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To take over an enemy town and fight the general, you should first capture the graveyards outside and inside the enemy base. Once you take over both graveyards (which is easier said than done), the enemy players will be forced to spawn at the tunnel entrance leading to their base, which is far away from their town. Enemy players can still reach you to harass you, but it will take them a little longer.
Before you take out the enemy general you need to pull the warmasters and other NPCs who guard the general. It's a good idea to assign a main tank to the job of tanking these hard-hitting NPCs, with plenty of healing to back them up. If everyone does their role, the process will go much more smoothly. If a player rushes in and engages the general before the guards have been killed, they should just die in place rather than running out, as that will draw the general out as well.
Defenders can significantly slow down the attack on the general by attacking players, assisting NPCs, attempting to capture graveyards, or other forms of disruption. A common defensive tactic is to attack the gathered enemy force outside the fortress from the fortress entrance, and then run back into the fortress by the general and hide. This can be countered by crowd control / movement impairing abilities such as fear, entangling roots, polymorph, and stuns. In close matches, defense is key in delaying the enemy's attempt on your general while your attackers are simultaneously attacking their general.
During the holidays, Stormpike Emissaries (Alliance) and Frostwolf Emissaries (Horde) will spawn in the major cities, and players will receive extra honor for completing objectives in Alterac Valley.
If you type /afk or go too long without taking any actions, you'll exit the Alterac Valley instance. This is in place to encourage players to actively participate in the battle. Players who exit by these means will be affected by the Deserter debuff, which prevents you from joining another battleground queue for 15 minutes. However, if you find yourself in a protracted stalemate, then the debuff could be an attractive option in comparison.
A new feature for reporting players as being AFK in battlegrounds was added in patch 2.2. Right-click on their portrait, minimap dot, world map dot, or raid tab, and then select "report as AFK". When enough reports are registered, a 60 second debuff will begin to count down. It also prevents you from getting battleground marks, and completing your daily quest if it is for that battleground. To remove this, the player must enter PVP combat, as attacking the neutral mobs will not remove the debuff. You must attack something that is pvp flagged.
Guild communication and management can be done through the guild commands. Players can get basic information about the guild, send guild chat messages, invite others to the guild, promote/demote them, remove them, set a message of the day, change the guild leader and even quit the guild.
To play World of Warcraft takes skill and patience. But as you go up the level ladder, you will find that it also sometimes takes more people than just you or your one or two friends to complete a quest. This is where the World of Warcraft clans come into play.
Like a lot of people, I didn't spend much time with EverQuest 2 when it launched in 2004. There were several reasons for this, but the two that sealed the deal were: no PvP and World of Warcraft. Of course, all MMORPGs evolve over time, and EQ2 is clearly not standing still. In fact, the game has seen 2 adventure packs and 2 expansions in a year and half. What's more, PvP servers have been added, the class system has been revamped, and the early levels have been completely reworked.
There are few institutions in gaming like Dungeons & Dragons. From humble beginnings as a pen-and-paper RPG, D&D has proven to be one of gaming's most enduring franchises. There was a time when you simply couldn't get your geek papers without playing it. Not only has it been directly adapted into countless video games, but it could be considered the mother of all RPGs, so it's not surprising that a MMORPG based on this dearly loved classic has raised a lot of interest.
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