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Isle of Conquest Guide. 5 ways to fail at Battlegrounds. WoW Insider covers the world of player vs. player action in Blood Sport for fans of Battleground, world PvP and Arena play.

5 ways to fail at Battlegrounds

Steering you to victory is Olivia Grace, who spends most of her time in Azeroth as a restoration shaman turning people into frogs. Battlegrounds are usually the new PvPer's first foray into PvP, unless of course you're on a PvP server, in which case you're thrown unwittingly into the world of the ongoing Horde vs. Alliance conflight almost from day one. A Battleground is very likely to be your first go at cooperative PvP and certainly your first go at cooperative PvP with strangers.

There are 10 Battlegrounds available to you -- fewer when you start out, then gradually added as you increase in level. There are, of course, strategies associated with each map. What we're interested in is how not to play in Battlegrounds. 1. This is one of the simplest errors people make and one of the ones you most often get called out on, as it's so very visible. 2. Now, I get it. World of Warcraft Battleground for Dummies.

World of Warcraft Battlegrounds for Dummies Cedric Beust August 8th, 2006 The intent of this guide is to give quick directions to people entering a World of Warcraft battleground (BG) for the first time.

World of Warcraft Battleground for Dummies

Within five minutes, you should have enough information to follow what's going on and make significant contributions to your team. There are additional resources to the BG (see the links at the end of this guide), but I never really found a simple explanation gathering all the important information in one convenient place, so I hope you'll find this guide useful. If you want to become a more knowledgeable BG player, read this article in its entirety since the second half of it contains a few advanced advice.

Introduction World of Warcraft features three different types of battlegrounds: (*) When you enter these battlegrounds, you are guaranteed to be playing with players in the same bracket: 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60. Levels Rewards Reputation. The Art of War(craft): Absolute beginners' guide to Warsong Gulch. Zach loves the Battlegrounds.

The Art of War(craft): Absolute beginners' guide to Warsong Gulch

He loves them so much that he spends nearly all his playing time mucking around in them. He loves them so much he writes a column devoted to them. He loves it so much he makes a comic based on Battlegrounds play. You could say he eats, lives, and breathes Battlegrounds and world PvP. And maybe some Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Alright, so you have some kind of vague idea about what a Battleground is. For now, we'll get back down to the basics. What is Warsong Gulch? Basically, Warsong Gulch is a Capture-the-Flag type of game where players must take a flag from the enemy base and bring it back to their own base while having control of their own flag, with the first team to capture three flags winning the match. In Patch 3.2, the map became a timed Battleground that lasts no more than 25 minutes (original timer was 20 minutes but hotfixed quickly to 25 - thanks, bmurry1976!).

Awesome. Absolutely. Aside from getting chummy with these guys, what else do I get? WoW Rookie: The absolute beginner's guide to Battlegrounds.