Cross Faction Battlegrounds Discussion
Hi all,
I just want to preface this by stating I love this server, I have been playing on it since before "the incident". While I realize this thread has been made a million times before, I would like to share why I feel the developers should implement cross-faction battlegrounds on Warsong. I tried to be concise and not to ramble, I know its a lot of text but please indulge me! I would love a discussion on this.
Here is the present situation: Alliance population far outweighs the horde, resulting in long Que times for Alliance and near instant pops for the Horde. It also happens that most hardcore players looking to get the most from their character roll alliance for racial abilities, making the Horde win ratio in BGs painfully low. To me, this seems like an unacceptable situation, especially on a PvP only realm. Competitive battles in random battlegrounds almost never happen, as Alliance just ROFL stomps their way through the Horde, which I don't think is fun for either side. I think that it is undeniable there is a problem, and it needs to be fixed.
What would the effects of Cross Faction Bg's be on Warsong? Que times would be super fast for both factions; games are created as soon as enough players from either faction join. The battlegrounds would be more balanced, resulting in a more competitive and fun experience. Horde players wouldn't lose most of their BG's, and Alliance players wouldn't Rofl stomp their way through WSG anymore.
One argument I see against the implementation of cross faction battlegrounds is that it ruins the "Horde vs Alliance" feel of a fantasy RPG. I agree with this statement, but I feel strongly that players playing on Warsong do it because they love PvPing independent of the fantasy aspect. I can see why CFBGs wouldn't be implemented on other Warmane servers due to this fantasy RPG argument, but on a PvP only server I feel actual game play is most important. It should also be noted there is no real need to implement CFBG's on the other Warmane servers because factions are mostly balanced.
In the past I have heard that Warmane doesn't implement CFBG's because of their policy of keeping to "blizzlike" servers. Im not sure if this policy still exists, but I want to point out how silly it is on a server that instantly levels you to 85. Why draw the line at CFBG's?
Another thing I see a lot is "It would be too hard to code", or "the devs don't care about warsong its too small". With respect to the first statement, I have seen much smaller private servers successfully implement CFBG's and I have a lot of confidence in the Warmane developer's ability to code such a feature. With respect to the statement "the devs don't care", I hope thats not true!
I guess right now I am just disappointied in the present state of Warsong. All it takes is to click the "Information" tab on the Warmane website to see how unbalanced the factions really are. If CFBGs are ruled not an option, I would at least like to see some sort of effort from the Dev's to fix this situation. Thanks for reading this far! I would love to have a discussion! What do you guys think?