BG Npc At Duel Areas**

[Osiriis]

would be cool to have a bg npc at the duel areas for both factions since theres already the arena npcs in duel areas good thought i think maybe it can be done?

[Amgseret]

If I remember right, coding the npc, so that they change for bgs, is a pain in the butt and there is hardly a point to waste time on it.

[Osiriis]

well just put the normal battlemasters there

[Henhouse]

If I remember right, coding the npc, so that they change for bgs, is a pain in the butt and there is hardly a point to waste time on it.

This is true. Normally it was simply 3 events on timers before we added AV. Made sense enough, they would trigger every 3 hours -- a real rotation.

When we added AV to be 2 times a day, that is not a rotation. Therefore we could not have events triggering every 3 hours because they would overlap AV. Therefore, I had to make 24 different events for all hours of the day. This means there are 24 NPCs that stand in that same spot and appear at different times, and they're all different spawns. This also means, all the damn NPCs in the Stormwind/Orgrimmar areas are rotated too. AND not to mention the queuing NPCs that walk around the central mall.

So, yes, there is ~172 NPCs just for BG rotation. That went up from the original 12 before AV came along... So changing it, or moving them around can be a little painful sometimes.

[Osiriis]

So, yes, there is ~172 NPCs just for BG rotation. That went up from the original 12 before AV came along... So changing it, or moving them around can be a little painful sometimes.

true that but its hard to q for bgs when u wanan duel cause if ur bg pops when ur in duel area when u get out ur in duel arena and cant really make it back in time to q for the Bg.

Just figured since u had arena u could put AB WSG nd EOTS Npcs there since they r they own npc and just keep the av guys as they r

[Zapcraclepop]

Just close AV. Aside from people buying HWL/GM Gear, there's no real need for the marks. This, amplified by the fact it continuously crashes the server. Reduces your NPCs to 12, makes your life easier, people bitch less about a fail faction in a BG, and everyone wins. Heck, if AV marks are that big a concern, maybe make a way of converting one BG mark for another type? Add them as a reward for the daily in crater?

[Henhouse]

Just close AV.

Personal opinions are not shared by the mass majority. There are many players that love AV, including myself. AV was one of my favorite moments of TBC. I just always loved it, no matter how many times I did it. Integrating it into SF was something I really looked forward to seeing and don't want to get rid of that.

This, amplified by the fact it continuously crashes the server.

That is still being looked into. Something with the iterator is getting overloaded with so many people in queue. Not AV related, AV just has enough people queuing to trigger the crash.

maybe make a way of converting one BG mark for another type? Add them as a reward for the daily in crater?

I don't think that's a good idea. In the sense of AV staying open, you could just do chain WSG to earn AV marks. Players should have motivation to do all BGs.

[Osiriis]

Hey im all for keping AV its a great BG with alot of variety into one BG with muliple things to do in the bg

so i love AV just adding the 3 regular battlemasters would be easy i would think but def dont remove AV

[Mynce]

Why not let us choose whatbg we can que and make av an hour daily that gives 6bojs upon bg mark quest completion.
Or something else that would make av popular for when it spawns.
But i think to gevin the option to choose wat bg will make the server more fun.
and increases chance to avoid premades as casual player
Which should make the pvp atractive.
Or maybe put it on poll?

[Deems]

But i think to gevin the option to choose wat bg will make the server more fun.

You like 24/7 WSG that much?