Unless something changes I'm done
So I got my arena team up to 1698, was feeling pretty good about stuff. And then this great new arena system kicks in, which I mean don't get me wrong it was already fucking stupid that me and my healers PR was over 50 pts behind our TR but we were just "dealing with that". But today we start fighting the top 5 arena teams in our BG consistantly all day, taking loss after loss and realizes how utterly broken pvp is atm. How are they SO great? AoE stun, AoE Silence, 4 -6 sec later everyone's dead or nearly dead. Occasionally the pvp system would "toss us a bone" and let us fight a 1700-1800 team so we think well maybe its just bad luck, keep playing. No .. no no, the gladiator's, BRUTAL gladiator's, and Flawless victor's continue to come, we continue to die in 4-6 sec. Now I know how to play, I know how to 5 box, I've always held my own in arena but this was total fucking blow out. You purge your little heart out until they finally open, you lust, you try to ice somone( never works because the only people doing arena's atm can go immune one way or another ) and then you "suffer the storm" and heal through their CD's then go back to trying to ice people. But this was, open, lust, flameshock "crap im silenced/stund" drop more groundings + nova's, ATTEMPT to get a lava burst off(usually interrupted by another silence of stun aoe) then attempt to heal your mostly dead team and watch everyone die b4 the 2nd aoe stun/silence wears off. What fun that was. Its broke, I mean good luck Aelli and everyone else trying but its a hopeless endevour when your entire team dies in the count of 3 gcd's and your stun'd through most of them, being stacked in one spot is simply a walking disaster. Before you think gear is going to save you, consider that I have over 800 resil on every one of my char's as well.
Besides our inevitable issues with being stacked the pvp system is utterly broke anyways, watching rogues 2 shot my paladin the 2nd his bubble falls is pretty depressing as well ( but at least we win those still because I can usually kill a person or 2 in 8 sec ). So between the broken burst dmg, and the absolutely jacked up rating/matchmaking system I am throwing in the towel on pvp for awhile, this is just not fun and entirely too frustrating after a good year of fun in s3 and s4 blizzard decided to flip the world upside down and fix stuff that wasnt broke. Single boxing has no appeal to me as you still have the same issue's and im not going to roll a fotm class just so I can "sortof" have fun because they arent having fun either, I got so many QQ tells from the #1 team after they fought us about how they couldnt get a good match all night, while I go up against the #2 team right after the #1 team ... can only take so much of a pummeling before you just say "fuck it".
From a fellow Boxer and S4 Galdiator...
Dont let losing against the top teams in your BG group get you down.
It sounds like you where up against some pros. CC + Burst dmg = certain death. Its early in the season and part of the reason I made gladiator is a took EVERY opportunity to take losses from the best teams. Yeah the top teams wiped the floor with me for months, and I get up to 1900 and then lose 300 points in a night. But once I found their weakness they had to take the loss. When you break 5 people who are coordinating multiple silences and burst damage, they will never queue against you again. And if it happens by chance, theyll be sure to wait until you're done.
Not to mention that even if they beat you 9/10 times...its not worth risking a lost. In all reality multiboxers represent the greatest threat to Pro teams. If you know what your doing, and you say you do, despite screwed game mechanics you will force the best to be flawless. 12-1 record shows that the experience of playing with the best helped. As you work up the ladder, you'll notice your reactions will become more instinct driven.
Keep the hope, take the losses, and BOX ON!
