... Would be a great fight for sure.
-Arlos