Battle for Strand of the Ancients - Daily Battleground 1/14/10
Today the daily battleground was Strand of the Ancients again. I did it on Wranngar and Gomorra today. It was also the holiday weekend in Strand of the Ancients, or Call to Arms as it's called. You get double the honor on a holiday weekend. A holiday weekend is the worst time to fight in any battleground. One of the reasons for that is all the weekend warriors, people who only fight in the battlegrounds on their holiday weekend for the extra honor. They are usually pretty inexperienced and don't have a whole lot of enthusiasm. The other reason is all the AFK, the leeches like to get in there and soak up all the extra honor while they stand around doing nothing but taking a slot from someone who could be fighting.
Wranngar got his done on the first battle he was in, he got in with a pretty good group. We started off on defense and had no problem at all keeping the Horde from capturing the Titan Portal. They made it through the first set of gates and that was as far as they got. In round 2 when we were on offense we had no problem blasting through all the gates and working our way to the door the portal is behind. It was almost too easy, like the Horde just gave up and were waiting for their mark. We broke down the door to the Titan Relic and captured the Titan Portal. We had 2 AFK who were marked and eventually removed from the battleground.
Gomorra wasn't so lucky. The first battle he was in ended in a draw. That means neither side was able to capture the Titan Portal. A draw is the same as a loss as far as I'm concerned, you get one mark and you don't complete your daily. The next 2 battles were even worse. We had at least 3 identifiable AFK, that's a lot when you only have 15 on your team, and there were a couple more that were only doing enough to keep from getting flagged AFK. We lost those 2 to the point the Horde were farming us at the GY...Finally in the last battle I got in with a decent group. We had good strong defense and managed to keep the Horde from breaking down the door the Titan Relic is behind.
They made it all the way through the yellow gate, which is the last gate, but couldn't get the door down before the timer ran out. In round 1 we were on defense so in round 2 we were offense. We had the full 9 minutes as the Horde ran out the timer on their attempt. We hit both the blue and green gates at the same time, something we didn't do in the losing battles, and hit them from both sides. We got through the red and purple gates which leads to the yellow gate. We had no problem getting through that and to the door the Titan Relic is behind. We broke through that door and captured the Titan Portal for the win.I handed this in for 19g86s, 1241 bonus honor, which Gomorra really needs, and 25 arena points which the both need. Wranngar is currently maxed out (capped) on honor.
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