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• syeren · 07/09/08, 4:36 AM

The game lost it's balance last season in regards to arena, and it's only going to get worse this season with complete melee dominance due to how they scale from basic stats where as casters don't. Blizzard don't really seem to care at the moment though, simply leaving it to WotLK to fix all the huge balance issues in the game right now, but I honestly don't know how they can justify doing that to their arena community.

As for how to balance melee (or damage) in this game, I have no idea in reality due to how Blizzard has currently designed the classes, but when all melee become pretty much impossible to kite due to their spec / gear, it kind of gets rid of their own weakness; it isn't really right that Mage's and hunters should have such huge problems with melee on them, when these two classes are supposed to be the classes with the least weaknesses to melee.

In 5s I think it would probably be close to be impossible for a team to get high rated using a Paladin with only access to PVP gear due to how much damage has gone up, and the scary thought is that it's only going to increase as more and more people get their weapons as the season runs on.

5s has always been my favourite bracket due to the fact I consider it the most 'balanced' of the 3 brackets, and it also happens to be the only bracket my Elemental Shaman can compete in. However I have noticed that activity in the bracket has declined massively due to the fact casuals have less things to look forward to due to the stupid PR requirements up to the 1700 range; this in combination with point scaling in the other 2 brackets really means that there is little incentive to actually compete in the bracket anymore.

Ultimately though I just want Blizzard to fix how casters gain practically nothing from base stats, fix Paladins, fix Damage scaling, fix Rogues, and fix Druids :P

An entertaining fact is that over 90% of teams above 2200 rating at this point in the season have a Resto Druid on, with the remaining 10% of teams having either a Warrior or Rogue on them. I guess Blizzard just seem to think those people who chose to play Druid are just better at the game than every other player!

07/09/08, 4:36 AM	#84 (permalink)
• syeren Versatile Child Syeren Dwarf Priest <GRAMMERPOLICE> Stormscale (EU)	The game lost it's balance last season in regards to arena, and it's only going to get worse this season with complete melee dominance due to how they scale from basic stats where as casters don't. Blizzard don't really seem to care at the moment though, simply leaving it to WotLK to fix all the huge balance issues in the game right now, but I honestly don't know how they can justify doing that to their arena community. As for how to balance melee (or damage) in this game, I have no idea in reality due to how Blizzard has currently designed the classes, but when all melee become pretty much impossible to kite due to their spec / gear, it kind of gets rid of their own weakness; it isn't really right that Mage's and hunters should have such huge problems with melee on them, when these two classes are supposed to be the classes with the least weaknesses to melee. In 5s I think it would probably be close to be impossible for a team to get high rated using a Paladin with only access to PVP gear due to how much damage has gone up, and the scary thought is that it's only going to increase as more and more people get their weapons as the season runs on. 5s has always been my favourite bracket due to the fact I consider it the most 'balanced' of the 3 brackets, and it also happens to be the only bracket my Elemental Shaman can compete in. However I have noticed that activity in the bracket has declined massively due to the fact casuals have less things to look forward to due to the stupid PR requirements up to the 1700 range; this in combination with point scaling in the other 2 brackets really means that there is little incentive to actually compete in the bracket anymore. Ultimately though I just want Blizzard to fix how casters gain practically nothing from base stats, fix Paladins, fix Damage scaling, fix Rogues, and fix Druids :P An entertaining fact is that over 90% of teams above 2200 rating at this point in the season have a Resto Druid on, with the remaining 10% of teams having either a Warrior or Rogue on them. I guess Blizzard just seem to think those people who chose to play Druid are just better at the game than every other player!