Well im 56 x5 shamans now on PVP server (oceanic)

[Millz]

Logout for a 10minutes.. go get a drink.. come back when they're gone. It's what i do. You'll also benefit from trying to stick to instances as much as you can.. Since you don't get ganked in there.

Just suck it up and do the grind, when you get to 70 it'll be a complete change of story... You'll be the 1 ganking all of them

[KvdM]

Probably also depends on the server. I'm on a low population pvp server and I have to put in effort to actually find someone of the opposite faction.

[Kiljaedon]

I am so glad that my home server is actually considered the most well balanced horde/allaince server of all the pvp servers. According to the wowstats on prime time for Emerald Dream the count is around 12k horde 11k Alliance. When I am attacked and mass camped I just pull alliance together to stomp em back. Great fun Great fun. But if you can stick to instancing then it should alleviate alot of the problems. Ive been doing nothing but almost pure instancing since 55.

[heyaz]

It's not really that hard to avoid being camped. I've played on several PVP servers and I've yet to find a group of campers with the patience to wait more than about 20 minutes, especially if I don't come back the first time. I've always refused to let a bunch of punks waste my time, and when I run to my corpse if I can see them standing around, I just go do something else for 30 minutes and they are almost always gone when I come back. If it gets really bad (and it almost never does) I spirit rez and hearth and quest somewhere else. In two years on PVP servers there have been very few instances where the ganking was bad enough to really prevent me from doing what I wanted.

Some servers are worse than others. If there are more of the other faction, or a lot of little kids on the server, it will probably be worse. However if you go with a server where your faction dominates, at 70 you may have trouble finding good world pvp because there aren't enough enemy players.

[Kiljaedon]

Well from playing on 4 different pvp servers in my wow life I have had only 2 major spots that gave me problems. Eastern Plaguelands and Cenarion Refuge. I do not know who in the right mind made it so if you have max faction in Cenarion Refuge being given the ability to attack other people at will to only have guards attack if they defend themselves. Besides those two spots I have never been camped before. Just do as the above guy suggests and wait them out. Gankers have little patience and after the initial high rush of ganking they will find other prey to stalk. Forgot to mention Nagrand. It is the worst ganking spot in the entire game from the Blood Ring to the Elemental Plateau. People nag about those two spots more then anywhere on the Emerald Dream forums constantly being a battle between alliance and horde for control.

[Bradster]

To the OP:
It always varies per server. When I tried Horde I rolled on Mal’Ganis. A friend and I did. Took over a month to get from 58 to 60. Because EPL, WPL, Creator, etc all camped looking for horde to camp and kill, was awful. Due to the times I played I could never find groups. So spent most of my time hiding in caves and just grinding. You on the other hand can do instances.

The server I’m on now is starting to get pretty bad. Last night was the first time in a long time I didn’t get harassed in some way. Which was nice. I’ve often thought, man. I should give PVE servers a try. I think to myself I’m just getting tired of this and would rather just do my own thing and not be bothered. I’ve done this since release and I’m just kind of burnt out on the whole thing.

Then I realize there would be Gnomes skipping around gleefully and there would be nothing I could do about it. If I had to choose between the two I pick have the option of punting that gnome! Really I think if I did make the move I would be unhappy. The sense of danger would be removed and the grind would be just that. Last night I finished a few quests and got some outland gear. That in its self is an accomplishment because of the server I’m on. Put me on a PVE and that wouldn’t really hold much wealth.

What I’m trying to say is, you can appreciate things more sometimes on a PVP server. That and when the Xpac comes out you’ll be ready, most will be solo. You won’t. the tables will be even and at the very least you can take a truckload down with you.

I really look forward to the xpac, not for its new content (although that will be fun) but for all the people that will have to deal with me. No one will be questing in MY quest area. Like last night killing those darn Terror mobs in Hellfire, I had 2 alliance beat feet out of there from the sight of me; one took a volley for him to get his ass in gear and leave.

[sicsid]

To the OP:
It always varies per server. When I tried Horde I rolled on Mal’Ganis. A friend and I did. Took over a month to get from 58 to 60. Because EPL, WPL, Creator, etc all camped looking for horde to camp and kill, was awful. Due to the times I played I could never find groups. So spent most of my time hiding in caves and just grinding. You on the other hand can do instances.

The server I’m on now is starting to get pretty bad. Last night was the first time in a long time I didn’t get harassed in some way. Which was nice. I’ve often thought, man. I should give PVE servers a try. I think to myself I’m just getting tired of this and would rather just do my own thing and not be bothered. I’ve done this since release and I’m just kind of burnt out on the whole thing.

Then I realize there would be Gnomes skipping around gleefully and there would be nothing I could do about it. If I had to choose between the two I pick have the option of punting that gnome! Really I think if I did make the move I would be unhappy. The sense of danger would be removed and the grind would be just that. Last night I finished a few quests and got some outland gear. That in its self is an accomplishment because of the server I’m on. Put me on a PVE and that wouldn’t really hold much wealth.

What I’m trying to say is, you can appreciate things more sometimes on a PVP server. That and when the Xpac comes out you’ll be ready, most will be solo. You won’t. the tables will be even and at the very least you can take a truckload down with you.

I really look forward to the xpac, not for its new content (although that will be fun) but for all the people that will have to deal with me. No one will be questing in MY quest area. Like last night killing those darn Terror mobs in Hellfire, I had 2 alliance beat feet out of there from the sight of me; one took a volley for him to get his ass in gear and leave.

For some reason whenever you talk about stuff Bradster, my respect for you grows exponentially. What server are you on now? Debating doing a server switch :P

[BobGnarly]

I know what you're talking about.

I've been a fairly pvp oriented person throughout my mmo life, but finally, I just got sick of the grief.

I'm all about the guy who sneaks up on me, kills me, salutes, and goes about his way (which is how I play on a pvp server). However, that's not what pvp servers are mostly populated with anymore, it seems. Rather, they are chock full of griefing, lifeless losers who have to try and compensate for their inadequacies by griefing people for HOURS on end (yeah, generalizations ftw). Finally, I just got sick of not being able to do what I wanted to do because I was always trying to fend off some moron who's perfectly content spending his time trying to make me miserable until the break of dawn.

As a postnote, I've been playing on pve servers for a while now (and have never regretted the move, btw). When I recently got a beta invite, I decided to xfer to pvp just to relive the old days a little. The first night I'm out collecting my 20 bear asses, some loser ret paladin exploiting the busted SoC crap 2 shots me (keep in mind, I'm in nearly full pvp gear with 350 resilience and his SoC crits me for almost 9k). OK, fine, whatever, I res up and am on the defensive a little bit more. Sure enough, as the night goes on, this tard keeps trying to kill me and everybody else trying to quest. Of course, he skulks around out in the periphery waiting for people who are 1/2 dead fighting a mob before he sacks up enough to unload his bullshit bug on you, because that's how his ilk "rolls, dog." Fucking loser. At least I can report that the last time we met it was him biting dirt. And while yes, that was very gratifying, it wasn't worth the 2 hours of crap before it.

The reason I bring it up is, one hour into this pvp server and I was totally reminded of why I moved.

[Fleecy]

I'm of the opersite mind at the moment. I've always played on a PVE server and recently I've been considering rolling on a PVP server just to expierence life "looking over your shoulder". I've never had the mis/fortune of fighting for my life while attempting to do 1 quest over the space a days.

[Icetech]

i personally can't stand pve servers, there is a edge to a game when you can attacdk or be attacked

BTW it really depends on server... on maelstrom i got ganked a ton leveling way back.. on dark iron.. a total of 4 times upto lvl 65...