World of Warcraft PvP Guides - PvP in Cataclysm Guides
PvP is one of the fundamental mechanics of WoW that is either hated or loved by the majority of the playerbase. Since day one players have been traveling across Azeroth to pick fights with the opposing faction in order to better themselves. In vanilla WoW we were introduced to PvP by the epic open world battles outside of Tarren Mill and Southshore.
Humans are unpredictable and display no set patterns. You can expect them to do something but they will not always do it. You could expect them to focus on a certain member but they may instead switch over to someone else. You could expect X behavior and always get Y, Z, B, or D out of them. Even fighting players you can easily stomp still gets me going because you never know if they’re just feigning noobness to hit you with a 1-2 punch.
With enough experience even the most newb of a player can hold their own. It’s just that the experience isn’t a tangible figure but instead something that you have to learn and work on. Of course, with the current instant gratification that many people seek, it’s hard to talk about practice or focusing on situational awareness or seeking your weak spot or talking tactics when any of those activities doesn’t immediately aware an epic, 30 gold, and 5 badges.