i really hope you are right
What’s wrong with the current R1 ?
Nothing imo, but they’ll probably change it to 2.7 + 50 wins if I were to guess.
Right now it’s percentage based.
i have issues with the number of r1 spots in solo q brackets being determined if your spec is a popular fotm noob magnent
making it rating based would be so bad though. needs to stay at a cutoff imo
I feel like if they lower Gladiator, the gap between Glad and R1 is going to be even bigger, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they adjust R1. But 2.7k + 50 wins sounds like a decent solution, I guess
Lowering gladiator won’t do anything.
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Imma laugh when this kneecaps participation even more because people who were previously 2300 feel stuck 100 rating below where they normally hit a wall and are too demotivated to keep trying.
It will create more of a ‘no reward’ gap between Glad and R1. This has a negative impact on participation.
Very true.
This and if by chance it does help a lot of people get Glad they will get it once, feel like they’ve slayed their proverbial dragon in PvP, and then stop trying going forward. I’m a firm believer that making rewards easier does not help increase PvP participation over the long term.
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This is true. I got gladiator once and haven’t had any desire to try again. Hell, I barely go over Duelist these days. I’m old as hell. This is so on point for Blizzard. “Fixing” the symptom not the disease. They really do not make good decisions.
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I just go for glad once an xpack and then just play to play. The challenge I face now is finding team mates when particpation is low, the solo que methods have such a long wait time that I’ll often go weeks or months without being able to play anything other than a random bg due to having a busy life/ work schedule.
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Will 2300 glad be enough to get shufflers to interact with each other? Probably not.
3 per spec not ideal in solo
Variance between seasons in 3s also not ideal, like 350 in first season of an expac, 50 in the last type of thing
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If it’s any consolation, they could make gladiator 1800 and I’d still choose not to interact with 90-95% of the WoW population.
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Wait. R1 legend is only 3 spots for each spec ??
Gets expanded if a spec is very popular but ye.
Until they fix lfg or add flex queue to 3s it’s still a dead mode. I unsubbed last weekend after waiting forever with 0 applications. Waste of time 
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Ah I see now. I thought it was a 0.1% cutoff at the end of the season.
People just take the path of least resistance. Easier to press queue for shuffle than sift through lfg, apply for groups with a note trying to sell yourself, look through the clunky achievement finder to try and link whatever they require, finally get a group, lose 1 game, disband, and start again.
Baffling to me Blizzard works on stuff nobody asked for while still not fixing the archaic lfg tool to be much more automated with more filters and letting people solo queue into normal 3’s.
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