Under Level 50 (Icereach) PvP campaign considerations

megasurge93

My suggestions here are based on the assumption that the under level 50 PvP campaign was originally meant to be a training grounds for new players in PvP. I have been playing in the under level 50 campaign with some newer players to teach them basics of how to PvP, but I have come to find that there are quite a few experienced players who seemingly look to essentially destroy these newer players. Unfortunately, this has the effect of causing these new players to ultimately dislike PvP and to stop bothering to go into those campaigns or bother with PvP at all. In turn, this can cause PvP to potentially turn stagnant with fewer and fewer players. I like PvP and I think it's a lot of fun, so I would not want to see this happen. I generally encourage new players to try it out and if I recognize that someone on the opposing alliance seems new, then I usually lay off or hang back so-as to not ruin their experience. With all that said, here is a list of some suggestions for possible changes to made to the under level 50 PvP campaign.

1. The majority of the regular PvP campaigns do not allow proc sets and it seems that proc sets are allowed in the under level 50 campaign. I suggest also disabling this in this campaign to make it consistent with the environment they would graduate into.
2. In order to make the environment more even for both new and experienced players, I suggest that there is perhaps some base set of gear that everyone gets upon entering the under level 50 PvP campaign and no custom gear from outside of the campaign is allowed. This will help balance the playing field to only class and abilities with gear being essentially the same for all players. In other words, not high level fully golded out dungeon sets on players who have access to all of that while new players do not have access to any of that or perhaps don't even understand how sets work. Give them a chance to learn before killing them in PvP over and over.
3. Be more clear that the under level 50 campaign is meant to be a training grounds for those new to PvP and not a place for experienced players to go bully new inexperienced players (again, if that is indeed the case).

LonePirate

Double AP should enabled at all times on the under 50 campaign which would then be doubled again during the Whitestrake event.

Proc sets should be disabled as well otherwise experienced PVPers on low level alts will wipe the map with newer players.

The map should reset every week at a certain time. Few things are more discouraging for newer players than logging in and seeing your faction wiped from the map.

Mount speed - and only mount speed, not character foot movement speed - should be buffed in order to reduce the time it takes low level players to ride from battle to battle.