WoW: Battleground people-watching

WoW’s Patch 2.01 has come and gone and from our recent reports, the patch is working wonders for PvP aficionados. With this development at hand, nobody could really stop the influx of new PVPers and the continuous battlegrounds slayings of players with pick-up groups (PuG). Nothing wrong with that really, but some World of Warcraft players have found some annoying PuG player archetypes and they didn’t hesitate to share it.

One WoW player, Sideways of Korgath, gave a partial list of player types that you will likely encounter when you decide to brave a PuG battleground game. Here’s an excerpt of what he had to say:

• The Aloof – This guy appears to be guarding a flag or, but the chickens at the farm in AB are actually doing a better job. It’s hard to say whether he’s AFK, chatting in vent, or just didn’t get enough sleep last night, but a guy caps the flag behind him and he doesn’t even notice. If he’s in gulch and the enemy flag carrier runs by, he just keeps on doing whatever it is he’s doing as if nothing happened.
• The ADD – This type of player just can’t live with less than continuous action. The concept of defending a flag is foreign and distasteful to him. Therefore if he is defending something and no enemies show up within 30 seconds, he moves on despite the fact that he is leaving the flag unguarded for a friendly neighborhood rogue to ninja.
• The Leet Deeps – This is the type of guy who thinks PvP is all about damage. He only has one hotkey that he spams regularly, and that’s the one that does the big damage. He’s probably just inexperienced, but he doesn’t realize that he’s playing at a small fraction of his effectiveness. In WSG for example, instead of using one of the plethora of snares he has to protect a flag carrier, or getting into position to pick up the flag when his teammate drops it, he goes right ahead and starts using his damage attacks on one of the 5 people mowing down the flag carrier.

So, just what kind of players have you encountered countless of times in the battlegrounds? To read all Sideways’ insights, click on the read link below.

WoW’s Patch 2.01 has come and gone and from our recent reports, the patch is working wonders for PvP aficionados. With this development at hand, nobody could really stop the influx of new PVPers and the continuous battlegrounds slayings of players with pick-up groups (PuG). Nothing wrong with that really, but some World of Warcraft players have found some annoying PuG player archetypes and they didn’t hesitate to share it.

One WoW player, Sideways of Korgath, gave a partial list of player types that you will likely encounter when you decide to brave a PuG battleground game. Here’s an excerpt of what he had to say:

• The Aloof – This guy appears to be guarding a flag or, but the chickens at the farm in AB are actually doing a better job. It’s hard to say whether he’s AFK, chatting in vent, or just didn’t get enough sleep last night, but a guy caps the flag behind him and he doesn’t even notice. If he’s in gulch and the enemy flag carrier runs by, he just keeps on doing whatever it is he’s doing as if nothing happened.
• The ADD – This type of player just can’t live with less than continuous action. The concept of defending a flag is foreign and distasteful to him. Therefore if he is defending something and no enemies show up within 30 seconds, he moves on despite the fact that he is leaving the flag unguarded for a friendly neighborhood rogue to ninja.
• The Leet Deeps – This is the type of guy who thinks PvP is all about damage. He only has one hotkey that he spams regularly, and that’s the one that does the big damage. He’s probably just inexperienced, but he doesn’t realize that he’s playing at a small fraction of his effectiveness. In WSG for example, instead of using one of the plethora of snares he has to protect a flag carrier, or getting into position to pick up the flag when his teammate drops it, he goes right ahead and starts using his damage attacks on one of the 5 people mowing down the flag carrier.

So, just what kind of players have you encountered countless of times in the battlegrounds? To read all Sideways’ insights, click on the read link below.