I mean, it wouldnât though because many more affliction locks would be playing. Even if top 1000 put you at say 1800, you better believe it would be VERY difficult for the average lock to get that.
Can I get it? Sure. Will I push for that on multiple toons? Nope.
I really donât see how this pushes participation up, it just makes the small percent that play at this level feel better about themselves I guess. Arena needs more not less. Throw in more cosmetics at higher tiers, donât restrict what little is there.
Honestly it all comes down to gladiator and rank 1 being unobtainable in 2v2. The original s1-s6 had rank 1 achievable in 2s. Sure there was cheese comps, but only the best, of the best, of the best of those cheese comps got it. Sometimes, it opened up more opportunities for classes to get rank 1 that might not have extremely good comps for 3s. You can argue that 2s is dumb etc etc, but if they brought back glad/rank 1âŚyou would see extreme competition at the highest levels again.
It doesnât have to me that number but something reasonable.
Letâs say, top 100? I believe it would go a long way to improving the ladder. Imagine queueing into arcane/outlaw or mm/mw more often than once a season.
More participation makes it easier to get 2k. I played around 2k-2200 in legionâŚI donât think I ever saw âfamousâ players. I routinely (every q session) play against at least 2 multi-rank 1 players at 2k-2200 in shadowlands.
Not sure how you look at current state of arena and 1) think making something harder to get doesnât hurt participation and 2) that making anything more restrictive in arena right now is the right move.
How often do you use LFG? Itâs dying. This doesnât help.