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Maczor · 04/22/08, 4:39 PM

This thread is probably going to turn ugly fast. But I like these changes for one main reason.

It makes the top end Arena and Honor gear harder to obtain. Now you actually get gear based off of how well you do in Arena, and you can no longer AFK in BG's and get all the S4 off pieces. Nor can you simply save up 5K/75K and get multiple "best in slot" PVP items the day S4 hits. There is now a progression path AND you have to do both types of PVP if you want to get the best PVP gear. This is a very good change for the PVP game, and the only ones who will hate it are the ones who only PVP now because it's the easiest path to the best gear in the game.

The rules and rating requirements may need to be tweaked slightly, but it is a gigantic step in the right direction.

And since Blizzard is hell bent on making Arena an esport that is taken seriously (which I disagree with), I would expect more "Tournament Style Rules" to be imposed as time goes on. This will hurt the casual Arena player, but rarely can one have their cake and eat it too.

04/22/08, 4:39 PM	#34 (permalink)
Maczor Von Kaiser Maczor Dwarf Paladin <Prodigy> Blackrock	This thread is probably going to turn ugly fast. But I like these changes for one main reason. It makes the top end Arena and Honor gear harder to obtain. Now you actually get gear based off of how well you do in Arena, and you can no longer AFK in BG's and get all the S4 off pieces. Nor can you simply save up 5K/75K and get multiple "best in slot" PVP items the day S4 hits. There is now a progression path AND you have to do both types of PVP if you want to get the best PVP gear. This is a very good change for the PVP game, and the only ones who will hate it are the ones who only PVP now because it's the easiest path to the best gear in the game. The rules and rating requirements may need to be tweaked slightly, but it is a gigantic step in the right direction. And since Blizzard is hell bent on making Arena an esport that is taken seriously (which I disagree with), I would expect more "Tournament Style Rules" to be imposed as time goes on. This will hurt the casual Arena player, but rarely can one have their cake and eat it too.