Well, I've recently learned that, although AV is not working on Ascent (no mobs) it makes an AWESOME mall or custom starting location. This is a guide show you how to get in AV and how to make character spawn there when they start. (Sorry if this is a repost but I've searched multiple times.)
Step 1:
Go into Navicat or SQLyog. Go to your database tables and open up the table called "worldmap_info".
Step 2:
Inside this table you will find a list of places. Find the row with an entry # of 30. This is Alterac Valley. Now, edit maxplayers to "0". Edit minlevel to "1". And at the end, edit flags to "3".
Step 3:
Now, type in the command:I would put on fly mode before you do this, just to be safe. Congrats! You're now in Alterac Valley!Code:.worldport 30 650 -35 61
Step 4:
This is for making characters start here only. If you do not want to do this, you are finished.
Go to the location you would like players to start from. Type in the command:This tells you your x, y, and z location.Code:.gps
Step 5:
Go into Navicat or SQLyog again. Open up your tables and find a table called "playercreateinfo". Open this table and edit the "mapID" in the colums you want to change to this spawn point to "30". Now, edit "postitionX", "positionY", and "positionZ" to what the gps command gave to you.
Step 6:
Restart your server and now all players you create will start at that point!
Some helpful definitions in playercreateinfo. This allows you to choose what race and classes start where.
Code:Races: 1 = Human 2 = Orc 3 = Dwarf 4 = Night Elf 5 = Undead 6 = Tauren 7 = Gnome 8 = Troll 10 = Blood Elf 11 = Draenei Classes: 1=Warrior 2=Paladin 3=Hunter 4=Rogue 5=Priest 7=Shaman 8=Mage 9=Warlock 11=Druid