So I’m trying an experiment in WoW. Gevlon started a project to form a PVP guild on one of the most unbalanced servers in the EU region, Magtheridon. The purpose of the guild originally was to get as much horde to transfer off as possible to try and rebalance the 15:1 ratio back towards the alliance, if only a bit. Once the free transfers were stopped, the ratio was down to around 8:1. That accomplished, he decided the goal was to kill horde in the world so that they’d be forced to band together and learn to fight in order to get resources, using a measure of his own devising called Gankscore. However, a flaw in the algorithm pretty much killed that, so the current plan is to deny horde access to Wintergrasp. I’m suffering from a bit of expansionitis, so I’ve managed to get ahold of an EU WoW Battlechest and started a character to join in; I started a warrior, since I’ve never really spent much time playing that class.
As of this post, I’m level 12, and have joined the guild, though I don’t show up in the list yet for some reason. I’m running 9 hours behind Magtheridon server time, so prime time there is around 10am PST. Since I normally play 11pm-2am PST, it’s early morning server time. Last night there were a grand total of 6 people on the entire server alliance side. It’s very challenging trying to establish an economic foothold here, but I’m slowly making progress. I’ve got about 30 gold so far, and I’m pinching copper wherever I can. Level-appropriate greens seem to be selling on the AH for 20g a pop, so there’s no way I’ll be outfitting myself via the AH. Presumably the bulk of my levelling will occur via the LFD tool, so I’m going to learn how to tank. Now that I’ve got talent points to spend, I’m looking for good warrior sites for some insight.
Tags: Ganking, World Of WarCraft, WoW Experiment