Forgive my ignorance on this one, but I've never been big into PVP. I've dabbled in the occasional BG or arena, but never anything serious. I honestly don't know what the different "seasons" mean apart from what I'm guessing is the PVP equivalent of a new Raid Tier in PVE.
With that said, why would there be another season added?
I've always been under the impression that, while PVP is very popular, PVE kind of took the trophy as far as the majority rule since Cata.
So... If WoD is going to be "delayed" (as in, not coming out as soon as we thought), why would we add a new season instead of a new raid? Wouldn't a new raid hold onto players a bit more than a new season of PVP?
I'm probably wrong, but I guess I've always had the idea that (made up numbers based on my experience) only about 20-30% of players actively take part in any sort of real PVP. And by "real PVP" I mean actually go out of their way to do it, rather than those like me who just do it randomly for lulz.
I just don't really see it as a good way to hold onto a lot of players if the xpac is going to be "delayed". At least not a better way than putting out a new raid.
Or maybe they're expecting a new season to keep PVP'rs occupied while the PVE'rs play Beta?
Anyway, just curious if there was something behind this that I was missing. Just seems like if the expansion were coming out later than they made it seem that they would do something besides a new PVP season to keep players interested.
Thanks in advance for any info.