Originally Posted by Zaniel
Back on point though: the number of teams probably has decreased, and as a result the average skill has greatly increased. Isn't this what most people wanted though?
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I'm not really concerned with average skill of the playerbase to be honest. I'm more concerned with getting a fair fight. To that end, it appears I am. I've scored my first victories vs players with S3 weaponry in this last few weeks, which is a major confidence boost to a team that has never been close to 1800. I'm seeing little to none of the steamroll combos which I (correctly, apparantly) assumed were point selling rerolls last season. I'm also getting less "joke" teams like double moonkin or some nonsense that just treant zergs you to death before you know what happened and steals 19 points from you and you never see them again. I'm all for both of those outcomes.
As to what Blizzard wanted, yeah, I agree with above. They wanted more participation. They definitely got much less participation. People who don't consider themselves able to compete don't even try now, it appears. Tiered gear will drive people with the desire to succeed. Those who don't won't bother.