Q&A with the Senior Game Director Ion next Friday 11am P / 2PM E

PVP Battlegrounds
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So odd. Anyone that queue syncs knows they are ruining the game for others and are actively destroying the very thing you’re talking about.

Why lie?

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I thought you said it was in a great spot - and Ion backed you up.

You should be gloating.

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If I had said that, sure. I didn’t say that.

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Ion hates pvp. Always has and always will

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I am well aware lol.

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12.1 will see an account wide debuff for missing your PVP queue.

Pretty big for Blitz.

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Well consider my curiosity peaked

Can’t wait to see how this impacts PvP.

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Q syncers gone basically for hopefully everything (shuffle,blitz,epics)

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This one change might make Blitz my main mode.

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Did he say if this applies to only rated? Or all PvP brackets. Like skirms already have this (non account stacking however).

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I was listening did he specify ALL pvp or only rated?

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I probably shouldn’t do this, because it’s Blizzard - but I assume ‘‘PvP Queue’’ is all modes of PvP.

He didn’t say a specific Queue.

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Well I think this is going to certainly be a cool change and a possible step in the right direction.

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Ion mentioned a period of time that stacks with repeated missed queues

Ouch!

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the question started from solo shuffle, but the way he said it sounds like it will be all pvp queues

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Our focus with things like training grounds has been trying to get new people into PvP, trying to build that foundation, like the bottom of the pyramid so that we can make the whole thing higher and stronger. That’s not going to be a process that happens overnight.

Read: training grounds didn’t bring many new people into PvP.

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I find it interesting that this might actually hinder certain players who are queing from multiple accounts and genuinely waiting for a specific bracket to pop. I believe I see streamers do this frequently.

So this could has a negative consequence unintentionally. There are bound to be some though

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Idk people not being able to queue multiple accounts doesn’t sound negative to me

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I mean for like attempting to stay busy while trying to get 3k lobbies going for example. Not much of one but I’ve watched streamers play games from 2400 to 3000 waiting for 3400 lobbies to pop n such on their main.

Hard to join a lobby mid battle but I mean, this isn’t much of an issue.

Idk, maybe I’m over thinking lmao. Great possibility.

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……………………….. After coming back from a 7 week Forum silence, I have nothing to say. I guess every post I make is trolling or offensive. Hey, look whats about to change.

You’re welcome