Players in WoW Classic used the PvP in Alterac Valley to farm honor badges casually. However, some teams turn it into endless battles by using the game principle ‘Russian Meta’.
In WoW Classic, many players focus on efficiency. It’s not worth playing long matches to farm honor badges. A currency that can be exchanged at the PvP vendor for weapons and gear.
A rogue showed that many are just AFK farming. Blizzard has already banned numerous players for not participating properly in the battlefield. Some of the bans were, however, not justified and were reversed.
Those focused on efficiency are now frustrated by the playstyle of others who take the PvP match in Alterac Valley much more seriously.
Most don’t want to fight each other
What is Alterac Valley? It is a battleground with towers, bunkers, and a boss in each headquarters. Each team has a total of 600 “tickets”, meaning they can respawn 600 times. The goal is to either kill the opposing boss or eliminate all opponents until they have no respawns left.
Many turn Alterac Valley into a 5-minute match based on a principle called ‘European Meta’. Both teams position themselves without attacking each other and wait for the capture of the graveyard. They destroy the towers and bunkers of the opposing team, kill the boss, and calmly collect the honor badges.
Curiously: Those who defend towers alone can be banned.
In the video, you can see everything about the WotLK expansion:
Russian Meta: Epic battles instead of efficiency
This is the ‘Russian Meta’: Sometimes you encounter teams in PvP that play in Alterac Valley as the developers originally intended. The team charges headfirst into the other and forces them back toward the towers. Then they start fighting their opponents and try to reclaim towers and bunkers before the enemy team does the same.
Due to this gameplay principle, the match lasts significantly longer, often over 30 minutes. Therefore, many players are frustrated and leave the mode instead of engaging in the battle.
What do you think about the playstyle? Do you think it’s good that players want to engage in real battles in Alterac Valley again? Or do you see the mode as an efficient method to quickly get honor badges and are also frustrated by players who turn it into an endless slaughter? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
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