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This seems like a fairly necessary (if under-done) change given the approach of season 2. Bliz is in a really tough spot with season 2 itemization and pricing. Currently they can either:
a) simply upgrade the current gear. This doesn't hurt anyone, but it can upset the pve versus pvp balance as well as letting highly rated teams get their pvp teir 5-6 on day 1 (5k points goes a long way).
b) upgrade the gear, but increase the price for the new gear. This slows the top teams acquisition of gear, but really hurts the mid-level contenders.
c) require season 1 gear to purchase season 2 gear. This really hurts new characters and cements the top teams in place, which defeats the purpose of comeptative pvp.
Given this change I'm feeling like bliz will go with option 1 (which has the fewest drawbacks) while at the same time scaling back the points gained from the high and low ratings. This allows for progression through the pvp ranks while preventing the top teams from becoming unreachable as well as punishing arena point farmers looking for "easy mode" epics.
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