PvE Ladder & Guild Ranking Update
Hey there,
I am posting this thread with the aim to improve the PvE experience on Warmane.
Just like arena teams may differ in their names, composition & achievements with every season, guilds come and go the same way. However, unlike in PvP where rating & match history is reset, the mutual achievements in PvE are saved for eternity on the Warmane armory site it seems. Consequently, this leads to wrongful information about the guild landscape on the respective servers, their activity and current strength.
For example, with the ongoing updates many PvE "achievements" are not possible anymore such as killing LK in a record time of 6:33 min by utilizing paladin's DIs shortly before wipe or relogging on other toons during frostmourne phase. Also, changes in class & spec influence not only the individual dps but also the total raid dps and thus the boss kill timer. That is why the current PvE ladder and guild ranking is very misleading.
Suggestions on how to improve the PvE experience:
1. Introduction of a seasonal cycle for PvE (could be synchronized with PvP season reset)
1.1 Introduction of total raid time (e.g. start of timer with pull of Lord till kill of LK).
1.2 Introduction of number of weekly runs. Displaying each run of an individual guild, including raid & boss kill timers.
Thus, more runs = more guild points.
2. Weekly reset of total raids & raid/kill timers like an arena flush. Transferring and adding weekly guild points to the
seasonal score of each guild.
3. Seasonal reset. Transferring and adding seasonal guild points to the general guild score on the leader board.
4. Seasonal awards. This is completely up to you to decide. Possible awards could be titles, glory mounts or something
like 3x Invincible or even 1x Shadowmourne given to guild leaders which they can distribute within the guild according to
their wishes.
These changes will add a competitive side to PvE as well as provide accurate and more detailed information about the different guilds. Since PvE accounts for most activity on Warmane, I think it is worth to invest a bit of time and effort into restructuring the PvE tracking & display methods.
Peace.