I feel Rocket Boots in S5 arenas is going to compromise the integrity of an important time in Classic’s life cycle.
Wrath is considered to be the pinnacle of WoW PvP by a lot of players, Rocket Boots were removed from arenas pretty quickly in Wrath with a statement from the developers saying it is impossible to balance the game with them allowed.
I think, ultimately, the choice to leave them in for S5 will be looked at the same way batching is looked at now. They’ll be fun for a week or two, and then people will realize how badly they skew the balance of the game. More of a novelty than a positive change.
Please consider having an off switch for them, or just not allowing them in the first place.
Arena PvP is supposed to be a competitive environment. People who play the game for arenas are going to have a hugely diminished experience in the first season of Wrath because of this.
From Crygil on their original removal from Wrath after about a month of uptime on the live branch:
After several attempts to balance the Nitro Boosts ability in the arena, we have decided that we currently do not have an acceptable solution. Until we are able to better balance this ability it has been shut down in the arenas. We fully plan to continue working on this item and we intend to adjust it in upcoming patches.
This statement from them kinda upsets me. I’m more or less returning for wrath so I have no prior gold or anything like most people who hoarded or gdkp’d, etc. so your gonna force me to spend the little I get to lvl a profession for 1 thing to be viable and than delete it next season. Geez, I wonder why people buy gold. Smh
Wish I could have a group of friends who have already been through TBC and are moving those toons forward so I gotta join them over there. So I either afk a bunch of gdkps, ask for loads of hand outs, or fall behind assuming I can’t grind this stuff myself.
The integrity of arena is already compromised. A handful of players took real money, gold and twitch subs and completely spoiled the spirit of competition. Nitro boosts are nothing compared to the damage done by these players.