Now I know Im not a battleground person. Or rather - I dont enjoy loosing due to reasons beyond my control (and in battlegrounds there are many - ranging from 9 in WSG to 39 in AV).
However, there is a reason for doing rather a lot of them lately - namely the over 9k achievement. Im quite close now and the only two departments seriously lacking are PvP (not surprisingly) and 25-man raids before ICC (also not surprising).
None of those are solo-able. And while I wouldnt mind getting the last rares for Bloody Rare and Northern Exposure, those take more time than is sensible either. So PvP it is. I can queue up all solo and then try and get things done. Many of the achievements are actually conductive to playing - use seaforium charges, kill flag carriers, etc etc.
Not all of them, obviously ... but that is beside the point.
The things that annoy me at the moment:
- I cannot get reconition for a battleground if Im not on the scoreboard. That basically means any battleground that I was not there from the start for. If my name is on the scoreboard its worth staying - otherwise I might just as well try and get out. Even with the deserter debuff... 15 minutes of waiting over a pointless 18 minute Warsong Gulch means I actually benefit from /afk-ing.
This has bitten me in the ass a few times this weekend - its WSG Call to Arms - the only one Im missing for my Call to Arms achievement - and I didnt get it even after we won.
There is a "solution": using /afk after dying (and while dead - should I mention this?) does not result in a deserter debuff. It does, however, mean the next person in has the same bloody problem. Not something I enjoy.
- Random disconnects: Occasionally I disconnect, recieve a deserter debuff and then log back in somewhere else. Nice. I suppose this way my team gets a replacement sooner, but see pet peeve no. 1.
- Achievements are not working. There, I said it (again). Im doing this not so much for the fun, more for the achievements. I hate it when they do not properly work.
There. I just returned the bloody flag twice! In the space of 16 seconds! How come the achievement tracker pretends I just got one?
BAH!
Fix this rubbish.
See? I did play a battleground. My adrenaline is still pumping and I am actually angry at things. Rare, that.