Originally Posted by
Kongconvicti
Lets be honest for a moment. The questline might be an awesome idea and fun to discover but it doesn't change the fact that Icecrown is now the better realm to play on.
What advantages do I have on blackrock now?
+ don't have to waste time to level
+ you get ****ty gear that noone wants to play in and with and still have to grind weeks for the build that you want
What advantages did I have on blackrock prior?
+ free faction/race/name change, morph, transmog
+ bigger playerbase (now most of the "core" playerbase left after the merge)
+ different meta game every season due to gear/talent changes (264-284ilvl seasons, patch 3.3.5b)
+ free access to every piece of gear gear except legendaries (at one point)
+ arena replay feature
+ small balance changes (no smourne, double bauble etc.)
+ fast access to gear balanced arena gameplay
Pve realms have a much higher popularity, an easier and faster way to get gear better gear and crossrealm makes it meaningless to start a new toon on blackrock.
Me as a player would much rather lvl a toon on icecrown gear it through easy and well known pve dungeons that take less time and effort.
Right now you put a burden on the players that want to play high quality arena where only skill matters and the better team wins.
I like the fact that you are trying to reward the players but you might as well open up PVE content for blackrock too in order to make it fair towards the other realms.