4 weeks off, what happened to gear?

[Hyoozy-1754144 (Hyoozy)]

@Kennie-malganis

Oh, no, it’s really just that they forgot to turn the mmr on.

Sure, that’s a large part of it… and if somebody’s entire goal is rating there isn’t much benefit to early season queueing.

@Steppedon-kiljaeden

You finding the game not worth playing is your own personal opinion though.

It’s not. I do play the game actively, and have been since the beginning of the season.

But the game not being worth playing was definitely the more popular opinion. Many players were vocal about the game being in a bad state, and it was largely due to balance and bug issues.

Let’s take my spec for example…

Mar 17th

@Kaivax

Warlock

• Affliction
  • All damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Shadow Bolt damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Drain Soul damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Dark Harvest damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Damage from dispelling Unstable Affliction increased by 25%.

Mar 24th

@Kaivax

Warlock

• Affliction
  • Corruption and Wither damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Agony damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Unstable Affliction now lasts 12 seconds in PvP combat (was 8 seconds), a 50% increase in its total damage dealt.
  • Shadow Bolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.
  • Drain Soul damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.

Apr 7th

@Linxy

Warlock

• Affliction
  • All damage done increased by 12% in PvP combat.
  • Unstable Affliction damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

May 5th

@Kaivax

Warlock

• Affliction
  • Unstable Affliction damage increased by 20%.
  • Seed of Corruption damage increased by 10%.
  • Corruption damage increased by 20%.
    • Developers’ notes: This change does not affect Wither.
  • Agony damage increased by 10%.

Prob missed some updates too.

Sure, I played the game at expansion launch. But I can’t in my right mind tell anyone else that they wouldn’t benefit from sitting out until things get sharpened up.