Realm/PvP

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PvP realms

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PvP also refers to PvP realms, which are realms where open combat happens much more often since around level 20 players will be pushed into adventuring in contested territories. By level 30, pretty much all your leveling will be done in contested territories. See PvP flag for more information.

Pros and Cons of PvP realms

Pros

• Some players like the thrill and risk of random player vs. player combat, and would consider PvE servers to have a difficulty that is too low.
• The danger of PvP inserts more realism into gameplay, since preventing other players from attacking you represents more a pure game mechanic than any plausible scenario.
• Opportunities for world PvP are much more prevalent.
• If you dislike Alliance-favored population imbalance, research has shown that the population of PvE realms are much more prone to be Alliance weighted, with population ratios often hovering around 2:1. PvP realms are more often 1:1.^{[citation needed]}

Cons

• Some players consider being able to play with no risk of random player vs. player combat less stressful. You can level and train skills without the types of interruptions listed below.
• Such disruptive practices like corpse camping, griefing, ganking can be exceedingly prevalent on PvP realms, many high level players may repeatedly and incessantly engage in these behaviors for no obvious reason other than that they can.
• Priests with [Mind Control], shamans with [Thunderstorm], druids with [Typhoon] and mages with [Blast Wave] can knockback you off cliffs and boats. Sometimes, in rare cases, the death knight's [Death Grip] can pull players to their doom.

PvP realm changes in Mists of Pandaria

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Guards were weakened and have an increased re-spawn timer on PvP realms to encourage more world PvP.

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