Quote Originally Posted by outdrsyguy1 View Post
I agree wholeheartedly with this. I play arena for fun rarely, mostly just to get gear so I can have fun in bg's. Arena is really not that fun, it's full of more strategy on when to que and what comp you have then actually playing each other. And then there's praying to the gods after you got manhandled that it wasn't some up and coming team boosting people which just stole 20+ points from you after you won the last 4 games at 5 points a win...

I think it's exactly like the current pve model. You win more, you get gear faster, ie you clear icc each week, you gear up quick. Eventually everyone gets gear and sees the instance but some just get it faster. That method is INFINITELY more fun to me because I can play and enjoy it. If i lose, so what, there's always next match, in the current system it's a total heart breaker. You end up pissed at the end of the night because you had 4 bad losses and dropped 80 points which took you 2 weeks to get back.

I agree with blizz that the way elite players are rewarded just emphasizes the fact and makes it even easier for them to wtfpwn you. I've seen the difference in my 1300 rated/geared team and my 2000 rated/geared same team. If I come up on a team that isn't atleast 50% full wrathful, total faceroll. I could put my cat on the keyboard and still maybe lose 2 guys at most before I win. That's not skill, that's just flaunting the fact you got gear and are keeping them from getting it by stomping them into the ground so you can get even better gear to stomp them harder with.

I do like reward for skilled pvp, but the current state is just too broad a spectrum.

I'm really looking forward to rated bg's, I think they will be much more fun than arena and allow you really enjoy winning and even losing with the new system to be implemented.
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