Level 90 Battlegrounds dead?

[hoosierdaddy]

<p>I returned to the game in May after a long break from TSO and have been enjoying the Battlegrounds very much. (In fact, I leveled pretty much from 80-89 in them.)</p><p>Over the weekend, I ran out of things to buy from the BG faction merchants and decided to let myself ding 90, instead of staying in 80-89 and beating up on undergeared lowbies (as many people have apparently elected.)</p><p>What did I find? Level 90 BG's are dead. The first instance I was qeued to was Smuggler's Den. By the end of the fight, we had around 8 people and the other team had about the same amount. Is this normal attendance for level 90 BG's?</p><p>In 80-89, I'd run Smuggler's with a full 24-person raid and when someone would drop, they were immediately replaced by someone in the qeue. When the match was over, I could qeue for the same battlefield and get into another instance of Smuggler's Den that was running simultaneously to the first, and which also had a full 24 people.</p><p>So, why is it that across all servers on a Sunday night you cannot even get enough level 90's on to fill a 24-person BG?</p><p>Needless to say, if this is typical of level 90 BG's, my time in them is over.</p>

[Uinael_Guk]

<p>Sunday nights are bad times imo.  A LOT of guilds raid on that night for some reason.   I'd keep trying, there are many periods where it's very quick to get bg's going, and the raid is full.</p>

[hoosierdaddy]

<p>Ah, that makes sense. I appreciate the reply.</p><p>It was just a shock to go from a typically heavily populated BG to one that barely had enough people to capture a tower.</p><p>I'll try again throughout the week and hope for the best.</p><p>Cheers.</p>

[Seiffil]

<p>Also because of just how the 90 BG's are, I'd say a decent number of people may have created alts to level lock and run lower tier BG's instead to get the tokens for their higher level characters.</p>

[Gaer]

<p>This is true. My guild is basically a very casual guild and the general response to people inquiring about battlegrounds is "Do not do it at 90, stay in the 80 - 89 tier and harvest tokens." I believe this is down to the demi-god feel of 90 battlegrounds. To be fair, if you don't have the gear you spend a lot of time examining the dirt. </p>