Random battleground aka Alterac Valley

[Sunite]

So is it ever gonna get fixed or you think its Blizzlike to get AV 80% of time? Lets be real here...AV is not even a real BG.

Some love for PvPers perhaps?

[whoohoo]

So is it ever gonna get fixed or you think its Blizzlike to get AV 80% of time? Lets be real here...AV is not even a real BG.

Some love for PvPers perhaps?

I think the issue is that alterac valley will start with the same chance as any other battleground. Because there are 3-4 times more players in AV than in the other battlegrounds, players have a 3-4x higher chance of joining AV than it should usually be.

20 players wsg
30 players ab
30 players eots
30 players sota
80 players av

-> chance of getting into AV as a player is 80/190=42%

Edit: Since AV takes longer than other battlegrounds on average, the time a player stays in AV compared to other battlegrounds is even higher

[Bioness]

It is also because you play at peak times and so far more people are queuing for Battlegrounds. If you are queuing when less people are online you will almost never get Alterac Valley.

[Sunite]

It is also because you play at peak times and so far more people are queuing for Battlegrounds. If you are queuing when less people are online you will almost never get Alterac Valley.

never had such a problem on retail, you know?

[vieira082]

never had such a problem on retail, you know?

retail had not 11k players, you know ?

[Sunite]

retail had not 11k players, you know ?

So what was retail population when there were X realms in battlegroup?

[LikeDwind]

So what was retail population when there were X realms in battlegroup?

Did blizzard had crossed realms during WotLK ? I haven't played there but i think they were implemented later to fix the issue with some servers being almost emty

[Fabix]

never had such a problem on retail, you know?

I dont know what you played but here are some threads from retail:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301723033

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/53491...craft/68009157

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2423163795

As you can see that phenomenon already occured during retail, so the way it works here is definitely retail-like.

[rolexyo2]

I have a personal limit of 1 AV per day, so each time AV pops after my first (which is 75% of the time), another one also gets an AV pop since I instantly AFK out. Have a feeling I'm not the only one.

[Selaya]

Yes, random BG queue is round robin right now which it shouldn`t. The chance to get any BG should be equal, which would mean that there should be half as many AVs as there is, and something along double the amout of WSGs and 1.5 as much on ABs or something (didn`t really do the exact math).

[Sunite]

I have a personal limit of 1 AV per day, so each time AV pops after my first (which is 75% of the time), another one also gets an AV pop since I instantly AFK out. Have a feeling I'm not the only one.

hahaha exactly what i do...

Well, anyway this topic wasnt made to argue if its Blizzlike or it isnt... I just wanna play regular BGs mostly and not AV everytime i queue after work / training...

I think fixing this is least you can do for PvP.

[Sunite]

Bumperino yep