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I have to agree with you on the inaccessibility of PvP these days to casual raiders. Its hard to have fun when you're at 150 resil and 9k hp in a battleground filled with gladiators.

I have really started having fun in them recently by forcing a small amount of teamwork. I tend to find a decked-out player on horde side before the bg begins and try to stick with them. Giving a single good PvPer some help can make a small team that can really accomplish things, especially (but not only!) if you happen to be a healer. Good players will notice, too, and it can turn into a good bg for both of you.

Basically if you have good gear you can solo people, if you have crap gear you need to stick with others. However its the people with low gear and less experience that don't realise the important of sticking with others!

yeah i pretty much hate pvping on my mage, its too late in the game to be any good and the only reason i even did any BGs recently was to get the gold medal pet. I love pets. But the worst is when the team decides they arent going to win before the match even starts and they sit there and dance and then ridicule you for trying. Also i was standing at Stables in AB last night defending with my brand new lvl70 mage alt, deciding to defent the furthest possible area because i was so undergeared, and this guy next to me yells out OMG are you serious this guy is wearing an Imbued Netherweave Robe with +def enchant on it. I had been leveling my enchanting and just used my own gear to skill up on. bunch of Elitist nerds..

You, sir, are a true PvP'er. (Back in my DAoC days, we had 'Drunken RvR Night'.)

YES

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. THIS is the way to BG.

My secret to enjoying battlegrounds -- if I'm not going into one with a premade -- is to turn OFF the inanity that is BG chat. This spares me the annoyance of all the usual whining from the inevitable bitchy gear snobs, loudmouthed trolls, sore losers, wanna-be BG generals and the discouraging "let's just lose fast and get it over with" people.

With all the noise shut off, I can then concentrate so much better on doing the best I can to help my side succeed instead of feeling that I want to stab my factionmates in their eyes repeatedly with a sharp stick.

And yes, some good, fast music and booze always helps BG play, too. Oh yes.

Bloody yes!

(And booze and music can help solve your BG Chat problems too, ReflectedSky... although sometimes the BG Chat is so annoying you'll need a helluva lotta more booze...)

Oh yes. Booze, music and turning off BG chat are all essential.

As a mage, if those "stupid" people stopped attacking my ice for a second, I'd break it early and blink the hell away, nova+barrier and there's a chance I'll live.

It's the ones who waste mana or combo points who are a bit dim, but I think they want to get lucky and kill you the second your ice drops to beat everyone else to the KB.

I think what he means and it happens to me as well is people still cast and try to hit you as if you weren't invul

I was wondering the same thing. As a rogue, there have been many times where ive been attacking a mage, who then ice blocks, leaving me with some combo points still on him. Why would i go attack someone else, not only losing cp, but leaving the mage free to go? Im gonna wait till the second ib runs out and pop eviscerate where hell most likely die (cuz mages pop ib when low on health)

Infact ive always wondered what use iceblock is in Pvp because i have never seen it do anything for a mage save delay his imminent death by like 10 seconds.

For realz.. u realize how many ppl continue to use mana trying to kill the "blocked" person. I get the same thing win i pally bubble. I laugh at the ppl who are auto swinging at me.. or... in most cases are actually trying to hurt me with special attacks.. u have no idea how many huntards, dumb rogues and warriors continue to stun me while im bubbled. Im assuming Tomatoes that you are one of these ppl, wasting mana, rage, focus on trying to get one HK. i ask.. whos stupid now?

Um, no.

Don't waste GCDs and cast time on a mage in ice block. Keep an eye on him and take him out when he comes out.

I frequently see the same thing-- either side (horde or alli) stand around the guy in the ice block, while a priest stands next to him healing him. Here's a tip: KILL THE PRIEST.

its just a game, lets calm down shall we?

the whole post is supposed to be about the spirit of competition yet you are all arguing about ice block, pathetic.

As a mage, I would have to agree that if you care about winning BGs more than winning HKs, getting the attention of 5+ players all wasting 5 seconds or more while they wait hoping to kill you is an effective strategy. Particularly as dying in BG is very mana-efficient.
Of course the best time to do this is when you need to distract the opposing team, i.e.
Your flag carrier is running past them.
A member of your team is tapping an AB/AV flag.
Now you would be frankly amazed at how many people will abandon the BG objective just to finish you off.
Similarly, in WSG if our flag carrier is running west field, I will often run through the enemy team with a couple of arcane explosions to get their attention, flee into east field then iceblock. They usually follow me and not the FC... Yeah I die - but the FC gets a clear run and I get a smile.