Originally Posted by Blackburn
It would be more like 10-20 wins to go from 1500 to 1700. And yes it's a huge deal when every point seller is doing it every week, several times a week, for several different teams. See where I'm getting at now? The problem is not the once per season occurance that you seem to be referring to, the problem is the people that abuse the system by boosting various teams over and over again every week, screwing over all those who are trying to do it the legit way.
If the team is indeed capable of reaching 2050 even with a player that just started at 1500, then they won't have trouble reaching it even if they start off facing teams in the 1800-1900s right off the bat, and they will avoid the bashing off all the lower rating teams as well. So it's a win/win scenario. You get to play with your friends, they get the gear if they're good enough (and actually get there faster if you can keep beating higher rated teams), and people way below your rating don't get screwed in the process. On the other hand, point sellers have a lot harder time boosting scrub players to whatever rating they're paying for, certainly something many of us would be more than happy to see.
Sometimes I really wonder what kind of people Blizzard is hiring when they can't come up with such simple solutions to problems that have been plaguing the game for months/years.
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Except the system is being changed. Why are you arguing about things that were only possible in the old system reoccurring in a new system where the rules have been changed? In the new system if you power level teams multiple times you are doing so because you are sadistic, there is almost no benefit to it. Blizzard will never be able to curtail this type of thing because it is on the players to be honest, and a lot of people simply aren't. What's the point in saving someone's "all time high" personal rating on a team when they could easily just take off their gear and lose 20 matches and tank the team instead of quitting and re-joining? How is Blizzard going to stop that? They do item level checking on gear? OK, now you queue without gear on and get even easier teams. The only way this ever stops for real is if people stop being idiots. Blizzard is doing the best they can in a tough situation imo. Granted they created the situation for themselves but at this point that's not really what it's about. It's about fixing what we've got, not lamenting the past.