I posted this in the official p2 info thread but that discussion is drowned by the GDKP ban. So I though it would be a good idea to start a thread discussion the STV event specifically.
The new STV event looks really fun but i have one big concern: stealth. In duels, BGs and in later expansions arena stealth classes have been good but stealth is not overpowered by itself because in these cases your battles have already kind of been picked for you and staying in stealth does not help your team in a team fight. In open world pvp however stealth is kind of overpowered because you have the ability to pick your battles, and more importantly you can choose WHEN to engage and also easily escape if things are looking unfavorable for you. In the STV event you ALSO have the added factor of FFA which will make it even easier to pick favorable battles for you where you can kill multiple players with low health. In short stealth will be so disgistingly OP in this event to the point where it will not be fun for other classes if nothing is implemented to balance this somehow, like be able to gain the ability to see stealth somehow like in arena.
Playing alone during this event will be suicide, no matter the reason. Apparently, some form of penalty will apply for raid groups, but nothing is said about groups up to 5.
But yes, in WPVP, rogues and feral druid will have a good laugh.
The hunter will have flare and his traps in combat. It will be useful to counter stealth classes.
I can’t wait to gank everything on my rogue, rofl. Prepare to be corpse camped 24/7
It will be suicide for everyone but rogues, druids and possibly hunters who can hide far away and send in the pets who will be able to solo cloth wearers with bestial wrath.
It will be Blood Moon and everything under him. I can not wait for that blood bath.
Only thing i think is bad is the 30 min every 3h …
30 min is a bit short …
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30 minutes is okay. But the 3 hour delay… At least make it 2 hour.
Guys, could you please stop rushing everything ? You’d be the first to complain how long phase 2 is after a month here in the forums because you already farmed everything.
3 hours is completely fine… why would you want to have the event every 30 minutes and farm all the gear in a day ? just stop rushing everything, believe me you will actually enjoy the game
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You’ve never done world PVP have you?
Please elaborate on why you think I’m wrong.
It is absolutely doable vs stealth chars, just have to be a bit more aware
The problem that I’m trying to highlight is that there will be alot of stealthers going around in groups that are just waiting to engage until other groups have already engaged with eachother and are low on health, mana and have used CDs. There is pretty much 0 counterplay for that.
That would make the event be active 20 - 25% of the time (depending on if the 2 hour starts from the start or end of the event)
That feels a bit excessive to me - 10 - 15% of the time feels perfect
Only thing i would like to see is more graveyards across the zone. STV is very large zone and being killed every 2 min while corpse run time is sometimes 5-10 min will just be a big timewaster and not actuall pvp fun
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Totally agree, pretty sure they will do just that considering they did it in ashenvale.
I think the player behaviour will end up being one big fight in a specific area, with everyone sticking close to their faction, regardless of not being in the same raid. And Rogues don’t thrive that well in large group fights. Something like the WPvP weekly on retail for Malicia, everyone is just on one spot killing everyone not in their group.
Stealth is a massive advantage in WPvP and the ability to pick your fights is better than any def CD. But in big fights, if the Rogue leaves stealth, they get zerged.
Because what you’re complaining about is insiginificant.
i have to reread this, but i thought it was everyone against everyone, faction doesnt matter, during the event. u can kill ure own side? i mite b wrong
Does it say it will be free for all? 
Didn’t notice that.
Will spend each event (pve server …) in STV on my feral. Ravaging targets at 10% health. This is the way!
I need that mace! And i know i will never see the pummeler mace from Gnom like i never saw the Feral hammer in BFD after countless runs. Just way to many items / not enough bosses / drop per boss.