Follow In Battlegrounds Broken After 5.2

[Ualaa]

Well the whole thing is...

We used to be 'Tolerated, but Supported'.
But they remove a key feature, that greatly impacts a large portion of the game... which for many is the main portion.
And it is removed from Arena too, where bots aren't an impact... strongly suggesting that boxers are the real target.

And they do it, in a shady way.
With no warning in the patch notes, no warning from weeks of play on the test realm.
And with a sale, that boxers buy a ton of accounts in, just prior to the stealth nerf that prevents boxers from using said accounts.



The PvE game is still there.
But given the removal of /Follow from battlegrounds... there's no real incentive to continue playing PvE, as who knows what key feature will go next, or if things will say rosy indefinitely...
Blizz has shown, they're catering to the whining masses, against boxing.
If in LFR, people are vocal enough, that the boxer is taking their loot by taking too many slots in the raid... will that be removed too?

If you want to PvP in battlegrounds, Rift is an option.
If you want to PvE, in a game that still has full boxer features (at least whatever the game had to begin with)... and which hasn't been shady against boxers... there are choices for that too.

I'm not saying, don't play Warcraft, if you find the game to still be fun.
Just that there are other options, especially if want to send Blizzard a message.

[Fat Tire]

And it is removed from Arena too, where bots aren't an impact... strongly suggesting that boxers are the real target.

Everything I have read including the gc twitter response leads me to believe that the disabling of follow in arenas will be reverted.

[Janus]

If in LFR, people are vocal enough, that the boxer is taking their loot by taking too many slots in the raid... will that be removed too?

My 2 cents on this is for people not to queue in LFR if they intend to multibox. What would the point be? We have other ways to do PVE in cross realm raids, where no one will whine on who is taking what loot. Let's face it, we have a bad rep, and patly is because we brought it on ourselves. Adding fuel to the fire (especially now) and getting more crippling blows to our playstyle is counterproductive, when the alternative (setting a cross realm raid) is easier, and readily available.

I have been mboxing PVE for over 5 years now. That's all I do. I adapt with each patch/change to make the best out of it and I have a pretty well geared team that I enjoy playing. Do I do LFR? Sure! But I do it on my tank because it's a quick join. Also, it boosts my VP for the week and with the 50% buff for the rest of my toons, i cap them quicker. There is no point joining a 25 man raid with all 5 of my toons, because I know i will not be able to control them as efficiently as if I were doing a dungeon or raiding with another boxer, AND I will be getting QQ from little kids whining and going to their mommy crying that the game is unfair.

Food for thought...