I’ve suggested some of these in other parts of the forums - but it occurred to me that the Devs don’t read any posts let alone multiple posts so I thought I’d put it all nice and tidy in one spot in reaction to this weekend’s convention event - who knows maybe they’ll run out of C++ manuals to read on the company jon and flip to this:
- Remove RBG 10s - outdated play mode and completely eclipsed by BGBs. I am sure the 5 streamer / goldsell groups will be DEVASTATED but as a collective it’ll be OK as it was when 5s went out to pasture
- Remove Regular 10s - outdated play mode, causes problems for both RBGs and BGBs in terms of strategy and ruleset / mechanics
- Remove current eBGs (25-40s) - slow outdated game mode all but a small minority play for anything other than honor grind, rampant with premade Q-syncers
- Replace Regular 10s with unrated 8s
- Blitz-style mechanics
- All maps
- Can group 2s or 8s
- Like HotS, groups get in lobbies together and solos with solos
- Only mode that rewards seasonal mount (maybe -1 base model of the rated model see below)
- Could also have ‘Training Grounds’ here with 8 vs 8AI - gives 25% credit toward seasonal mount
- Could bring 10s back occasionally as a brawl (if I never saw another Chili Cookout I’d be just fine)
- Revise BGBs - Solo rated 8s
- Tweak EOTS nodes to behave like AB/PAB to break up current lame strat to tie 95% of game then 1 cap
- Figure out how to make Seething Shore work in rateds
- Can O N L Y solo Q
- Replace RBGs with Group rated 8s
- Can group 2s or 8s
- Same maps / mechanics as unrated 8s and Solo rated 8s
- Replace current eBGs with revamped blitz-style unrated 24s
- Blitz-style mechanics
- Faster gameplay - should be almost as time-consuming as 8s per game
- WG / Ashran / AV / IOC - add Tol Barad and Slayer’s Rise
- Option to do rated 24s in the future
- For all rated BG content
- Make 1-14 ranks seasonal similar to Elite rankings (except for the 1 classic vanilla rank), no more Elite ranking qualifiers for BGs (Arena titles for arena and BG titles for BGs)
- New seasonal title for Gladiator equivalent in rated BGs (Strategist is lame), you already used Battlemaster but thinking Grand Battlemaster
- Ground mount seasonal reward for Grand Battlemaster
- Use delve-style or dragonflight-style design with basic version for solo ranked and more ornate style for group ranked
- Retroactive, with first season rewards for all previous then new going forward (and never bat themed - even if the expansion is World of Warcraft: Bats of the Batty Battersons)
Every night I get on my knees and pray to Pre-Cataclysm Thrall that Geoff the single summer intern running the entire PvP department will read my suggestions and we’ll be one step closer to an efficient, refurbished BG PVP environment.