Now that I got your attention, all you QQ'ing PvE-ers, I'm just here to make my stand over the controversy that the 'Arenas were a mistake' interview created.
Number one, and more importantly, dear PvE-ers, kindly gtfo our forum, xoxo. All I am seeing these days are posts by PvE-ers in the 'PvP - Arena' complaining about how bad arenas are and the negative impacts it had on the game. Please, do that in PvE forums, not in 'PvP - Arena' as this forum was made to discuss strategies, comps, classes, gameplay and etc, not for you people to go 'OMG ARENAS AFFECTS PVE TOO, REMOVE IT!'
Now that I got that off my chest, I would like to say that even though PvP does affect PvE, it works vice versa too, and perhaps, the changes were needed.
If a spell hits too hard in a raid, it will most likely be tuned down to keep the classes in check. You might not think of this, but the limited offensive stats us PvPers have causes these changes to affect us much more greatly than you, a classic case of this is the Feral Druid nerf in 3.1, where ALL the abilities of a Cat has its based damage lowered.
In contrast, if a something hits too hard in PvP, e.g Explosive Shot in 3.0, it it most probably hitting too hard in PvE too, and therefore a nerf will also be called for.
On another note, Arenas bring about true competitive play in WoW, with proper planning, strategies, gearsets, comps and etc. Similar to PvE, however, PvE focuses on teamwork, where all of you have to work together to down one boss. DPS meters are bull, who gives a shit about topping charts if you can't move out of fires? There isn't real competitiveness amongst players in BGs neither, as it's just one big ass area where there is a sole objective, and less emphasis on PvP. AFKers and botter run amock in there, if BGs would allow gear, anybody with 3rd party software would most probably have the top end gear in no time.
Also, I personally challenge ANY of you who says that Arenas are a bad idea to step up and link an armory of your own character with a rating of 2000 and above. Not asking for much, just a mediocre rating, chances are, if you can't even manage that, you don't understand the mechanics of Arenas enough to comment on its 'imbalances' (in lack of a better word).
Those of you who wants BGs to hand out top end gear for PvP, think about this, should we get top end PvE gear by killing normal mobs around the world, say a kobold?
And also, if you think that PvPers put less effort to do well in arenas than PvE-ers do to killing a boss, you are very sadly mistaken. The focus needed for PvP is definitely equal or not more than what is needed for PvE. You're competing against an actual person here, not scripted artificial intelligence.
In totality, arenas are most definitely not a mistake by blizzard, the dedication of top-end PvPers match those of top-end PvE-ers, meaning that these 2 aspects of the game are on par with each other.
Please, stop posting on our forums trying to say how bad Arenas are when you yourself do not understand the amount of work we PvPers to be successful. It ain't all about classes and cookie cutter comps.
Remember, fish are friends, not food.
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