Tick box.
Problem solved.
Aussies playing? Q normally.
Nobody playing and you are willing to gimp yourself to play? Tick USA servers and Q. Everyone wins. Literally no reason to be against this.
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The big reason against it is - It requires dev work. Which is a big no no on this 15 year old game thats apparently not a live service game
The original roll out put us on US EAST servers also (250+ms)
Wait a moment⌠you canât be serious⌠they really put Australian servers with US EAST? One guy literally had 1 job and this is what he did?!
If you go back and read through the literal thousands of QQ posts youâll actually see the MAJORITY OF COMPLAINTS where about us being put onto EAST serversâŚ
So did I all the way up till MOP. I donât want to go back there. Maybe blizz can focus on making arena an interesting esport again and we can get more players in OCE.
Youre a caster - it almost doesnât matter. Mel dps have a much harder time on 200+ ping. Doable but less enjoyable.
Im a 1500 rat atm but yeah I tend to agree, I dont mind the tickbox option.
If they did the merge / tickbox correctly and put us on US WEST. youâd be on more 160~ ms.
Agree not ideal for rogue
I played high end arenas on private servers for years with 200-250ms. Warrior and enhancement were doable but as expected an near automatic loss vs the top players all due to MS. A rogue on the otherhand is closer to unplayable. Canât get an opener half the time if the target is moving, will never get an opener on another rogue the vast majority of the time, shadowsteps to only be âout of rangeâ, shadow step kicks never landing etc⌠I could go on.
Its awful and would want to avoid it at all costs.
If it is indeed 160ms as other say then this perhaps could be playable. I havenât done arenas with this before
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Would we not be getting better ping playing with Asia?
pingtestlive(DOT)com/world-of-warcraft
Im getting much lower results through testing with that.
NA isnt linked to Asia data centers so a merge like this isnât possible.
Theyâre essentially two separate games / two separate data sets
If this happens im rerolling back to SP lol
Yep. Rogues and Warriors have the worst effects. But whatâs better. Nothing or slight ping.
Well apparently the que times for arena is due to MMR matchmaking on blizz part - takes 1 minute so search for 20mmr. So if they fix that it might be better. Even in Euro/America they are having high que times.
Is it possible for them to create a middle ground where the groups are merged (OCE and US) but we connect to a server thats in the middle of both groups. So the ping is a little bit higher but not across the whole world bad? Idk if this is possible based on geographic but just a thought? Idk if anyone else can weigh in on blizzard data center locations?
Iâm convinced that +1700/1800 (idk what the ideal cut off would be) rating matchmaking to include US West for Arena only (Battlegrounds remain OCE only, should be no issues if we have same faction queues long-term) is the solution to this. It appears that everyone against a re-merge is either below this cut-off or donât even play arena and have no idea what theyâre actually talking about.
Bout that US Matchmaking Tickbox blizzard?
Well actually if you review the conversation properly without jumping to conclusions, those that were against the merge are all in support of this option from the OP:
This does appear to be the winning suggestion of all, and something Iâm happy to throw my support behind instead of a blanket merger.
Thatâs just the wrong way to approach the conversation, the whole âyou donât do this so you donât have a sayâ attitude isnât going to work, we all have a say, and weâre all on an open forum discussing it. Donât try silence your opposition with this approach, it makes for an ugly conversation.
Either way, I am with the OP on this one with their suggestion,
Cheers
Says the guy who repeats âdonât get emotional broâ to every single poster who disagrees with you. Imagine existing as a professional World of Warcraft Classic Forum Troll.
No need to be stuck in the cycle of toxicity, Iâve openly acknowledged in this thread my change of stance on the matter with the OPâs suggestion, but I welcome open dialogue with people that have different opinions than myself, I donât run from it or complain about it publicly like youâre currently doing.
You canât tell people they have no right to conversate on a particular matter because you feel that they do not participate in said activities, thatâs just hiding from the confrontation and dialogue with those that have alternative views.
Imagine being able to have dialogue with others without trying to brand them as a âtrollâ, difficult task I can imagine, but Iâd encourage you to take that leap of faith!