This is my first post and I hope it can help some of you. Maybe even enough to get me some TUBucks.
On my server, there are several of us that have been able to queue into AV simultaneously. This sets us up for a pre-made AV and greatly increases our chance of success. I will not explain how we Q up together, if you can't figure that out on your own, then you won't be able to do this strat.
You will break up the 8 groups into 4 divisions. Like this:
Division 1 - Groups 1 & 2
Division 2 - Groups 3 & 4
Division 3 - Groups 5 & 6
Division 4 - Groups 7 & 8
I will refer to the division as D1, D2, D3 and D4.
DEFENSE
Immediately upon the gates opening, D1 will rush to the choke point tower just below the West and East Frostwolf Towers. You use this location because it prevents rogues and druids from being able to stealth past you. Keep 1 or 2 people at the Frostwolf Relief Hut (FWRH) to ensure it doesn't get capped by stealthers that get by the choke point.
Normally the alliance will cap the Frostwolf Graveyard (FWGY) and wait for it to be fully capped before proceeding into Frostwolf Village. At this choke point, you will rez at the Frostwolf Relief Hut.
If you lose both the FWGY and the FWRH, start harrassing alliance as they try and pull the General's guards. Lots of fear bombs work well for this. While doing that, half of D1 should be recapping the FWGY. This helps you guys rez and get into FW Village faster. OK, defense is pretty simple.
OFFENSE
D2-D4 will all rush to Van. No stopping for any stupid towers or elites. This wastes lots of time and the whole idea of this strat is to get in and out of AV as soon as possible. I will add a P.S. at the end of this to give tips how to kill all the elites and cap towers at the end of this.
D2 will rush the main road to Stormpike Graveyard (SPGY). D3 will go down the valley after the Icewing Bunker and move to the SPGY from underneath the bridge. D4 will move up the road towards the alliance starting cave, then move towards the SPGY from the Irondeep Mine.
D2 is the distraction force, their job is to focus the alliance on the road in front of the SPGY. Make sure there is plenty of healing for D2 so they can maximize their distraction.
D3 and D4 will then move in behind the SPGY and assault it simultaneously. Two people from D3 and two from D4 will cap the flag. D3 will then move to the SPGY rez point and kill any alliance that rezzes. D4 will move down the road towards D2 and catch the alliance in the middle. The flag will be capped quickly.
Everyone quickly heals and manas up. Then D3 & D4 will move across the bridge towards the Stormpike First Aid Station (SPAS). As this is done, 4 rogues will go to the 2 SP towers and kill off the ranged NPCs.
Take the SPAS and you can wait for it to cap if you want, but it is not necessary. If you have enough warriors and some healing, you can actually kill Van without taking out the marshals first.
With these tactics, you can win AV in 6-8 minutes. This will give you more honor per win as opposed to the other BGs.
Now for the P.S. I said I would.
Instead of D4 rushing to the SPGY, they will split up and will take down the towers and the elites. This slows down your push to Van by about 5 minutes but it will give you a lot more honor at the end.
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Now, please discuss this as I am always looking for ways to improve our AV rapes.
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