The rating tied to gear comes at the expense of the spirit of the game and the fun of others. The normal Battleground queue is for players to jump in and play against other players in a similar situation. Blizzard has built outlets for rated players that want to organize in a competitive experience and structure, there are clear ways to achieve that (Rated Arenas, Rated Battlegrounds, Wargames) - Players choosing Rated modes should not come at the expense of and tax normal players and normal modes. Rating tied to gear creates casualties to fun and is a casualty to true Player vs Player combat.
If you want organized PvP against organized opponents, that experience is readily available. It should not come at the cost of and create casualties among the normal Battlegrounds, Normal modes, and Normal Players.
Rating tied to gear, and the consequent “progression” arguments are a red herring.
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Blizzard made the decision to design PvP the way they did. And when I say “Blizzard”, I am referring to the game director, who chose not to replace the departing PvP director at the end of wod.
Ion doesn’t do PvP. He decided to re-implement a system that failed in the past and was rejected with cause by previous devs. But in Shadowlands, Blizzard is trying harder to make it work.
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Now we have PvG play? (the G word sounds like "ear)
Man…it is CRAZY the amount of feedback for this and its still ignored because ONE (and I do mean one) person at Blizzard (who does not PVP) wants this.
Its been YEARS at this point and he still insists on rating gating gear…
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Absolutely and it’s a huge failure. He should never be involved with PVP, it’s not the same environment as his beloved PVE. They know full well the majority of the player base is not happy.
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No kidding. I have no idea how they can look at overall participation numbers for anything in this game and think that what they need to do is continue to double down.
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I saw a game that Xaryu was playing recently: Ring of Titans. The absolute instant they create 10v10 & 15v15 casual battlegrounds I will immediately download and be stuck playing it.