Ppl literally learning mechanics for the first time in “elite” ranked bgs lol
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It would be fine if these concessions helped the game, its activity, but this is simply a failed business strategy.
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Low mmr 2s and 3s got nuked so people could get 2400 by accident in solo
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major shame because tabards and elite appearances are giga free now
they should give blitz different rewards
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Yeah this doesn’t make any sense. This would be like giving mythic raiding mogs/gear/mounts out in LFR. Pvers would be going ballistic.
Like the least they could do is simply just give different colored elite sets. It would encourage participation in both game modes…
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Are you sure its not simply a matter of much higher participation in Blitz than in any other form of PvP content? Premade, rated group PvP has been dying since MoP. The only people who hate Solo Shuffle and Blitz, and who constantly talk down on the rating system therein, are the nimbys who want to gate keep PvP rewards. Get over yourself.
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This is what a healthy ladder is supposed to look like if you ask me. Crazy thing is, there’s such a high retention rate after people get their strategist where people keep playing.
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Invalidates all the rewards and other brackets so no
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Blazzard gave a 50% rating boost for winning a blitz in Season 2, why simplify something that has high activity? Doesn’t anything click in your head?
yes because 2400+ in rbgs. is almost like 1600 mmr exp…
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considering nearly every spec had multiple multi-season challenger/rival level players within r1 or right below r1 range, It’s probably even more extreme than that.
I don’t think its a problem the game mode exists, and if that crowd wants to see bigger numbers next to their rating, whatever. It however shouldn’t have the same rewards as the more competitive pvp modes, it should have its own rewards that people can freely grind out without invalidating actual rated pvp rewards.
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People have been saying this about Solo Arena for 2 years now, Blizzard’s reaction is zero.
with how trash the “elite” rewards are now they should be free 
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Just as solo shuffle 3s. It’s terrible. They should make dynamic que system where it merges 3s and solo shuffle together so you get the option to Que when you have a team or you can Que solo and get paired up. Think it would also make Que times much faster and more enjoyable.
I agree with all the posters before you, but this is the big thing.
I’m pretty anti-gatekeeping. Idc if glad is top 2700, 2400, or 2100 etc. However, the system needs to reflect actually putting in some kind of growth/skill expression to learn the things.
There’s a very real problem with solo queue modes that, while accessible, don’t actually provide any real incentive to learn or improve outside of just slamming the Q button.
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Its a meme bracket what do you expect? If you want to climb find a solid disc or dragon healer and duo que otherwise its up to the rng gods of which team you will get on and your win/loss
if it gets people queuing then so be it
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People don’t play so the top 5% can get rewards. The sooner this forum comes to terms with the obvious, the sooner the ‘PVP is dead’ complaints may stop.
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Glad would go back to top 20% if the masses queued but like crabs in a bucket they only gatekeep themselves.
Oh, well. In a way they’re doing some of us a service by making the mounts rarer.
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I’ll remind you of SL when people were queuing and some of you lost your minds because 11,000 people (or whatever) got drakes. Lol
You can’t pretend to support it when lots of you showed your true colors when it comes to mass success.
Only gonna get rarer, man.
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