BG at lvl 19?Follow

Hi,

I need some advice/help. I took my normal (non-twinked) Feral Druid out to the BG (Warsong Gulch) and got spanked...to put it mildly. To be honest, I was nothing more than a large moving target for the twink Hunters and a large moving target for the twink Rogues. Do we, as Druids, have a chance to counter such things at lvl 19? At Lvl 29, I can see some theoretical improvements (cat form & prowling), but I wondered if lvl 19 was too early to be competitive. To be honest, we won three out of four battlegrounds...but it was not because of anything I did. My numbers were staggeringly bad.
Or, in this age of twinks, is this just the way it is. Or, perhaps, do I need to switch to a healer role? Thanks in advance.

It's true - especially at those lower brackets, twinks are in abundance, and basicly the only one that stands a chance against them are the other twinks.

In 10-19, a druid's best role is healing. Bearform does not provide any survivability against twinks (neither does casterform and healing but at least you're being usefull to the others that way). Against non-twinks, your DPS in bearform is too low and your survivability isn't all that either (especially casters will fry you).

At lvl 19 druid you're also a target because defense expects you to be the best flag runner, so they'll try and take you out first.

If your team still won 3/4, consider it a success IMO. The people that show up topping the stat sheet aren't always the only reason a team won. Often times, the role player distracting defense or slowing down a flag carrier can turn the tide of a battle.

Get speed on your boots and grab some free action/sprint pots and only the rogues have a chance of catching you.

But like a poster above said, I wouldn't want to stay 19 without twink gear.

I have a level 32 feral druid, and I started doing BGs at level 28. There is absolutely no reason why you should skip doing BGs until level 70, I frequently do them and am consistently in the top 3 for dps, healing AND killing blows.. and my gear is pretty average when compared to most of the people out there! At level 19 it may be more difficult seeing as there are more twinks there than at level 29 and so on, so maybe just wait until you have levelled enough to hold your own in the next bracket (20-29). I enjoy BGs, and can hold my own in them, so just persevere, cause it is awesome!

I agree with tuskerdu and say skip the BG until you're 28 or 29. I didn't really care for BG'ing when I was in my 20's with my druid because I couldn't do as much damage as I wanted, but now that I've got Pounce, I love them. A druid is such a flexible class that maybe I'll heal one round and dps the next.

Just remember, you're (probably) there just to have some fun!

Someone carpet-bombed this thread without stating a reason. Reverting it to the best of my abilities.

If you're going to mass-rate in a thread, please give a reason. I don't see faulty comments in the replies that suggest skipping Battlegrounds. I've leveled quite a few characters myself and I recommend skipping the Battlegrounds until you hit at least level 50 or 60. Sure, losing Battlegrounds will give you marks and some honor, but it'll also chew away on the morale and eventually you'll be sick of losing, and at 69 or 70 when the big grind begins, you'll take the first defeat very heavily because you'll think "aw man, is it going to be like this for the rest of the game." Can really kill the joy.

Trust me. That's what happened to me.

So while I don't encourage skipping level 1-69 content, I do think that low level Battlegrounds are nigh useless due to the massive amount of twinks in them. Especially as a Druid, because our class doesn't really shine in PvP until level 50 and Mangle. It's just not worth the trouble. I'd rather focus on leveling up. Battlegrounds at level 70 are much more fun for non-twinks.

Oh, and for the people who scream bloody murder at me for not encouraging experience and practice, let it go. I do encourage gaining as much experience as possible about your class as well as others. Going from level 1 to 70 without experiencing player versus player combat is about as bad as going from level 1 to 70 without ever doing an instance. You'll be at a loss come end-game.

However, for PvP combat practice, I highly recommend engaging in fair fights out in the open. I'm not talking about ganking, but seeking out world PvP when possible. That means, instead of /wave when you see an enemy close to your level approach, you engage and learn what real PvP is like.

Of course, at level 19 there's not much world PvP going on, so you'll need to wave buh-bye to the 10-19 WSG bracket and go quest a bit until you reach the Stranglethorn level bracket. I'm leveling up a Druid as well and I'm actually looking forward to taking a Druid through Stranglethorn again. I haven't taken a stealther through that place since early 2006. And the last time I took a Druid through that place, I ran around stabbing stuff with a dagger while healing myself, because it was faster than using Bear/Cat form.

Yeah, it's been a while.

Edited, Jun 16th 2008 11:14pm by Mazra