Server WPVP raid time

[Duraluminium]

If we want WPVP raids to fight each other, some intensification from devs could help.
The only currently existing goal for big clashes of raids outside bgs is the weekly quest to kill faction leaders.
The problem is that the server population is kinda small, and the chances of 2 opposite factions raids to be assigned at one time is very low.

Also even if one faction decided to attack and launches the raid, the are several problems for defenders:
1. The cities are too far away from each other, so if we do not know what leader to defend, we will not arrive on time
2. The playerbase is split amongst multiple time zones, so the attack can be done on the time when defenders do not play (we sleep, we work, etc)
3. There are cities easier to defend, and there are cities harder to defend. Most of the alliance cities are hard to defend, and most of the horde cities are easy to defend. The landscape, amount of guards spawned, even the boss mechanics make it harder to attack horde cities
4. Players need to be attracted to defend these npcs. Some will go just for the sake of PVP, others will not go without a reward

What can be done about that:
1. The faction's players must know which faction leader is under the threat this week. This way we can keep an eye on the enemy raids coming that way
2. The faction leaders must drop the 'quest heads' only during 2-3 hours of the day when statistically the server online is maximum. This will partly fix the problem of multiple timezones. Also the days when the heads drop must be limited to 2 days a week - players cannot wait for enemy to attack every evening. In my opinion the best weekdays would be Thursday and Sunday.
3. The 'quest heads' should become unique items, and they should have limited time to exist - 2 days would be good. This will prevent attempts to farm them in advance
4. More guards should be added to the cities that are harder to defend. Or more should be spawned. It will not fix everything, but at least it will make life of defenders slightly easier. On later phases guards should be scaled up in health and damage to compensate for better gear
5. The rewards for the 'kill enemy leader' quest should be reworked. Remove all the cheap stuff from it (bandages, etc), and increase the valuables gained twice. I've seen many complains about random loot from that box, it's just not enough to even cover consumables spent most of the time
6. If the window of opportunity to attack is limited to 2-3 hours a day 2 days a week, you can make a renewable quest to defend the faction leader at those days. If the targeted faction leader does not die, the quest is complete
Also more honor should be given for the kills during wpvp raids outside bgs, it's a good reward for such activity too

[Horyoshi]

[Spicyahi]

No thanks

[Berdal]

Nay

[Knifewrench]

yes pls, horde often waits till ally sleeps so they can pve raid their heads.

[Zeniet]

Sounds like a terrible idea. If a faction isn't willing to defend their leaders due to a lack of reward (other than honor) they should go play on the PvE server. Damn traitors.

[Duraluminium]

Sounds like a terrible idea. If a faction isn't willing to defend their leaders due to a lack of reward (other than honor) they should go play on the PvE server. Damn traitors.

I see no connection between 'terrible idea' and other part of your statement.
Horde yesterday didn't defend Orgrimmar, so we were burning it down for 1 hour, until we got bored and went to TB.
If we could do it for a reward only twice a week during the peak online hours, horde would expect us to come and maybe could gather several more players, so we could kill more of them.

[Duraluminium]

The people who write here 'no' with no arguments are those who come to the alliance cities at late night when defenders already asleep

[Wrothag]

I see no connection between 'terrible idea' and other part of your statement.
Horde yesterday didn't defend Orgrimmar, so we were burning it down for 1 hour, until we got bored and went to TB.
If we could do it for a reward only twice a week during the peak online hours, horde would expect us to come and maybe could gather several more players, so we could kill more of them.

As you said earlier its hard to defend at this pop, players scattered around the world. We also had an MC and Kara10 going on horde side so even less potential defenders...

[Duraluminium]

I see no connection between 'terrible idea' and other part of your statement.
Horde yesterday didn't defend Orgrimmar, so we were burning it down for 1 hour, until we got bored and went to TB.
If we could do it for a reward only twice a week during the peak online hours, horde would expect us to come and maybe could gather several more players, so we could kill more of them.

As you said earlier its hard to defend at this pop, players scattered around the world. We also had an MC and Kara10 going on horde side so even less potential defenders...

And all of that means that there should be selected time intervals for such activity, when all the server tries to do city raids. You will have 5 other weekdays for your PVE raids, or even any other hours of the days when WPVP is scheduled