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[Sticky] Manual of War • an Introduction to World PvP

Nymis · 2018-12-30T05:57:31Z

Manual of War • World PvP Guide for Classic WoW by Nymis • 30th December 201images/guides/rg_contents.pngIntroduction What is World PvP? What does it take to participate? Overview Advantages & Disadvantages Class Strengths & Weaknesses Warrior Mage Rogue Priest Shaman Hunter Warlock Druid Paladin Roles & command Raid composition Morale & attitude Wipe recovery Basic Tactics General advice Zerging Camping Advanced Tactics Single envelopment Wolf packs FAQsFurther Development introduction images/guides/wp_intro.pngMy name is Nymis and I have been a guild master for one of the best World-PvP guilds on several private servers, with the intention of continuing to further play on Classic WoW. My goal is to try and highlight some of the interesting details about organizing and leading WPvP raids in hopes of getting more people into structured World-PvP and push the boundaries into something the game never intended for us to take so seriously. This present guide is an introductory guide to structured World-PvP. I've put a lot of thought and passion into this and I hope to convince you not only to give this type of content a try, but also to encourage others to raid in a more mindful manner in order to maximize their raid's destructive potential. Most of these ideas are probably self-evident, especially for other players who've had to manage large groups at any point in their gaming career, but I hope you will still find some interest reading about them. Great wisdom often begins in the simplest of matters, and I believe it is far more important to understand why we do certain things rather than what things we should be doing at any time. This, in my opinion, is what separates a good raid leader from an average one. whatisWhat is World-PvP?Simply put, World-PvP is any form of PvP that takes place in the open world between members of the opposing faction. Structured WPvP is when a bunch of players decide to go and engage members of the opposing faction out in the open world instead of Battlegrounds.ol' Southshore vs Tarren Mill Why would anyone do this?Diversity: Small BGs like AB and WSG get old pretty fast, so it's always a good idea to spice things up with some diversity. Any contested area can become your new battleground with a bit of imagination and help from your friends. Fun: If charging against the enemy faction in their capital city screaming "FOR TEH HORDE!!11" doesn't sound like fun to you, or riding along 30-40 other players killing everything in your sight, or flinging wands with your mates against other 30-40 players who are also doing the same - then I'm sorry to hear that. A lot of people think it's fun. Fame: There's nothing like the kind of fame that comes when the whole server knows what you did last night in Ironforge. Even the original Vanilla devs said that faction leaders were intended to just be there for bragging rights on the server. World bosses: You'll have an edge over the typical PvE player attempting an outdoor boss when it comes to engaging players of the opposing faction. You could use this to leverage an alliance with other guilds on your faction and prevent the enemy faction from taking what is rightfully yours! Why would anyone not do this?No loot: There is little honor to gain and almost no loot involved in these types of raids. As a result, a lot of players will view this type of engagement as a waste of time. DHKs: Players looking to rank up might find themselves burdened by the prospect of getting unwanted DHKs. Though you can take measure to prevent these from happening, there's always a risk of accidental DHKs. whattakeWhat does it take to get into structured World-PvP?A lot of people are of the opinion that this sort of content requires no skill but I beg to differ. As with any sort of content, there's always a smart way of doing things and WPvP is no different. I believe that structured WPvP has the potential of being an excellent bridge between PvE and PvP content when done right - not just by gathering a bunch of players and sending them in the same general direction. Much like in PvE, you need to: have a basic understanding of other classes' abilities, strengths, weaknesses etc. deal with PvE specific mechanics, especially when dealing with faction leaders employ various compositions and methods to maximize the potential of your classes And similar to PvP, you need to be able to: adapt your strategy depending on the enemies you are facing be mindful of your cooldowns (and theirs) on a general level in order to create and exploit windows of opportunity be crafty and improvise strategies on the fly But unlike PvE: you are relying more on team spirit, cooperation and community bonding to be effective you have to create group compositions on the fly based off non-conventional abilities and you can't rely on people signing up and showing up for the raid the PvE isn't instanced, which means you have to keep a lookout for other players there are very few guides...

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Nymis

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Ketelkop We still don't have any names released for the Classic servers, but we are keeping an eye out on what the major streamers, platforms and private server guilds are doing to get an idea of what servers will have the most populated.

It's very important that we play on the same server because it is very unlikely that we will have server transfers available. Server transfers were added in The Burning Crusade expansion (I believe) and even so they're quite pricey (think they're about 20-25 euros per character right now) and were subject to restrictions (can't move from a PvE to a PvP server, limit on gold per character, etc.)

I would encourage you to join us on our Discord server (we have over 70 members there already) and just hang out until we get more news on Classic WoW so we can discuss matters together! I promise not to ping you or anything unless it's something very important.

The server is definitely going to be a high-pop PvP server on the EU region. The reason for this is because:

high-population means there's less chance the server will die out after the initial surge of players settles down; new players are far more likely to pick the servers which are populated / popular and we've seen on retail what tends to happen with servers in time after they die out

PvP server because we need to have PvP on in the open world and because RP-PvP usually demands (and attracts) players who tend to focus more on RP and less on PvE and PvP, which generally means fewer people who are going to be interested in dungeons, raids and PvP - we will have enough on our plates with PvE and PvP raids, I just can't fathom where we'd have time to arrange for RP events, pages, and everything.

EU because players from the US can still play/raid on EU times (10-11 AM for the US, should be possible in the weekends at least) whereas EU cannot reasonably raid at US times (4-5 in the morning for EU is terrible); we will have some players from the US with us

Posted : 10/02/2019 1:37 pm

Ketelkop

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Nymis okay, understood! Thanks for the broad reply! However, I it seems I cannot find your guild's discord server?

Edit: Nevermind, found it! never use discord except for voice-chat in games with friends.

Posted : 12/02/2019 6:00 am

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Hoi!

Just registered to this board to thank you for this big guide and because I could really see joining the KK cause!

Gonna play orc warrior but not one of the new "I only play fury dps guys" I will tank too, if my Mortal Strikes arent needed :twisted:

Posted : 24/03/2019 3:14 am

Dolamite

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Solid guide. How do I come kill gnomes with you on Private until it really means something again?

Posted : 01/05/2019 8:41 pm

Nymis

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Solid guide. How do I come kill gnomes with you on Private until it really means something again?

We've been on a long break from private servers for about a year now, but we're recruiting for Classic WoW. You'll find all of the information on https://korkron.com .

Posted : 02/05/2019 9:02 am

Dolamite

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Solid guide. How do I come kill gnomes with you on Private until it really means something again?

We've been on a long break from private servers for about a year now, but we're recruiting for Classic WoW. You'll find all of the information on https://korkron.com .

Cool, I'll check you guys out after work.

Posted : 02/05/2019 9:21 am