I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread because it told me exactly how this is going to play out.
premaders swarm AB and WSG looking for pugs to farm
pugs ditch AB and WSG, go to AV instead as they get basically nothing being farmed by nax geared premades
premades are forced to constantly dodge other premades, desperate for a pug to be stupid enough to queue up. Everyone knows premades talk a big game but they refuse to face anyone operating on the same level of gear and coordination despite what they claim
premades’ precious hph drops to miniscule amounts. One of them gets desperate enough to try and revive the AV premader to get at all those pugs just trying to gear up that are long since sick of being farmed by premades.
At this point, one of two things happens:
- Blizzard decides its in their best interest to prevent AV premading by any means necessary, breaking the addon(s) enabling it client side
Or
- Blizzard dgaf, lets it happen. Participation craters as pugs realize its just as impossible as before to use PvP to do anything but get farmed by premades. Premaders eventually the only ones left queueing, spend all day dodging eachother until they begin win trading.
I look forward to watching which one Blizzard picks.