Emergency? What Emergency?
As everyone likely knows by now, the upcoming 3.2 patch recently announced by Blizzard will give twinks the option of turning of experience gain by visiting an NPC and selecting the switch. (Read all about the 3.2 changes in this thread, if you haven’t done so already: While most twinks would doubtlessly agree that being able to switch off XP gains permanently is a great addition to the game, it comes with a cost: any character that selects the option will no longer end up in the same BG queues as non-twink, experience-enabled characters. In other words, twinks and non-twinks will play in separate battleground instances.
When 3.2 goes live and twinks move into their own separate queue system apart from pugs, there is a very real possibility that there might not be enough twinks in the battle group to activate any sort of decent game. This is especially true for the 49 bracket, which is a great bracket but historically less populous than the 19s, 29s, and 39s. The lower level brackets may see a great deal of benefit from this patch, but our beloved 49 bracket may come to a screeching halt if players find it impossible to get in a game without enduring an unbearably long queue (or worse—never get in a game at all if there is a perpetual shortage of other players). The worst case scenario sees the communities we have forged in our own battle groups dying, leaving us only with fond memories. If you share our concern that this may happen to your battle group, we have come to give you a safe place for your twink. The Ruin community is offering its battle group as a place to transfer your twink(s) if your 49 twink bracket ceases to exist.
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that we are not trying to recruit from other functioning battle groups. Our goal is pick up the many talented solo players and guilds of any size that we know are out there, and give them a home in a community that they can play with and enjoy.
Why Transfer:
Until 3.2 is released, I wouldn’t suggest transferring unless you’re positive you want a change. I agree that the best strategy, before you invest your money in a transfer, is to wait and observe. I myself plan to watch the other battle groups closely, pay attention to the three different battle groups where I have toons, and listen to what people are saying about their experiences with queue times. Nevertheless, I realized (as have many others with whom I have spoken in-game on different battlegroups in the last few days) that the 49 community as a whole would be best served by thinking about these issues now and coming up with contingency plans for what is going to be the single most dramatic change to low-level PVP in WoW’s five year history. I am not here to recruit; I am here to better the 49 communities as a whole. If you’re morally opposed to a transfer, the next best solution is to make a twink on the battle group. I’d recommend speaking with some of the guild leaders on Ruin about funding and gear runs, they’ll be happy to help.
As everyone likely knows by now, the upcoming 3.2 patch recently announced by Blizzard will give twinks the option of turning of experience gain by visiting an NPC and selecting the switch. (Read all about the 3.2 changes in this thread, if you haven’t done so already: While most twinks would doubtlessly agree that being able to switch off XP gains permanently is a great addition to the game, it comes with a cost: any character that selects the option will no longer end up in the same BG queues as non-twink, experience-enabled characters. In other words, twinks and non-twinks will play in separate battleground instances.
When 3.2 goes live and twinks move into their own separate queue system apart from pugs, there is a very real possibility that there might not be enough twinks in the battle group to activate any sort of decent game. This is especially true for the 49 bracket, which is a great bracket but historically less populous than the 19s, 29s, and 39s. The lower level brackets may see a great deal of benefit from this patch, but our beloved 49 bracket may come to a screeching halt if players find it impossible to get in a game without enduring an unbearably long queue (or worse—never get in a game at all if there is a perpetual shortage of other players). The worst case scenario sees the communities we have forged in our own battle groups dying, leaving us only with fond memories. If you share our concern that this may happen to your battle group, we have come to give you a safe place for your twink. The Ruin community is offering its battle group as a place to transfer your twink(s) if your 49 twink bracket ceases to exist.
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that we are not trying to recruit from other functioning battle groups. Our goal is pick up the many talented solo players and guilds of any size that we know are out there, and give them a home in a community that they can play with and enjoy.
Why Transfer:
Until 3.2 is released, I wouldn’t suggest transferring unless you’re positive you want a change. I agree that the best strategy, before you invest your money in a transfer, is to wait and observe. I myself plan to watch the other battle groups closely, pay attention to the three different battle groups where I have toons, and listen to what people are saying about their experiences with queue times. Nevertheless, I realized (as have many others with whom I have spoken in-game on different battlegroups in the last few days) that the 49 community as a whole would be best served by thinking about these issues now and coming up with contingency plans for what is going to be the single most dramatic change to low-level PVP in WoW’s five year history. I am not here to recruit; I am here to better the 49 communities as a whole. If you’re morally opposed to a transfer, the next best solution is to make a twink on the battle group. I’d recommend speaking with some of the guild leaders on Ruin about funding and gear runs, they’ll be happy to help.
