Eye of the Storm

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The Eye of the Storm is a battleground located within the Netherstorm. This battleground consists of 4 capture points and a flag in the center. The overall goal is to be the first team to score 2000 points (similar to Arathi Basin). The player maximum is 15 players for each faction.

Characteristics

Zone Name Faction Races Level Range Location Eye of the Storm Alliance Horde Template:Race Icon Draenei Male SmallTemplate:Race Icon Draenei Female Small Draenei Template:Race Icon BloodElf Male SmallTemplate:Race Icon BloodElf Female Small Blood Elf 61-69; 70 Netherstorm

Overview

Eye of the Storm, in description, is a battleground which is a mixture between World PVP like that in the Eastern Plaguelands and traditional battlegrounds PVP as in Warsong Gulch (Capture the Flag), with the "resource" requirements (points) of Arathi Basin.

The main objective is to hold as many towers as you can, much like Arathi Basin and then score points by bringing the flag in the center of the map to one node your faction is in control over. The towers work much like Eastern Plaguelands, as in you stand in them to capture them and the more people standing in them the faster the capture goes. More towers held increases the potential to score points. You get 25 points if you hold 1 tower, 50 for 2, 75 for 3 and 100 for 4 for each flag brought to a friendly tower. The game ends when one side reaches 2000 points. If the flag carrier dies (similar to Warsong Gulch) then the flag is dropped and must be picked up.

Again, you can take this flag to any tower you own, so holding many towers is helpful not only in scoring points, but also giving your faction more options in retrieving the flag.

Flying mounts are not be allowed in the battleground. This prevents people from using certain floating areas to their advantage.

Entrance

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Iravar, the Alliance Battlemaster for Eye of the Storm in Shattrath City

Unlike other battlegrounds, Eye of the Storm does not have an enterable instance portal entrance. The portal does exist, however instead players must interact with a battlemaster to join Eye of the Storm. Battlemasters are located in all capitals back in Azeroth, Shattrath City in Outland's Terokkar Forest, and outside the non-usable instance portal in Netherstorm. ^{[citation needed]} 

Players must be at least level 61 to be elegible to join the Eye of the Storm Battleground.

Basic Rules

Note: This is based off of what is understood about this battleground in the BC beta.

• Players start in a bubble for the first minute, isolated from the rest of the battleground (similar to other battlegrounds).
• Horde and Alliance teams of up to 15 players compete to control the four towers spread throughout Eye of the Storm and capture flags.
• First faction to collect 2000 points wins.
• Each claimed tower generates victory points for the controlling team. The more towers your team owns, the faster your team gains points
• Grab flag in center and run it to one of the towers owned by your faction.
• Points are earned per flag turnin based on the number of towers owned when flag is brought to a tower controlled by the player's faction.
  • 1 tower controlled = 25 points
  • 2 towers controlled = 50 points
  • 3 towers controlled = 75 points
  • 4 towers controlled = 100 points

Official Previews

Eye of the Storm Battleground Preview

See also

• Thottbot β
• [1] (post 17)
• WoW Forums Post

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4779520872039018498&q=wow+new+bg