Congratulations Miatreeleafa for winning this week’s Rumble in the Jungle (and getting the Mystic Runesaber mount as a prize)! Remember to attend events and have a chance to win some pretty cool stuff. See you on the battlefield!
Officer Bio and Content
Name: Lunzzul
Alts: Pyrabella, Judäsprïest
Aliases: Lunzz
Role: Social Media Officer
Claim to fame:
Likes: Cats, Spending all her money on transmogs, Being bossy
New PvP Event Schedule Planning and Meeting
The new raid days are going to interfere with one of our PvP days, so we are going to have to change our days to work around it so that everyone can attend either without interference. Because I still want to have the schedule as available to everyone as possible, I am asking everyone that wants to PvP with us in BfA to fill out this spreadsheet.
Another reminder to add is that there will be a PvP/Rated BG interest meeting August 29 at 5pm server(8pm Eastern). If you are interested in joining us and would like to see what we are all about, be sure to pop in Discord for this quick little meeting! If you will not be able to attend, message me on Discord at any time, and I will go over the information with you.
200k Gurabashi Tournament
So, since the Gurubashi Tournament was super fun, we are going to do it again Saturday, instead of the scheduled Rated Battlegrounds!
This time, there’s a twist!!
An anonymous sponsor has set a prize for 200,000 gold to the final winner. That’s right! Two hundred THOUSAND.
Because of this being literally more than a single token, to avoid gear differentials and people who are just god amongst men at their classes being paired with people who haven’t had the same experience levels, everyone who wishes to participate will be required to make a trial character for this event. You can be any class, role, and spec that you wish, but it MUST be a trial with the stock gearset.
I hope to see everyone in the arena Saturday! Let’s get as many people as possible to make it an interesting last pre-BFA event. Betting is not only welcome, but it is also extremely encouraged 😉
New War Mode Additions and Conqueror of Azeroth
PvP in Battle for Azeroth
So, since Blizz did us a solid and decided to add some Warmode features early, here’s a quick rundown of what its going to look like for anyone interested!
This is essentially a TL;DR, so if there is something you don’t understand completely, refer to this.
What’s New
Bounties
When a player in Warmode manages to kill more than 10 players of the opposing faction, they have a “bounty” placed on them. When a player gets a bounty on them, you will be notified when he or she comes near you, and you will be able to see it on your map. You can also loot this person when you kill him or her and get a nice little prize.
Air Drops
This one is super fun. An above aircraft will occasionally drop a crate that the two factions can fight over. Once a faction has control of this crate, anyone in that faction can loot it. Right now, its only available in Dark Shore, but it will be all over the new zones!
Achievements
So, one thing that I am REALLY excited about, is the Conqueror of Azeroth title that will be available in Battle for Azeroth. These two new features will unlock three of the requirements for the achievement. Saturday, August 4, we will try to get as many as we can done. This section will just be a quick little guide for anyone interested in participating, as well as for anyone who just wants to do it on their own. They are all pretty straight forward.
August 4th Event
Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers is a four part achievement that requires you to be in a 2-5 person party.
- Honorable kill
- Loot Player Bounty
- Complete Rare Elite World Quest
- Loot War Supply Chest
War Supplied
- Open a War Supply Crate from a air supply drop while within War Mode
Bounty Hunting
- Loot 10 bounties from slain players while within War Mode.
As you may be able to tell, these aren’t exactly one day achievements, but my goal is to get as close to the requirements as possible. The full achievement with all the requirements is listed here. I hope to see all of you on Saturday, and as always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask away!
PvP Time Planning Poll
If you are interested in PvPing, please answer this one-question poll. If you don’t tell us what time you’d like to do PvP events, we can’t cater to you! And if you don’t answer the poll, and then complain you can’t make the times, I will be very upset >:(
For the Horde!
Have you ever wanted to slap Anduin’s stupid little face? How about beat Tyrande’ with that stick that she’s had up her butt? And after Legion, I’m sure we all want to give Velen a piece of our mind.
Now you can!
Next week, 5PM server, we’re going to run through For the Horde. Even if PvP isn’t normally your thing, achievements are nice to have, and this is a good time to do it! We don’t know where certain NPCs will be in BfA, nor do we know how stat squish will affect the difficulty of this achievement. Plus, our Artifact Weapons are giving us a huge advantage right now. The more people we have, the easier this will be!
This is also a great way to dip your toes into PvP if you’ve never done any before. While the NPCs aren’t opposing players, chances are that opposing players will show up to defend their leaders!
Sign up on the in-game calendar and check out the PvP Discord channel for more information and news.
Operation Gnome Stomp
Last night was the first PvP night and it was a huge success! Though our win to loss ratio was pretty low, it was the fun that was had that made tonight truly awesome. Lvana spoke on Discord for the first time, Fistlok got his first honorable kill, and the awesome twist of several different personalities kept us so entertained that we lost track of time and kept at it for three and a half hours! Congrats to the ones that got achievements, and thank you to everyone that showed interest and joined us. Next week will (hopefully) run much smoother, and I will do my best to make sure everyone who wants to participates. Please check out the PvP channel in discord for a poll on preferred future events. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to message me in game or on discord. All feedback helps!
Here is a link to the poll: https://www.strawpoll.me/16016348
There’s also an amazing number of PvP resources, including builds, addons, and other useful tips pinned in the PvP channel. Check it out!