With the new hotfix it will be impossible to reach r14 on small servers
Blizzard needs to pad the servers themselves or many players will leave and servers will die
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You’re assuming that people on small servers are actually trying to rank to 14 in phase 5 or that not being able to get to rank 14 will be a deal breaker for them.
If anything this will just kill the idea of people transferring to small servers with the intention of easy ranking.
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Blizzard needs to provide this service otherwise paid honor padding will not go away
Many players transfer because they cannot commit 16 hours daily to rank and this is not against ToS to do so.
No, if you want to rank go to a competitive server with a legit poolsize and pvp scene.
You sulthraze bots can suffer, much like how you make your teammates suffer when you afk leech on every BG.
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My server has about 50 rankers with the normal amount of padding at 5500… Luckily I already got my rank 13 months ago
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I agree bots are bad for everyone, blizzard should address that.
However this change is far too late and frankly just cruel.
I already reached rank 10 On whitemane and the only feasible way to rank further was to transfer to a smaller server. But this isnt about me. I made my decisions and being stuck on a dead server for 3 months is fine (i was gonna quit after ranking anyway)
This is about blizzards general neglect of the pvp community (in both classic and retail) PVPers are treated as second rate. Maybe we are, but changing something that they left in the game for a year now just seems unfair And unnecessary. Especially when you consider mages selling runs for irl money, teleport hacking bots, and players abusing world buff is not “playing as intended”.
Im not saying waaah i want free ranks, im saying this change is too late, it solves nothing (ppl will still pad but now only the mega bot farms will profit), it is already killing servers, it will make bg queues longer, more premades because they have to farm more, people health is at risk from having to farm 1mil honor, and the toxicity in the pvp community will skyrocket.
Its just not a good change objectively.
Not to mention no one saw this as a problem.
Revert the hot fix and just let the players play is my take on the whole issue
Simple solutions to non-problems
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Then get the real players on your server to PVP once a week and pay them to do it.
It will kill them. It’s the only reason people play on them right now.
I’m talking about the SMALL servers by the way, like Sul’Thraze.
I like smaller servers but when you can’t ever find a group or find anything on the auction house, and all of the raiding guilds are transferring off to do AQ or whatever, it’s a problem.
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I’ve seen this enough that I do agree with it. He’s right, this is going to kill off the server though.
Some people on my server actually paid for the transfer fee for a solo bracket breaker (a few months ago) to transfer over there for easier ranking and he did it.
People on small population servers made a choice, and choices have consequences.
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Right, but 10 months of allowing the padding then suddenly changing it is just silly. Its kinda wack on blizzards part. PVP gives the game longevity now less and less people are gonna play.
Choices are made. Fact are facts. But this change is gonna seriously hurt the pvp community across all servers and utterly destroy the smallest servers.
Id just hate to see this change make my new server unplayable. I like it here i dont wanna transfer.
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are u talking about saneless LOL?
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No, Blizzard needs to abandon its horrible PVP system and give the players realistic goals they can work towards. The honor system in Classic was trash 15 years ago and it’s aged like a pair of moldy sweatsocks since then.
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People will PvP just for the heck of it. Were you not around for phase 1? (or a pserver for that matter)
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There will be less incentive to pvp if the reward system even more difficult than it is right now.
if you’re pvping for the rewards then you’re pvping for the wrong reasons. AQ gear makes the honor gear irrelevant and the titles are just as irrelevant. The time investment is you just wasting your life. As I’ve said in many other threads - this is coming from someone with an original rank 13 title.
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It’s that modern min/max kool-aid he’s been drinking.
Playing a game for fun is mind boggling to them, what is this fun?
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That’s why it makes me “HUH?” so hard. Even if it IS min/max mentality… pvping isn’t the best way to get gear anymore.
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What are the details of this change? When does it go live and what does it do, specifically?
I know AQ gear is better but some rankers probably don’t have a guild situation where they can reliably get all the pieces they want quick enough.
They probably still view ranking as more reliable even if it’s probably not.
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