Changes to PvP rewards needed

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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I would like to start by saying in no way do i mean to devalue the achievement players have acomoplished achieving reward’s on the higher end - But the reality is as the landscape of Classic pvp continue’s to reach previously unforseen low’s, Changes need to be made.

I am not a Rank one player. I have squeeze out 2 Gladiator titles since TBC and stil enjoy playing, but I have seen the number of obtainable slots continue to shrink. This past season we had an influx of spots due to expansion launch participation. This number was still less then even the wrath s5 3s number, and there was 3 brackets to choose from. This signals a rather alarming situation and even consistently high players should be concerned here.

There will essentially be nothing for people to work for. While it is early, Id be very suprised if there are even 100 spots for both gladiator and rank 1. Subtract roughly 50-60 of these for the usual R1 teams & their alts & friends. It will be UNOBTAINABLE for even some of the games most competetive players if we continue with the % based system in classic.

The only real solution is to now move to a static number. A number that does not change based off seasonal participation. Players are quitting in waves, and I fully expect that if this does not get addressed, even less people will be PvPing. I do not have any idea’s.

Again, I am not saying switch to a retail esque system where it is a participation trophy. I still think playing under pressure at the end is great and is a ton of fun, but something needs to be done.

In addition to moving to a static # of spots (for example, 1-50 get R1, 50-225 get glad) I also believe that ALTS OF THE SAME CLASS should not count. This is already a change they made to retail to circumvent players taking 3-5 spots on the exact same class, with the exact same players, playing the exact same comp. A thing that was very popular on Cataclysm in s9.

Don’t really know how to go about getting this point across. Just felt like it was time something be said about it. If the game was in a healthy spot this would not be neccesary, but it is absolutley on life support and if change is not made, People will stop. There will be no one left.

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this should be added into classic, so many people who got rank 1 on their main + glad on alt, or glad on main + glad on alt (same comp same players same class)

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Honestly it could even be 1 spot per account. If the character earns the reward, They should be recognized with a title absolutley, but there are multiple players who took multiple Rank 1 spots and Multiple gladiator spots, on multiple classes. Its clearly impressive that they can multi-class at such a high level so efficiently, But it does make you wonder why out of 42 R1 spots, One person takes 4 of them. Just gets old.

Again im not advocating for some sort of retail change where it completley devalues the reward and makes it essentially a participation trophy. Part of what makes it so special is the race at the end, Playing under pressure to win. But it is very obvious something needs to change or else there soon wont even be R1 spots for the top end to compete for.

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should just add +1 glad or rank 1 spot if someone on 1 class is taking up numerous spots similar to retail (doesnt ruin pvp imo) and stops people from making 3 of the same char to play the same S tier comp with the same players

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Give the glad title back to 2s and 5s so people have a reason to care to participate too.

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Agreed - Still think there needs to be a static number of spots in addition to this change. With participation dropping think it benefits both R1s and Glads & the duelist level players pushing

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