Level 4 Cataclysm Hunter Pawn Scale

Here is the basic pawn scale I'm starting off with for my level 4 night elf hunter.

( Pawn: v1: "Basic Hunter": RangedDps=1, CritRating=1, Agility=1, HasteRating=1, MasteryRating=1, IsMail=-1000000, IsPlate=-1000000, IsGun=1, ExpertiseRating=1, MeleeDps=1, IsBow=1, IsCrossbow=1, Dps=1, Strength=1, ParryRating=1, DodgeRating=1, HitRating=1, Stamina=1, Armor=1, IsShield=-1000000, Ap=1 )

World of Warcraft: Persistent Battleground

Here is my basic proposal for a new battleground system for World of Warcraft. I believe these changes are possible with the current systems mostly/already built into WoW. This should allow 24 hour combat along with player rewards in gear and achievements. I believe the effort and gold put into offensive or defensive measures by the factions will balance the game. With low effort on both sides, a battle could rage on for months. With massive effort and little resistance, it could be over in hours.

By the way Blizzard, I would really like a job and credit for these ideas!
Email me at Protiguous at Protiguous dot Info

• Factions
  
  • Each faction can consist of Alliance, Horde, or a mixture of both.
  • Communication is faction only. All other communication channels are disabled. (vent spies anyone?)
  • Faction is determined by player's current reputations. This should effectively make the two factions separate into horde-only and alliance-only factions, but whoever raises (or lowers) a certain reputation *would* be able to compete with the other faction.
• Players
  • Players can be of any level, race, or class. (No restrictions)
  • Players can freely enter or leave the battleground by foot, mount, hearth, or mage portal at any time.
  • Players can form groups. (100 man group anyone?)
  • PVP flag is on at all times in this battleground. (Always!)
  • Players can come from other servers (as battle groups do now).
  • Killing another faction's player gives honor points (as normal battlegrounds do now)
  • Leaving the battleground for 15 minutes resets the player's battle-rank.
  • Mounted (flying or ground) players can only take X% of their maximum health before being dismounted.
  • More time spent alive healing, killing, mining, or constructing (and not afk!) in battleground increases battle-rank.
• Groups
  
  • Groups can merge if the group guide accepts an invite.
• NPCs
  
  • Vendors
    
    • Moderate amounts of HP.
    • Stay inside buildings.
  • Heroes
    
    • Massive amounts of HP.
    • Orders can only be changed (to defend, scout, or attack) by a player of same or higher level as the hero.
    • Hero will have attacks and spells appropriate to its most [peon] collected resource. (meaning if a peon collects stone the most often, it'll have 'stone' spells)
    • Scout mode: wanders off in the general direction of the enemy factions Castle.
    • Attack mode: attack any enemies seen.
  • Peons (aka: peasants)
    • Any player can hire a peon with their own gold from a hiring vendor.
    • Each peon starts off scouting for any resources.
    • Each peon starts off as a level 1.
    • Every X times a resource is turned in to a collection building, the peon gains a level. (more HP, more damage reduction, faster running)
    • When a peon reaches max level, it becomes a Hero and stops collecting.
    • Each peon stays in battleground until it dies or the battleground resets.
    • Can be directed to repair/build a building, collect a resource, or scout.
    • Killing another faction's peon gives minor honor points.
    • Player must talk to a peon (while neither are in combat) to change its orders.
    • Player must be of the same or higher battle-rank to change orders.
    • Peons walking to or from a resource will run fast into the nearest faction building if it sees an enemy player.
    • Scouting peons that sight an enemy run away fast towards last seen faction player or building yelling for help. (this gives interesting options: find and kill enemy players or take a chance of being killed by those players!)
    • Collecting peons that are attacked run away fast and then hide (vanish/stealth) as soon no enemy is LoS. (meaning a rogue with rocket boots and sprint can most likely kill the peon)
    • Any hidden peon will return to scouting after a random delay.
    • Any scouting peon that find a resource will start collecting.
    • Any killed peon or player will drop any resources being carried and become available for anyone to loot. (do peons loot corpses they find?)
    • Peons are named after the person's guild who hired them. (guild combat vanity pets :P)
    • Scouting mode: peon walks around looking for resources or enemies.
• Resources
  • The archeology profession and haste will increase the mining swing rate.
  • The miners strength and mining skill will determine the amount of ore mined per swing.
  • Ores will stack to the normal 20 pieces, as it does now.
  • Any resources used, bought, or collected in the battleground cannot be taken back to normal world.
  • Limited Resources
    
    • Battleground starts with a finite amount.
    • Higher iLvl provides more HP in construction of buildings.
    • More resource can be bought from (killable) faction vendors with player's gold. (These factions vendors will have unlimited quantities.)
    • Any bought resource adds directly to the faction's reserves. (or to the backpacks?)
    • Can be mined by players and peons.
    • Must be packed back to a collection building by players or peons.
    • Stone (dense, heavy, etc.. )
    • Metal (copper, tin, silver, etc.. )
    • Gems ()
  • Unlimited Resources
    
    • Always available. Constant but slow collecting.
    • Mana
    • Air
    • Electricity
    • Wood
      
      • Most basic construction material.
      • Cut from trees.
      • Combat destroys trees.
      • Trees to slowly grow back (randomly, nearby, not same spot).
      • Trees block line of sight.
• Structures
  • Can house players.
  • Buildings absorb damage before players inside.
  • Bigger buildings can hold more players.
  • Rogues cannot stealth inside, as there are DOORS on these buildings.
  • Type of construction material determines damage reduction (wood-weak, stone-medium, metal-strong)
  • Have a base static amount of HP per the resource type (wood-weak, stone-medium, metal-strong) and any addons.
  • Area-wide buffs can give HP increases and defense increases.
  • Faction buildings can be razed by highest ranking faction member to regain 50% of solid construction resources.
  • Buildings destroyed by melee can be mined to regain X% of wood, X% of metal, and X% of stone construction resources.
  • Buildings destroyed by magic (fire/ice/shadow/holy) can be mined to regain X% of wood, X% of metal, and X% of stone construction resources. (X% should be less than melee-destroyed)
  • Melee attacking buildings damages weapons' durability with each hit. (melee will want to attack with slow but strong weapons!)
  • Casters attacking buildings consume twice the normal mana for the spell cast.
  • Buildings block line of sight. (can wow block overhead from non-LoS players? that would make team ambushes awesome!)
  • Destroying an enemy building gives minor honor points (divvied up among all current attackers by percent of damage done).
  • Castle
    • Hearthstones can be set to the Castle.
    • Allows other buildings to be built and resources to be collected.
    • Cannot use hearthstone if the castle is currently destroyed.
    • Starts off with 1 peon per resource type to collect resources.
    • Castles have some sort of automatic self-defense. Maybe one of each possible addon? (one enemy should not be able to destroy a full HP castle by themselves)
  • Arrow Towers
    
    • Automatically attacks enemies within range by arrows.
    • Consumes wood reserves per arrow fired.
    • Upgrades fire faster. (haste increase)
  • Magic Towers
    
    • Automatically attacks enemies within range by fire/ice/shadow bolts (auto rotation and tracking).
    • Consumes mana per bolt cast.
    • Upgrades fire faster. (haste increase)
  • Collectors
    
    • Allows resources to be collected by entering.
    • Automatically takes resources from peon or player's backpack.
    • A collector-building under attack (in combat) cannot not accept/collect any resource. (choke point)
    • A mana collector building provides faster mana regen to nearby casters. (consumes faction's mana reserves)
• Building addons
  
  • Can be bought from faction vendors with player's gold.
  • All default to On if capable of being toggled.
  • Can be toggled on or off by highest ranking player inside building.
  • Gnome/Goblin Air Blasters
    • Automated.
    • Knocks back enemies.
    • Consumes faction's air reserves per knockback.
    • Can be constructed by gnome/goblin engineers by using faction's air and metal reserves.
  • Goblin/Gnome Shockers
    
    • Automated.
    • Damages enemy with chain lightening.
    • Consumes faction's electricity reserves per initial cast. (can we get an area-wide buff elemental shaman mastery style? maybe use the highest mastery of players inside building as the addon's mastery?)
    • Can be constructed by goblin/gnome engineers by using faction's electricity reserves.
  • Night Elf/Troll Mirrors
    
    • Passive. Reflects spells until broken my melee.  (low HP, a building version of a totem.)
    • Can be constructed by night elf/troll engineers by using faction's metal reserves.
  • Dwarf/Tauren Plating
    
    • Can be constructed by dwarf/tauren engineeers by consuming metal faction reserves.
  • Human/Undead something.. camouflage? holes in walls for ranged (hunters/casters)? any ideas?
• Goal
  • Ultimate goal is to destroy the opposing faction's Castle. When this happens the entire zone is reset (to some starter resources and buildings) and unavailable for 15 minutes.
  • Decent honor points are awarded to winning faction, and none to the loosing faction.
  • Own more resources and buildings to gain area-wide buffs.
  • The faction with the most collected of a resource is given an area-wide buff (damage increase?)
  • The faction with the most buildings gains an area-wide buff (defense buff?)
  • Vendors are only available after Faction is currently 'winning' for X minutes and X number of Faction players are in the battleground.
• Future Topic - Any Ideas?
  • Future Subtopic - Any Ideas?

I hope you like these ideas, I know I'd spend a lot time in a battleground like this.


Feel free to comment with constructive feedback!

Under a Spell

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Level 82 Discipline Priest Cataclysm

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( Pawn: v1: "Discipline": IsOffHand=-1000000, IsFist=-1000000, Is2HMace=-1000000, CritRating=1.45, HasteRating=0.89, MasteryRating=2, IsPolearm=-1000000, Intellect=2.29, Spirit=1.755, Is2HAxe=-1000000, IsRelic=-1000000, IsShield=-1000000, IsSword=-1000000, IsMail=-1000000, IsLeather=-1000000, IsPlate=-1000000, HitRating=0.01, Stamina=0.256, SpellPower=0.9, IsAxe=-1000000, Is2HSword=-1000000, GemQualityLevel=81 )

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( Pawn: v1: "BeastMaster DPS": RangedDps=1, CritRating=0.05263, ParryRating=0.0001, Strength=0.0001, Agility=0.0702, ExpertiseRating=0.0001, HasteRating=0.09211, Dps=0.0001, IsCloth=-1000000, IsPlate=-1000000, IsLeather=0.0001, IsMail=0.001, DodgeRating=0.0001, Stamina=0.001, HitRating=0.1, Ap=0.071483 )

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DateTime.Now is all I have to say.