Not the leader of a bg? /afk

[l0de]

I've been having more and more issues with not getting leader of BGs, especially AV and not being able to get my group fixed. No matter how politely you ask, it seems like the task of fixing a group, or the notion of passing leader is beyond just about everyone I meet in bgs.

I play a holy priest \ 4 warlock combo and not being in a group totally fucks me. No POH. Circle of healing messed up. I'd rather not even play. If I'm in a 15 man bg and the leader won't fix my group or let me do it, I just camp a graveyard until we get 5 capped.

What's the answer to this? I'm not a fan of AFKing or throwing games, but it's totally unenjoyable to me not to be able to play correctly. :\

[Diamndzngunz]

I dont see how your not getting leader. If your the leader of your party and Q for a PVP area when you enter you should get leader. But it does not work in AV.

[l0de]

I'm definitely queueing with the party leader, clicking accept quickly, and not getting leader.

[unit187]

I dont see how your not getting leader. If your the leader of your party and Q for a PVP area when you enter you should get leader. But it does not work in AV.

how come?

I think BG leader is given to the first person who gets in the queue to the BG before others or maybe it is even random.

[sway]

in the "old" system it was, the player with highest ranking, even when the "high warlord" player was the last joiner.

[Los]

i believe av atm is the fastest joiner, and ab/wsg/eots still is highest ranked

[Xzin]

Yeah, AV is a pain sometimes. Helps to be the Zins, politely send a tell to be leader for them to give you leader and also helps to be ex Warlord. Also, join at the SAME exact time. If you load up at the same time, your chances of being in the same rough order are higher. Also, don't join right away as everybody else is too - this spreads your characters into 5 groups.

Also be sure to que with your leader for another BG (like WSG) such that you can invite yourself out if it all fails.

[perenor]

Something I've noticed when joining BGs (AV excluded because I don't pay attention there as much), even as solo or with my friend. The leader often changes as more people join before the event starts.

I've been leader a number of times in my party with my friend, get into the BG and she's the leader, and as other people come in, the lead gets passed off.

So, part of the problem is that people may not realise that they're the leader (something that shouldn't be an issues I'd say level 40+). Or if they are the leader, may not even know how to move people around in raid groups (another thing I've noticed is very common).

I'd suggest maybe a macro asking whoever is leader to put all your toons in something like group 8. "I am a multiboxer and will you please put the following toons into group 8: Toon1, Toon2, Toon3, Toon4, Toon5."

[zanthor]

The follow method I use doesn't depend so much on group but just works based on name. It's a bit of code but I'll see if I can't work it into a nicer format for public release.

It doesn't help the issues with folks like me who use party1target for their macro targets, but once I get into pvp bigger than 3v3 or 5v5 where I have total control I'll have to reconsider that.

[Otlecs]

I use specific names rather than the partyN format too, and started posting a response to that effect.

Then I realised that it's AoE healing for his team that he was trying to fix, and that does indeed need the whole team in the same party