Comments on: Rated Battlegrounds in WoW Cataclysm

By: oldFart

oldFart — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:13:39 +0000

Well said tant! i’m an older player and being older my reflexes arn’t what they were, i get eye stain from the moniter, I have a wife and kids and i hold down a job in a company i’ve worked in for 20 years (yes i really am that old and i play games ). i don’t have the time to grind 16 hrs a day to get the best gear but i like to play and i pay the same as everyone else so why shouldn’t i have as much chance of getting the good gear like you… i’m not a noob, i’ve played wow since day 1 and for the most part enjoyed it BUT it’s not the be all and end all, get out some times, get some sun and who knows when you grow up you may even get to see a real womens boob instead of the ones you trawl for on a wednesday morning when maintence hits…were not all noobs but quite a few people posting on here are sounding off like nobs

By: brochacho

brochacho — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:43:52 +0000

all this is is giving an alternative for arena for once, what im thinking is that you will get a certain rating for your win/loss and rank up (obviously), and say that the season 9 weapon requires a 1800 rating it could be either from your BG rating or your arena rating..
this will bring importance (and fun) back into bgs, like in vanilla wow

By: omfgcata

omfgcata — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:39:59 +0000

thankyou Tant, couldnt of put it better myself!

By: Somebloke

Somebloke — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:31:32 +0000

I for one am looking forward to see how this idea of rated BG’s will play out. It is obviously a new aspect and so may well be tweaked over time with future patches.
I hated life at level 80 in WoTLK as it bored the hell out of me. I never really liked arena which in my mind demanded very specific class pairing to find decent player groups.
Dungeon running for badges with my casual game play was the best way of getting gear fast. However I find dungeons a real bore and have always played wow for its PvP since launch.
Rated BG’s looks to be interesting for sure.
I agree a lot with what ‘flutsh’ said about trying to form some way of awarding players who actually fight on flags and interrupt flag taking etc but penalize those who stand in entrance or fight in midfield/roads all day, although this could be very tricky to implement.
Nothing wrong with newbs getting epics, I for sure don’t mind. As long as you know you worked hard for your own gear then thats what should matters, getting worked up about how quickly some newb got the same gear shouldn’t bug you.
If they really are newbs and they manage to get the same gear as you then you should be confident that when it comes down to knowledge and skill of playing your class you will come out on top and win against them or be chosen for a team over them.
Look forward to trying it all out.

By: solo pvp

solo pvp — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:53:10 +0000

I agree with lennon. I work two jobs and am opening my own business. I don’t have the time to be a guild or arena junkie, but I think I pay for and deserve access to the same content as kids and bums that just sit around and play all day, so that when I DO get the chance to play, I have the same opportunity to showcase skill as everyone else and not be SO concerned with being drastically outgeared. Penalizing people for having a life is just wrong lol

By: solo pvp

solo pvp — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:52:37 +0000

By: solo pvp

solo pvp — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:51:36 +0000

By: Kitsune

Kitsune — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:01:19 +0000

@Everyone Getting upset over personal Opinions…

Why you mad brah? Sorry I’m joking! seriously though, I see a lot of rage post on here because someone else has a different opinion. So what they don’t think you, as a healer in PvP, do anything but mash one button. So what someone thinks it should be this way or that. It’s a Game and this is a website used to discuses and provide information about the game. If they think you press one button, well you know personally their wrong.. so.. Don’t go swinging your e-pin around like your some amazing player. Just realize if they ever go against you, then your gonna win. None of these opinions on here are going to effect the way Blizzard does what they ALREADY have planned. That’s what the beta testers are for. If your a Beta tester, then by all means use what influence you have. If not, stop acting like you know everything. No one likes a a@% that can talk. ( kinda made my self laugh at that one ).

Seriously, about said topic. I think rated BG’s will bring back that wonderful thing all of us vanilla players so enjoyed ( and if you didn’t well I’m not talking about you. )! Full BG fury with teams that do more then whine about how much you suck while crying in the corner of the base they couldn’t help defend. I personally missed running Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin, WITH people that like to try even if they were losing or not. Kinda brings back memories of that 10 point resource win and loses in AB. Even the “OmG we got a Mid-Field Flag Fight, GoGo!”.

With the way Cata is looking, I don’t think ( out of personal Opinion, which I’m entitled to have and keep as much as the next guy or girl ) the game could have ever been better.

Vanilla Style, is the Only Win Style!

By: inke

inke — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:51:27 +0000

I think it’s better build pvp in that way people meet people with same rank level.

That way people not playing so much can fight against other at same rank level and pro player fight against other pro player with high rank.

It’s just silly a high rank with best available gear spend his time fight down other people with not so good gear.

By: tant

tant — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:06:58 +0000

I think that this is a great idea. I don’t have time to sit and do a ton of arena matches so the idea that I can get the gear is great. Anyone that complains “newbs will get epics” should learn that there is more to life than a game. The fact is I pay the same amount as anyone else, I dont pay that so that someone with twice as much free time as me can get the best arena gear and own me regardless of skill. Whats funny is the same people that are complaining that everyone will have the gear are the same people that say its to easy. Well… now its going to be more competitive. If you have actual skill you wont get owned and there wont be a huge gear difference to give you a retard player buffer. I think its great that blizzard is trying to give all of its customers an opportunity to use and see as much of the content they pay for as possible.