So, the new trend in WSG is using engineering items that enable flag carrier jump from ramp, use rocket boost + parachute cloak and basically appear at the other side of the map in a few seconds.
During the WSG weekend, I saw this in 50% of games. Sometimes when we saw that the flag was picked up, we just run to the other side of map to catch EFC.
Yes, it is “blizzlike” and “no-changes”, but this behavior is decreasing the PVP aspect and ruining the battleground as it is.
Not sure how others feel about this, ofc except of those R14 feral flag carriers. For me the solution would be disabling parachute cloak in WSG, as it doesn’t have logical use, unlike Arathi Basin.
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ingi boots make you drop flag. thats it. but on the other side, it is how it was so thats the main point about this discussion.
You can use engi boots with the flag.
i was talking about how to fix it. i know you can use them with flag in tbc
Rocket Boots + Parachute cloak take 2 item slot with no resilience / no real good stats.
You can land a stun, or a slow, or a CC and the Rocket boots user is going to be stuck in place. Rocket boots don’t stay for long.
As Hunter, you should scatter when the ennemy is using it, rendering it useless.
It’s really easy to counter this, and even if the flag pass, your flag carrier can do the exact same thing.
Also, remember that Eng was a BiS profession for PvP player since Classic, it’s now good only in Battleground since we now can’t use any item in arena. So it’s normal that many player are still Eng.
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Yes… “new” xD
Same for me , Its pain JOIN wsg and most of the time just trying caught druid with Freedom potion+rocket Boots + parachute or using wall jumps at spawn points,
“your flag carrier can do the exact same thing” - this is not a very good argument, obviously I don’t want the WSG to be a flying acrobats show. And yes, you can stop him when he is about to do it, but once he flies, its almost impossible. Contrary to the movement on land, where anyone can stop them.
If you can’t handle that, go another Battleground. WSG is all about consumables, druid, healers, and boots.
well FAP could be assigned and boots should make you drop flag.
cause not everyone has a 40 yard instant cc you know? if used smart its not possible to counter this. just dont use boots like an nobrain player
Get used to it. It’s just sad pvp meta gamers, the same players who ruin any player against player game. As long as they win, at any cost. Reminds me of the sad players who used to wait out the time for a draw in Arenas behind a pillar if the opposing team didn’t advance so they could be kited around it so they had the advantage.
Player vs Player games are below mediocre now because of the average player mindset.
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As a feral who has engineering, I can honestly agree it’s a load of rubbish, and ruins the game. People tend to run FAP with all that you have mentioned too, making it even more unstoppable, it just kills the game. WSG is meant to be a tactical awareness team game, and having some try hard just bypass half the map unstoppably is dumb. Rocket boots definitely made you drop the flag at some point (in WOTLK I think), it’s time that was implemented.
Also I got a 72 hour ban back in the day for jumping up the wall at the graveyard, as did many people (can’t remember if this was in WOTLK or TBC), so it really grinds my gears seeing that that is all people do now.
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