Battleground Noob

[:1]I ventured into Warsong Gulch last evening - first BG ever and I took my lvl 38 Rogue. Fun with him stealthing and backstabbing the enemy. However, I was unlucky enough to be there with a group who apparently only spoke Swedish or were disinclined to use English. They did know enough, though, to shout 'Noob' at me and do the Chicken Cluck Thing. I left, embarrassed and awkward and resolved not to try this again unless I had a better idea of what to do.

First of all, how do you communicate with others? I couldn't figure that out and everything I've read since doesn't tell me. I had to resort to 'Say' (not that they listened anyhow). At one point I captured the Horde flag and was about to make off with it towards the Alliance headquarters but everyone shouted at me and finally one ventured enough English to say 'Drop flag!' and I still don't understand why. I thought the whole idea was to get the thing, trundle it back to your headquarters and then hold it there. No?

It was all rather baffling and I could sort of get glimpses of what fun it could be, but never felt really like I belonged or was contributing usefully. I'd like to try it again, but not before I know more basics of the whole thing and can find some English-speakers who'll be a little kinder to a noob. Most of the BG guides seem to assume that you know the mechanics of the thing automatically and those are the very things I don't know!|||To talk to everyone type in /bg

Rogues best job in WSG is to stealth in, grab the flag, and run, going as fast as possible.

Do not restealth as that will drop the flag.

Do not fight when you have the flag unless you have a healer and backup, otherwise try to stun then run.|||Quote:








To talk to everyone type in /bg

Rogues best job in WSG is to stealth in, grab the flag, and run, going as fast as possible.

Do not restealth as that will drop the flag.

Do not fight when you have the flag unless you have a healer and backup, otherwise try to stun then run.




Thanks very much. This is the kind of very basic stuff I've been looking for.|||Other real choice is defense. Stealth, when someone goes for the flag, attack and stun as much as possible, use crippling poison (I think? the one that slows movement) on one of your weapons.|||thank you so much. but gotta go first.type it come to read next time...|||Quote:








thank you so much. but gotta go first.type it come to read next time...purple monkey dishwasher




There, I fixed it. It makes much more sense now.|||Quote:








There, I fixed it. It makes much more sense now.




Curious - you guys weren't the Swedish-speaking unfriendly ones in the BG, were you?|||Quote:








Other real choice is defense. Stealth, when someone goes for the flag, attack and stun as much as possible, use crippling poison (I think? the one that slows movement) on one of your weapons.




Tried again last evening, explained generally that I was new to this but wanted to get the hang of it, but all that got me was one guy saying 'Then you shouldn't be here, noob!'.

I now think that attitudes in BGs may be the unfriendliness encountered so often in this game carried to another notch. I'm disappointed - I try, when I play one of my guys, to help others, to show them how to do certain things, answer questions, to not be insulting. Oh, well........ I think I won't try again.|||Just don't tell them you are new to it and no one will probably say anything.|||Quote:








Just don't tell them you are new to it and no one will probably say anything.




Hmm, maybe. When I did that, though, got told I was stupid and didn't know what I was doing. Dang.