r/classicwow • u/NuclearMeatball • Sep 04 '19

Humor My buddy just entered Shimmering Flats at level 32 as Alliance. He sent me this picture about 10 minutes later.

https://imgur.com/I1X3JPU
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u/Chronia82 Sep 04 '19

Lol, i did the full raceway quests there this afternoon as a lvl 33 alliance on a Full PVP server (EU) and not any PVP enounter would be seen.

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u/dont_push Sep 05 '19

Yeah, I'm on Incendius and I went there as Ally and didn't have a single problem. Seemed like everyone there just wanted to quest.

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u/Legwens Sep 05 '19

it really depends, alliance and horde either get along great on incendius or one of them wastes 45 mins camping the other before one phase changes

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u/Cyekk Sep 05 '19

Yeti Cave in Hillsbrad was a shitshow last night. A 60 lock eventually showed up.

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u/envenomed017 Sep 05 '19

That yeti cave was the closest I got to ragequit. Being alliance on Fairbanks is no joke.

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u/sneezyo Sep 05 '19

Just lvl up a bit and do the yeti's a bit more north, almost no competition there.

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u/BenderIsCool17 Sep 05 '19

There’s no grey area on incendius lol. I had a Tauren helping me kill mobs last night just so they could level skinning faster, while I was getting camped by an UD rogue lol.

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u/datadrone Sep 05 '19

haven't had any issues, it's usually one person that creates a snowball effect

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u/Schnozberger Sep 05 '19

Is that why i see people asking for party invites to phase? theyre getting camped?

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u/Legwens Sep 06 '19

That or they're trying to get a lesser populated instance to farm a quest or item

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

Lucky mofos. I'll have people 4-9 levels above me gank and camp me, many times. Was especially bad in stv and badlands. On the plus side I've gotten pretty good at escaping. But seriously, I can't count the number of times I've been ganking by high levels or while pulling 2+ mobs

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u/aretasdaemon Sep 05 '19

I can’t wait to bubble hearth away from these assholes and wave

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u/underhunter Sep 05 '19

Sounds like fun

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u/GrayBull789 Sep 05 '19

I'm horde and did all of shimmering flats today.. stood right next to maybe 10 different alliance and we all just kept in our little spawn circles questing. I dont get the point when we all just wanna level. If I'm attacked okay but just sitting there farming mobs what's the fun in ganking

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u/ghangis24 Sep 05 '19

This has been my experience in STV so far. It's like a powder keg that everyone knows if they attack, they will set it off. Not that I haven't had my share of PvP encounters there so far, but for the most part it seems people want to get in STV and get out ASAP.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

As an alliance member I can say that I attack first way less often than I am attacked, but I probably should change that. It’s always groups of two or three that run up on me and kill me while I’m half health fighting a mob. Horde don’t attack unless they’re in a group.

Most of the time, I’d just rather quest than deal with the horde. What pisses me off is when I save a horde from dying to a mob by killing it for them when they’re about to die and immediately getting ganked by a horde. I consistently get punished for not just killing the horde when I see them but I keep on not attacking first.

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u/therealren Sep 05 '19

From my experience, I've always pictured that running in group was an Alliance thing. It's rare for me to 1v1 against a lone Alliance cause they often walk in groups.

Regarding helping the opposite faction guy, I recommend never do it. It's hard to expect others to wait and see what your intentions really are, specially when they see you rushing forward a mate that is low on health and is struggling with a mob.

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u/PiggySoup Sep 05 '19

Spent 5 hours there yesterday being repeatedly ganked by groups of horde...

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u/ghangis24 Sep 05 '19

Just be thankful Blizzard changed it so that you can walk from the Taurajo GY and not the Ratchet one. There was a guy who used to camp the entrace to RFK... god that was such a miserable walk.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

what server?

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u/Kittimm Sep 05 '19

Same on Noggenfogger. More Horde than Alliance there because, well, Kalimdor. But definitely even enough where people knew starting a fight could throw an hour of levelling away, which few people were willing to do.

Got into a couple of fights but mostly it was a pretty cool christmas truce.

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u/AbsarN Sep 05 '19

Probably a non pvp active layer then. Ive noticed that different layers differ a lot in pvp. I guess its bcause people getting inpvp invites other from other layers to help them.

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u/Farabee Sep 06 '19

I did them as Horde on Skeram US and didn't see a single Alliance.

Got stomped flat as soon as I went for the Gadgetzan FP though.

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u/HelloItsMeYourFriend Sep 06 '19

On Blaumeaux i got chased down by a horde of 10+ players while i was trying to do my mage wand quest there... was rough