In WoW Classic there is world PvP, but players’ criticism is growing. Somehow the same feeling as back then just doesn’t set in. There are several reasons for this.
For several days now, everything in World of Warcraft Classic revolves around PvP in the open world. But for some players, this came as a rude awakening. Because the open world PvP apparently does not match the lovely memories that many players collected about 15 years ago. It is increasingly heard that PvP is currently not fun and a cry is rising: “Give us battlegrounds already!”
Players demand battlegrounds: Just after a few days, voices in the WoW Classic subreddit were raised demanding that Blizzard should release the battlegrounds of Phase 3 earlier. This would offer a more interesting, balanced PvP experience. There is a post wishing that PvP battlegrounds should be unlocked by Christmas. That would be a great gift. The Redditor mykkenny admits, “Some things really weren’t that great” and receives a lot of support in the form of upvotes.
“World PvP is really boring”: A post on Reddit describes the situation quite drastically and shows how far memories from back then and the actual game can be apart. So writes Warborri:
I had nice memories of Tarren’s Mill against Southshore in Vanilla. But damn, it’s actually so boring, just two big groups spamming AOE, when a melee fighter falls out of the line he’s dead in 3 seconds.
The other part of world PvP are gank squads that roam around and kill solo players everywhere, what fun that is.
If you try a 1vs1, then five others attack you immediately.
I don’t regret starting on a PvP server, but it’s just boring right now. I hope they release the battlegrounds soon.
Below level 60 you are prey: The honor system has also led to players between level 50 and 60 now being only prey and best of all completing their last levels entirely in dungeons. On all PvP servers, there are small “kill squads” that roam around in groups of 3-5 players to kill players of somewhat lower levels. This still grants honor and in many cases even more than participating in a mass battle between 200 people. After all, the honor earned is divided among the participants. Even these players long for battlegrounds so they can finally level up again.
Sometimes such kill squads also become the prey of larger groups …
Why is it so bad right now? That the world PvP is not as fun for many players as it was back then has several reasons that can be read again and again in the comments. It is often read:
- The realms are too full, there are many more players per realm than back then.
- Back then, PvP developed organically and on its own. Today, there are many “min-maxers” who just want to collect honor as efficiently as possible.
- Most players have more knowledge than back then. The knowledge about the best way to farm leads players to roam the world in “kill squads” and even kill characters of lower level.
Many players are currently very dissatisfied and are highly critical of WoW Classic and the PvP system. This dampens the ongoing hype for Classic.
But what do you think about PvP in the open world? Is it exactly how you remember it back then? Or is the “organic” missing and everything is now only focused on perfection?
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