by Raahl » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:50 pm
This reminds me so much of Vanilla days. Back then the guild focus was strong and you rolled with your crew to make sure you could survive in these hot areas. There were plenty of KOS guild wars that lead to a lot of battles.
That said, I think the overall *active at the same time* population on this server is a bit higher than the servers back then. Just from a newbie (to this private server) perspective, I think this might be part of the problem. It used to be that you could find areas that weren't busy and work there for a time. Here it sounds like there is a lot less non-busy areas.
It is interesting to me and I am hoping I can appreciate it when I get higher level. The world PVP is something I feel that was completely lost during the evolution of retail WoW. It was replaced by BGs, which are fun in their own right. But, that struggle in the world against the other faction all but disappeared.
EDIT: Final thought: I do think the developers need to be conscious of what is going on. If too many people give up because of frustrating gameplay (I am not sure how many really are), the game is going to suffer. I am not sure what the fix is (or if one is needed yet), but it seems to be something to be prepared for.