Legacy of Oblivion

In a strange turn of events, LoO has embarked on a journey we could not have foreseen: Player vs. Player.

This is a fairly surprising move on our part. Although PvP has always been a substantial part of life in World of Warcraft, it hasn’t been a part of LoO’s corporate life. The majority of LoOnies preferred PvE, so those who wanted to add PvP content were encouraged to do so on an individual basis. This was primarily just Grimvalt, Iraas, and Arachne, with the rest of us being turned off by the kind of PvP we saw going on in the world.

Koryn has a way of putting things so eloquently, doesn’t he?

There was a short stint where a couple of us did try getting into PvP, and we ventured forth into the battlegrounds, lured by visions of brave and bold Horde warriors and the promises of glorious victories and phat lewts.

The reality of PvP life was far from the truth.

And that was that for a long time. At least it was for me.

When the Season 1 Arena Gear became available for battleground honor and marks, we were lured, once again, back into suckage battle. A poll was taken and the LoOnies spoke in one accord:

Give us some damn PvP on Sunday nights!

Lead by Arcadi, Team LoO has ventured forth into the glories of PvP. The first lesson he had to teach us has been the hardest, yet most valuable: Togetherness.

This is a first shot of a couple of us doing some Outland PvP quests, looking pretty pleased with ourselves. I managed to get a portrait of everyone looking quite nice – except Grimvalt, who looks like a tauntaun with his funky helmet and Rhuinn, who couldn’t figure out which way was forward. Autumnwolf is not in this shot because she was doing all the hard work while we stood around taking pictures.

Since then, we have learned some valuable lessons and we’re proud of where we are as a team. Staying together has been the backbone of our strategy, and it makes sense. If you’ve ever gone into the battlegrounds alone and have suddenly found yourself without a buddy or group, you know you won’t last long. Together, we continue to be a driving force to either take flags and resources, defend them, even divide and conquer.

Well, most of us have learned it…

The rest of us have learned that rogues are pointy.

Being the efficient little devil I am, I quickly figured out that if I did the pvp daily quest and then spent the rest of my time in AV, I could get approximately 2000 honor every night for one hour of effort. And 2000 honor every night roughly equals one upgraded item per week. Sure, it’s hard going in as the pvp noob – you’re sort of a novelty.

Thanks for pointing me out to the entire raid, jerk!

Still, I was determined. So this is what I did every night at about 8:30/9:00 pm Eastern. I logged in and started pvping to get my 2000 honor. For the price of some honor, marks, and my dignity, I was able to start getting some much needed upgrades. Sure, we’ve been pounding down Heroics like they’re going out of style, but it’s been a long time since anyone’s really had a substantial upgrade.

Thundrax and Arcadi wanted to get in on the action too, and they started to join me. Either that, or they wanted me to shut up about my nightly pvp and upgraded armor.

Sure enough, we realized the battlegrounds aren’t so bad when you were getting pwned with friends.

Then Zug started coming. Then Matelda. Then Iraas! It’s become a nightly quasi-event where we continue to learn pvp skills.

The nightly pvp grind is open to all. It’s a very flexible night, so anyone who wants to get online can do so at any time and leave whenever you have to. There’s no set time frame; we come and go as needed. Log in and say you would like to come. We queue up as a group and use the guild voice channel to talk during the matches. If you don’t have a microphone, at the very least you must be able to hear because Arcadi gives our instructions over voice chat.

Although it is not an official guild event, we treat it as if it were one, taking our battle orders from Arcadi so we can continue to learn and improve. And before you ask, yes there is a reason we take our orders only from Arcadi:

That’s why.

Through our various trials, we are becoming hardened, street-wise LoOnies who roam the battlegrounds like a group of gangstas.

Even Thundrax is developing a potty mouth.

For him, that’s pretty street, yo. He’s even keeping on top of his ho’s.

We’re going to continue to do this nightly, and it’s open to all guildies who want to come and join. Just remember, if you do join the group, you have to follow orders even if you don’t agree with them.

Learn from his zen-like wisdom.

This will be a big part of our lives for the next few months as we strive to get characters upgraded and, more importantly, learn to PvP. In a few months we may even feel strong enough to start getting creamed in the arena, but we’ll at least be doing it together.

LoOnies for life, yo. Looking forward to what lies ahead in 2008.

And now for your moment of Zug.