PvP During Downtime or Through the Expansion?

WoW.com had an article on The Art of War(craft) about using Battlegrounds and PvP as a bridge between expansions. This made me wonder how many people actually use PvP as a stop gap between expansions when they are not raiding or their guild has called it quits until the next expansion. Myself I almost always try to slip into a BG or two when I can. Though when trying to maintain even a small raiding guild it was nearly impossible to squeeze a good night of PvP. But at the end of an expansion PvP becomes a lot more accessible. BG queue times are quick, there are premades being made and less and less raids being done each week. While raiding usually sees a lull PvP sees a boom.

So my goal going into Cataclysm. More PvP, with the two new BG's (Twin Peaks and Battle for Gilneas) and rated Battlegrounds I will definitely be getting into more PvP, especially battlegrounds. This was the reasoning behind this blog and the guilds on either side.

So, with that I welcome anyone interested in joining either guild. You can contact me at TakingBackPVP@gmail.com. Or if you find yourself on feel free to do a /who for Chrgr or Tinibubbles (Alliance) / TLDNR or KTALGSTO (Horde), and we would be happy to send an invite.

Cataclysm Bringing us PVP Guilds?

Zach Yonzon writer of The Art of War(craft) blog over at WoW.com, wrote a great article speculating how Guild talents will effect PVP oriented guilds. (Check it out here) He ventures to guess that, like the PVE guild talents, there will be PVP oriented ones. He also worries that it will create an issue for players that enjoy both Raiding and PVP.

Myself, to be honest I've always enjoyed separating my raiding toons from my PVP toons. I like having 2 specs for the given task (ever since we've had dual spec) rather than an off spec being specifically for PVP purposes. Yes this means I level 2 of the same class, but that doesn't really bother me at all, I have 2+ of pretty much every class but Priests at the moment and many people think that is odd, but to me it seems pretty natural because each has their distinction. Even when it comes to pure DPS classes I have chosen to have 2 PVE specs rather than a PVE and a PVP spec. For example my Warlock, I enjoy raiding as affliction, but affliction doesn't really get the love in the fast 5 man random dungeon lifestyle we have going on now, so I added a second spec specifically for farming and 5 mans that employs a Demo/Destro build for snap DPS and a kick ass pet to Cleave everything it sees. My hunter is the same way. I love MM and Survival for raiding, but for farming, and doing yet another task I love (soloing instances), I see no better spec than BM. About the only class I could say I would probably have a PVE and a PVP spec for would be a rogue, but even then I believe that trash and bosses in raiding require different talent allotments, so I have chosen to have 2 different rogues instead.

So... with that curb of text, it begs the question. Can I have both toons in the same guild? The answer sadly has to be "No". Each toons has their own special requirements, and with such should be in two different guilds. But that is my opinion, what's yours?

Another potential guild function I have heard about is farming/AH marketing guilds. Will these guilds receive some passive bonus' for their efforts or will they have to deal with PVE vs. PVP options also?

Well, either way, on both our alliance and horde guilds we will be taking the PVP talents come rated battlegrounds and guild talent pools. So if this is something you're interested in and are either on the Nordrassil server or are looking to re-roll, we welcome any new recruits. Hit up Chrgr or Tinibubbles on the Alliance side, or TLDNR or KTALGSTO on the Horde side.

Until next time. /bow

The plan........

Rerolling on a brand new server. No mains to supply (except a DK for each side), no BoA gear, no cash, nothing to put us ahead of anyone else. Oh, us? Me and my wife.

Then once we hit the magical level 10, we will start running BG's to level, and only BG's.

The server: Nordrassil

The Guilds: TBA

The Alliance Characters:
Me: Chrgr - Human - Warrior - Arms or Prot
Her: Tinibubble - Dwarf - Paladin - Holy

The Horde Characters:
Me: Tldnr - Troll - Shaman - Enhancement
Her: Ktalgsto - Troll - Hunter - Survival


If you enjoy low level premades and leveling via pvp we encourage you to come and reroll on Nordrassil with us, we will begin to start guild wide events once we have enough player accounts in guild. We are planning on catering to both factions so no-one is left out.