Honor in Alteric Vally is kicking this weekend like I have never seen. It is the perfect combination of two things: Blizzard releasing the patch that made AFK'ing in AV a lot harder, and Alteric Vally weekend giving double honor. Everyone wants to play AV this weekend, and that makes the que times under 1 minute and the honor retarded. I earned 15,000 honor in Alteric Vally yesterday alone. Check it out:

 

Most of the games were nice and fast, coming in at under 30 min. At best I was able to get 647 honor in 30 min. Average game was 543.

The new Alteric Vally is a different animal from the old style, the horde all play, and they are faster. Here are my 10 keys to the new game:

1. Just go offense. There really is no need for defense. Some people will always harrase, and that is fine.
2. Cap and hold the towers. Towers give you 40 honor each, and send an npc to fight for you. Having skipped most D, this is important.
3. Don't skip anything. A lot of people will shout to skip galv. You don't want to leave any honor on the table
4. Lead by example. A lot of people try and give orders at the start. I usually say what I am going to do and then ask if anyone will help me. Usually this is cap IB tower to start.
5. Ask individual people for help. If no one is willing to stay at IB tower and defend with me, I wisper someone close and ask them personally.
6. Report AFK. There is a new function to report people who are AFK. Use it! If you see them do a /target name. Get everyone to do this as well
7. Stick together. Some people want to try and ninja FW or the RH. This doesn't work anymore and costs more time than it helps. Stick together and you can roll any hord that come your way. Don't qq. Of someone isn't playing how you want, QQ in chat isn't going to help. Ask for help, or /ignore works great.
8. Distance. The new style AV is all about time and distance. Look at the map and see how far the Horde have to travel after a rez. Long is good. Avoid downtime rezzing and running.
9. Rez if you can! And offer to rez, especially by IB when you are starting out and have no GY
10. Again, hold the towers. I have not a lost a game where we burned down the towers. It gets you three things, honor, more NPC defense, and the horde wastes time trying to retake them.

Play this weekend, follow these guildlines, and the honor will pour in. Now, if you spend it or save it for season 3, that is your call!