Understanding How You Got Into PvP Mode
Has your character ever found himself or herself being mugged by hostile player characters when you didn’t even know your character was in PvP mode? Or maybe you were luckier and happened to glance at your character portrait and notice your PvP flag was set and you had to scramble to a safe area until it reset? Understanding how you get into PvP mode can literally spell the difference between happily going on your way or making an unplanned trip to the nearest graveyard. So let’s talk about how you get into PvP mode.
The ways you can get into PvP mode depend on the kind of server you’re playing on. If you are playing in a Normal (sometimes called “truce”) realm, the rules are different than there are for a PvP realm. We’ll cover the ways for a Normal realm first.
Your character will end up in PvP mode in a Normal realm if:
- Your character attacks a player character (PC) of the opposite faction and that PC is already in PvP mode.
- You help (by using a beneficial spell or ability on them) a PC from your faction who is already in PvP mode.
- You attack an NPC guard or civilian that is a member of the opposing faction.
- enter an enemy capital city.
- You enter any one of the battlegrounds.
- You enter Gurubashi Arena or one of the other free-for-all PvP areas where you can attack anyone, even members of your own faction.
- You manually activate PvP mode by typing /pvp. Even if you immediately type /pvp again to exit PvP mode, your character will remain in PvP mode for five minutes (see the following explanation).
How ever your character ended up in PvP mode, they will stay there until 5 minutes after their last action that could put them into PvP mode. So if your character went into Gurubashi Arena, the PvP flag would remain on the entire time your character is in there, not clearing until 5 minutes after they left the arena (unless they did something else to trigger PvP mode).
In a PvP Realm
In a PvP realm, everything we’ve just talked about still applies. Beyond that, there are two more conditions that will raise your character’s PvP flag:
- Entering a Contested zone.
- Entering an Enemy zone.
So think back to when you discovered that your character was in PvP mode. With a little effort, you can probably figure out which of the above conditions you accidentally triggered to set the flag. Now what you need to do if figure out how to best defend yourself when you are in PvP mode.
Eventually your character will end up in PvP mode, so you might as well be able to stomp your foes when you are. To get the complete story on PvP, including the most current strategies & tactics that will show you how to dominate all aspects of PvP, visit PvP-Bible.info
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