plz =) 2s is just more easily accessible. we all stink but need that carrot to even care about playing. thx!
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So just every mage / rdruid? Rather not. At least tbc and wotlk had some variance. 2s in mop will be warr healer or mage healer.
It’s not just mage rdruid thats the thing.
Great way to make 3s not played. We’ve seen this occur with blitz.
Go play retail if you want easier titles.
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No 2s and 3s should give glad 3s is more accessible by meaning people over 3s.
Most classic players are in their 30s at this point.
Did 2s give glad in last patch of mop?
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That doesn’t matter its classic we can ask and hope for changes.
thats not fair - dk/mw was one of the best comps. 2s is rock paper scissors
As someone who no longer arenas (no real solo queue), titles in 2’s would make for a better viewing experience. High rated 2’s is like 1000% better to watch on twitch than 3’s. 3’s is unbelievably boring as a spectator unless it’s triple dps. I salute all you triple dps’ers out there.
Titles in 2’s just makes sense if blizz wants more exposure / viewship imo.
5’s is even more exciting to watch. There’s all kinds of shenanigans going on in 5’s.
Once again, 3’s is just a snorefest for viewers. Even if it’s the best players in the world it’s still boring.
Hard no.
MoP 2s is at least slightly better than Cata 2s but it’s still very bad, some comps are simply god tier with very very little counters (holy priest/resto druid hunter to name one of them)
Some healers are also too strong when it comes to mana so waiting for dampening and not being able to kill something until healers oom is just not a good design since resto druid has the most insane mana advantage vs other healers in 2s.
If they want to add balance changes to 2s to make it somewhat balanced then sure I would be all for adding titles back to 2s but as it currently stands there is way too much rock paper scissors in 2s when compared to previous expansions and way too many games as healer dps vs healer dps or even against some double dps comps like boomy lock/mage or ret hunter can games go on for a very long time and end due to scripted PvE rotations or having a comp with more instant CC like hunter priest.
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They need to do something. Wrath and TBC became stale, but never died because the larger game surrounding the arena scene stayed alive. People wanted to fully re-experience the pve and world aspects of those two expansions. Arena participation declined dramatically from start to finish, but never “died”.
In cata, we can perhaps claim that the arena scene has died. Queues are sparse, you fight the same teams over and over. Something must be done to incentivize the casual player to return to arena. They need to make gladiator easier to get like retail. Add more rewards along the way (1600, 1800, 2000, 2200 etc). If they don’t do anything like this, then I support adding glad back to 2’s and 5’s. They need to do SOMETHING to spice up the arena pvp scene. If it stays as it was in cata, mop will eventually suffer the same fate. The 0.5% of the playerbase (less because of players on alts) that gets glad mounts has fun, but everyone else feels bullied, that they are not good enough, and quits.
We see this starting even now. If you are on beta, you will fight rank 1 players 80% of the time in 3’s. 2’s is more forgiving, but still extremely cutthroat.