arenas are the dumbest form of PvP currently available
arenas are the dumbest form of PvP currently available
I think arenas are the dumbest form of PvP currently available, and the only reason I’ve ever participated is for the welfare epics. Obviously those with high ratings didn’t get their points for free. They got them through twitch reflexes, good talent builds, good group composition, and good gear. Those without high ratings still got free epics.
The only interesting form of PvP in my opinion are the battlegrounds when played by organized teams. This is where strategy and execution can outweigh gear and group composition. Being in the right place at the right time is key. The most satisfying PvP experience I ever had occurred last week when by chance a pre-made I was leading in AB came up against a pre-made from one of the prominent horde guilds from our server. It was a hard battle the entire match, with us coming from behind to win by 10 points. 10 points in an AB made possible by a cap in the last 20 seconds! It was epic. Especially when we all rode over to the horde queuing area in Shat afterward and waved at the other team.
Given this, I hardly care that my hunter sucks in arena, because she is sublime in battlegrounds. In my opinion hunters are the most powerful class in the current battlegrounds (mostly due to buffs intended to help us in Arenas). Staying at range is trivial as long as we aren’t outnumbered, and LoS issues rarely come into play. We simply smash face.
Here’s my suggestion: Don’t fix us for arenas. Fix arenas. Make them bigger. Give us a reason to use terrain to our advantage. Involve strategy of some kind. Some people may enjoy the simplicity of the current rock-paper-scissors arena play, but I’d like a bit more strategy personally. I don’t know why playing against other people needs to be so simplistic. How is a simple fight to the death the pinnacle of PvP? Obviously Blizzard thinks so because the rewards are stacked to prioritize Arena players over all other forms of PvP. Let’s hope that they change their tune in Wrath.
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