Originally Posted by
Tyrasibion
You forgot the most essential part; teamwork. Help out your team. Buff, drop down soulwells whenever you can (especially in the beginning. **** you, Warlocks, who are too lazy to do so), and tables too. Give Hand of Freedom to your flag carrier, CC those that are chasing your flag carrier; stun, slow, fear, whatever you can. CC enemies that are approaching a base in AB or BfG that's about to be captured by a team member (so often I'm trying to take a flag and there's a Paladin in my team next to me who can easily stun that enemy that's approaching so I can finish capping the base, but 99% of the people I BG with are braindead). Gem correctly. Reforge correctly. Some people say "I don't really care about gems, I just want to have fun." Well, it's more fun to kill more people because you're more powerful than a scrub that's being killed all the time. Again, braindead. If there's 2 Paladins in the group and 1 already buffed Might, then don't ****ing buff Might as well. Look at the buffs you already have, and buff Kings instead. Stop ****ing nuking down a Monk that just popped Touch of Karma. How can you, 1.5 years after the release of Monks, still not know not to attack a Monk that has Karma up. Also, stop trying to stun DKs that popped Icebound, stop keyboard turning and clicking, invest in getting better. Learn the abilities of other classes and how to counter them. If it's a 2v2, both attack the same target and CC the other. Buy a ****ton of health potions, they're cheap and they DO save your life. It's all the small things that can make a huge difference.
A little bit more advanced is the use of focus macro's. Use shift modifiers on CC abilities, including your interrupt. R for kick, shift+R for focus kick, for example. Attacking a dps and healer at Stables in AB? Focus the healer, stay close, shift+R to kick a heal, stun, blind, whatever after 4 seconds (how long the healer is locked from healing), make sure the healer can't cast. Turn off your tunnel vision.
It requires an IQ of about 80 to play BGs properly, yet it seems most people don't even reach that. It's weird.