Who doesn't dread entering a battleground (aka BG) and being called a nub (newbie, n00b...take your poison). Nothing beats the fresh scent of scattered player corpses littered on the battlefield with spells crackling off in the distance and 20-80 players running around like their head was removed with a meat cleaver. But going in blind into a BG can be daunting, unless you are ready (or have been there before). So, let me open up on some BG tactic know-hows, what to dress in, and what to bring to the party.
First off, #1 most important factor, is your survivability...can you take a player, or two, or three all chopping as you attempt to defend yourself? If not, consider a stat on your defense tab on your character sheet titled resilence. It shows the chance removed that you have to be critically hit by another player, and how much damage less you take from damage and critical hits. This is important, because in a game where damage trumps defense, having even a little means you can go all out without worry about your current health status (unless your a healer, then run to a DPSer). By stacking resilence, you take less damage overall, and have a chance less to be crit (which is more damage done to your head by a single hit). Healers need this stat stacked a bit more, only because people like to target healers and go after them first (most of the time). Your Resilence can be stacked from gear you get by trading in honor or marks from certain battlegrounds.
Secondly...watch your surroundings (yes, it isn't just a raid thing) because there are people who come at you from behind or stealth to you. By keeping an eye on the rogue stealthing 80 yards out, you can bet chances are, he's headed to you with intentions to stab you until you die. By watching that rogue stealth, you can drop some aoe (area of effect) effect that will break his stealth, ruining his opening attacks and leveling the field (at that point, go all out). By knowing that a group of players is forming off in the distance to take over your spot (either because you are guarding a flag or holding a base), you can call out for inc (incoming) to your spot, and though you might not live, you will have helped out your BG by preventing a base from being taken over without anyone knowing (other then the warning on the screen when it is too late). Sometimes hiding nearby before the other faction shows up and by attacking when more players come to assist you can mean the difference between a failed defense or successful pushback.
Third, communication. /bg is the best way to let people know where you are headed, where is under attack, or what the plan is for the next strike at a flag or base. Being quiet in BG chat does not mean people can focus, not unlike raids at all, but can instead let others know the situation of areas they currently are not around. Let people know what's going on, and the scrub title...will disappear.
Fourth, Grouping is key here. Don't go Clint Eastwood on people and run into a group of enemies, guns blazing...it does not work that way. Instead, go with two or more people so your survival efforts aren't lost on a 1 v 10 scene where your guns don't fire because your stunlocked from multiple people. When you get 1200 resilence, and have a top end PvP (player versus player) weapon...then you can attempt the Clint Eastwood scene, but chances are, you'll still get rolled, it'll just take them longer to kill you. Group, and you and your fellow BGers will live long happy 60 second lives.
Fifth, though important, is speccing (using those talents for purpose). PvP specs look much much different then raiding specs, and have increased player survivability and talents that reduce time spent snared, stunned, feared, and so forth. Speccing your classes pvp specs don't take long and pay off in the end.
And Sixth (only because it seems relavent to end with), learn to play your class against other players. Knowing which buttons and cooldown's to pop when will keep you alive and help out the friendly nations when the guns go blazing...learn to play before you go in, and people won't tell you that in the BG (which will come out in a much more angered tone).
So, Resilence, Watching your back, Communicating, Grouping, Speccing, and Learning to play will keep your new shiney PvP toon alive long enough to get smeared against the other pros without them letting you know how new you really are to the whole thing. I'm not saying you can be a master overnight, there will be many a death before you get the swing of things, but I thought giving some basics wouldn't hurt anyone.
And for the second time tonight
-pwrtoppl
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