AV Stats For Perspective

[Souca]

Here is some data on AV, just so we can gauge what has changed and when.

Galvangar
80s Bracket - 456.2k Health - 09/23/2009 3:36 am EST
79s Bracket - 456.2k Health - 09/23/2009 3:50 am EST
79s Bracket - 456.2k Health - 09/24/2009 5:56 am EST
80s Bracket - 456.2k Health - 09/24/2009 6:40am EST - 186 Honor

Drek - No Towers
71 Bracket - 471.8k Health - 09/16/2009 1:55pm
80s Bracket - 471.8k Health - 09/24/2009 5:48pm


Exp for Galv Kill - Level 76 Character
Pre Patch, 19k
9/23 9k
9/24 9k

Queue Times
Pre Patch < 2 minutes
9/24 80s Bracket ~ 3 minutes
9/24 70s Bracket > 15 minutes
9/24 70s Bracket > 1.5 hours and gave up


I'm just outputting data I have so people can compare. I don't know when the hotfix was or will be applied, so I figure better to document things. SS available on request.

- Souca -

[suicidesspyder]

At least on alliance my que times are about 5 mins horde like 20 mins but yea. The hp of galv in the 70-79 bracket is way to high. Gotta think most people in that bracket are 70-75 not to many more higher then that. I think blizzard ruined the fun i mean i still do av dont get me wrong but now alliance on my bg loses more cause we dont have ne 80's. Just wonder what 80's are like might go in and see how bad we do there before i give up on alliance. Horde sux 60-69 but im 5 lvls away from being outta there then its on like i dont know what. Not using the donkey kong one its to you know typical of a saying lol. So its on like a lesbian and a strap on. Oh thats a good one saving for later use lol.

[Naysayer]

Every game in the 70's is a reinforcements attrition war... It takes a really long time to kill Balinda as well due to hit/miss level problems.

Queues are hoooooorrible.

[Ualaa]

Cenarius - US - Alliance side.

Afternoon queue (PST) was 18 mins when I stepped away from the computer.
Came back 12 mins later and had missed the queue..

So somewhere in the 18-30 min queue range for AV's.
71-79 bracket.

[kiwibob]

Took me 15mins to get into AV in the 70-79 bracket in the stormstrike battle group. Galv gave around 11.5k xp without heirlooms, same for IP tower. Unfortunately that was all we managed to get.

Does anyone know how much xp the other BG's are giving now? I'll try and have a look later today when I get a chance.

[Ridere]

So it looks like they bumped up the exp by about 1-2k per tower? I guess that's not too bad. Going to try and get my Druids to 80 by Hallow's Eve.

[palvarik]

Ualaa are you the one i met last night in Cenarius with your 5 shammies? If so it was good talking to you :)

[Souca]

Galv health is still the same. XP seems to be about 11.5k per tower now. Queue times are at least 15 minutes.

- Souca -

[Bigfish]

I'd argue health is a poor indicator of difficulty. Target Level and incoming DPS would be a better gauge IMO.

[Multibocks]

Tr00 dat :)

[Souca]

I'd argue health is a poor indicator of difficulty. Target Level and incoming DPS would be a better gauge IMO.

Agreed, but they are skull mobs so it's hard to get true level. When I tried to get a game today the queue was so long I only managed to get into one and Galv wiped us multiple times. His health was the same and the levels of the archers where the same, hence my conclusion they have not changed anything except the XP bump. If anyone has more precise info, I'm all for it.

- Souca -

[Ualaa]

I'm not the 5 shammy you were talking to.

So far have:
4x shammy + 1x pally at 80th.
72-76 mixed team Druid, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Shammy.
60's Boomkins, 60's Hunters, 60's Disc Priests.

Just running dailies on the shammy/pally at the moment.
And working on the mixed team.
Haven't decided between Boomkins or Disc Priests next, or perhaps Warlocks.
But the queue's are long enough in 70-79 AV... questing might be faster, which sucks.

[Diwa]

Do you guys have a macro that accepts AV invitation so that I can assign it to a button when my que is up

[Souca]

Do you guys have a macro that accepts AV invitation so that I can assign it to a button when my que is up

Yus I do:



/click StaticPopup1Button1


This one will get you out of a battleground, but be careful as it doesn't check to see if the game is over ;)



/click WorldStateScoreFrameLeaveButton


There are APIs for doing these things as well, but I went with what worked first. Enjoy.

- Souca -

[suicidesspyder]

Hey souca i love you for those macros lol. Actually with isboxer i just hit alt shift r then click on enter or leave lol. But this seems easier i guess lol. Just need and auto release macro for when u die in bg's.

[daviddoran]

Don't auto release in a BG, if your toons release at different times, theres a chance they could rez in a totally different graveyard, and you are screwed. I have a "big button" of accepting rezzes, etc, so i release all at once, join BGs all at once, etc. I need to add the leave BG button...

[suicidesspyder]

oh i know so when i die i can just hit my release button for all at once instead of hitting alt shift r then scrolling over.

[Souca]

Here is my my full accept macro/big button:



/script AcceptGroup();
/script AcceptQuest();
/script AcceptTrade();
/script RetrieveCorpse();
/click StaticPopup1Button1


Works for almost everything you want to click on. Just make sure you test it before using it on any dangerous or important dialogs.

- Souca -

[Diwa]

Thanks Souca!

It works perfectly! In fact while I'm questing and waiting for my que, a group of lvl 80s were about to attack my lvl 72 shammies. While they are charging and about to slash my team, the AV que just pop up on time, immediately pushed your macro and saved my team! I bet those morons are wondering how in the world I disappear. lol

[Souca]

Thanks Souca!

It works perfectly! In fact while I'm questing and waiting for my que, a group of lvl 80s were about to attack my lvl 72 shammies. While they are charging and about to slash my team, the AV que just pop up on time, immediately pushed your macro and saved my team! I bet those morons are wondering how in the world I disappear. lol

It will also cancel a spirit rez if you get your insignia taken. The click basically clicks the leftmost button on most dialogs. So if you have one team member that dies and you don't want them to rez, hitting that macro will click cancel. Can get tricky when you get out of sync though, i.e. clicking it to release, but it cancels on one that was already at the spirit rez.

- Souca -

[Multibocks]

I hate that! Happens a lot in WG when one member dies before the other. I have switched to just manually clicking each when I know one character died earlier and is in the process of ressing.