Eye of the Storm

[Plunum]

Hello,

So I talked with a GM, don't really remember the name tough... anyway, about this little issue. The GM said to post it here so, here it is.

I understand that Alterac Valley is a total waste in the server. But what about Eye of the Storm? I mean, we're capable of having 2 WSG running at the same time, even 2 AB, so why not EotS? Lack of players? I think not.

Think about it, please :D

Thanks,

[bas315]

Agree totally, have really missed eots. Was really fun to play and i think alot of players would appreceate it (spelling)..

[Henhouse]

Alterac Valley is not a total waste, however the reason we have these two battlegrounds closed is because we fill that with a lack of sufficient players the battlegrounds will not live up to their full potential.

Only a few weeks ago you could queue for any battleground you wanted, except AV. It had been that way since November when we went to a dedicated server to host many, many people. Ever since then, Arathi Basin died. Everyone just farmed quick Warsong Gulch matches to get Badges of Justice, not even caring about the actual game play of the battlegrounds. Many people not trying to just farm quick badges would agree that Arathi Basin is a very fun battleground and is enjoyed by many. Because of this we brought back event timers for battlegrounds, locking the other battleground every other hour so that we could direct player traffic to specific battlegrounds.

I'm afraid that there is currently not enough people playing during the off peak times (~180 online times) to continue having these battlegrounds open. I can think about adding Eye of the Store to be open around 11-3PM rewarding the same stuff as the other battlegrounds; however, I wanted to do the same for Alterac Valley and if I open Eye of the Storm it will take all the crowd away from that.

So it's a very hard decision and we won't implement it without a lot of thinking involved, but I do appreciate your suggestion, I will keep this in mind and discuss it a bit with other Game Masters.

[Plunum]

I totally agree with this battleground system we have. At least I know there's always players for a battleground when it's hour arrives (not mentioning the huge lack of Horde lately).

When I suggested Eye of Storm, or even Alterac Valley, I was thinking using the same system. But instead of the currently two opened (Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch), we would have the four Battlegrounds. Daily, one after another. This way would assure players for each battleground, whenever they were available for queue.



Note: I don't know much about this, but if you need help I can try to provide.