AV xp nerf in 3.2.2

[wrs]

I'm seeing about 1/2 of what I previously earned. At level 78, I was getting about 18k per bunker, now it's about 9k. Trixey Blizzard!

[Kromtor]

Perhaps they could have nerfed AFK XP farming then by making the inactive debuff not disappear when joining a new BG. Reporting the same people over and over only to have them still get balinda/galv experience was the problem.

[wrs]

FWIW, someone in BG chat said they were getting bonus xp from heirloom shoulders. I don't have em, so I can not confirm.

[Whowantstoknow]

Yes heirloom should now work - this was confirmed as a bug that was going to be fixed in 3.2.2 - we do not have the patch here yet so I can not confirm this in game though

[Fat Tire]

Yes heirloom should now work - this was confirmed as a bug that was going to be fixed in 3.2.2 - we do not have the patch here yet so I can not confirm this in game though

Aye they do work. 20% on top of 12k for an AV win gave me 15k. Towers gave 11,800. So overall about a 35% reduction with both heirlooms in AV. Still not too bad, with less 80s in AV I think horde will win more on avg. I think I only lost maybe 5 games 61-70 AV as horde. Before 3.2.2 Alliance won 75-80% on my BG 71-80.

[wrs]

Aye they do work. 20% on top of 12k for an AV win gave me 15k. Towers gave 11,800. So overall about a 35% reduction with both heirlooms in AV. Still not too bad, with less 80s in AV I think horde will win more on avg. I think I only lost maybe 5 games 61-70 AV as horde. Before 3.2.2 Alliance won 75-80% on my BG 71-80.

I thought the shoulders were only a 10% bonus?

[Fat Tire]

I thought the shoulders were only a 10% bonus?

Yup and chest adds another 10%

[Ridere]

So here's the big question then.

I was really hoping to get my Mage x5 and Druid x5 teams up from 70 to 80 before the Halloween event. They have full rested exp, and I have the Cloth Heriloom Shoulders and Chest for 20% increase.

Would it be faster to still run AV from 71-80 (After doing some initial questing in Borean for gear upgrades and to bridge the 70-71 gap), or should I just run quests with both teams with Heirlooms and Rested Exp?

I never got to experience the 71-80 AV run before, so I'm not sure how fast it really is compared to questing.

Any guesses on which would be better?

[Souca]

Thank all the AFK XP farmers.

I can't imagine anyone expecting it to last.

Screw that. If Blizzard can't make an AFK report system that works then thats their problem. I never AFK'd, so I'm not going to accept my playing experience suffering because of Blizz not being able to handle it. Add this into the fact that there is now an 80 only bracket for AV, both undocumented, and I'm a little upset.

My copy of Aion arrives today. Normally Blizz is smart about handling other games launching, but this makes me not want to play WoW right now. I'm probably being emo, but damn it, I pay to have fun and if they make something I really enjoyed suck, then that pisses me off.

*grumble*

- Souca -

[Coltimar]

The game was getting too enjoyable. They had to let a bunch of idiots spoil it again.