Hello Blackrock,
As you might have noticed we’ve been in touch with a lot of you and we’ve been asking what we can do in order to improve the realm and to promote the competitive spirit. All of your answers and the general feedback of the community has lead us to a conclusion. We have made a couple of decisions and the changes that we will or we already have done are the following:
▪ Free gear for everyone (currently live)
▪ FFA Solo Queue (currently live)
▪ Weekly Point System (system is pending completion)
▪ Rework of the transmog system (not currently live)
▪ Disable name change (currently live)
▪ PvP T2 Weps and ilvl 277 trinkets (currently live)
Free gear for everyone.
It's been a dream for a very long time to actually let everyone have equal gear. It is our opinion that new players will be able to integrate themselves into the community and play on the same terms as the rest of the realm. This will also provide a new challenge to the older part of our community as they will now face opponents of equal gear. Let the skill speak and not the gear.
FFA (free for all) Solo Queue
We’ve been using the previous (MCH) system for a long time now and we know that it’s working very well however it is our belief that we can possibly even improve more the process of solo queue and increase PvP activity in our 3s ladder as this is the focal point of skilled players. We can go back to our previous system at any time we want and this is only a test to see if activity rises. So now instead of only getting matched up with a Melee, Caster and a Healer you're getting queued as DPS + DPS + Healer. That allowed us to open up Due queue to vs all comps in the 3vs3 bracket.
Weekly point system
This is our brand new system that we believe will create a more challenging PvP situation on Blackrock. In the past everything was about gear and the gear was a big goal for a lot of players but we noticed that once this goal is reached a lot of players stop being active so we’re trying new things and one of those new things is this system.
Basically it’s a system that allows you to collect points from various PvP activities (arena matches, BGs, wPvP) and various rewards based on the amount of points will be rewarded. As usual more skilled (high rated) players can expect higher rewards and recognition but we believe this will be a fun system for everyone as there will be always something to do and it will be an interesting addition to the current state of the realm.
As always we appreciate your feedback and we would like to hear your suggestions in regards to what kind of rewards you would like from this system. The feedback thread for rewards for this system is here: http://forum.warmane.com/showthread....64#post2488964
Transmog rework
More transmog sets is a common thing that a lot of players ask for so we have decided to rework the current system in order to allow more customization and let the players decided on what they want to wear. It would be a strain on the Warmane team to add every single possible variation of a set so why not allow you, the players, to decide what items you want? That’s exactly what we decided to do and you’ll be in charge of what shiny armor you’ll have on you. Every item in the database will be available for transmogrification. All you need to do is enter the item ID at the transmog NPC and it will give you a new cool look. In order for this work we have implemented a new token that will be used to activate this feature. This will be one of the rewards for the previously mentioned Weekly Points System and it will be also available on the Store for those that want to quickly get the look what they want. As this is a purely cosmetical feature we believe it won’t harm the current state of the realm and of course there will be some limitations on what items will be available for transmogrification and the main reason is that some items were not supposed to be ever used and serve only as placeholders in the database, some will also be exclusive for weekly top points and even rating.
Disable name change
We think player identity and reputation is important so we have decided to disable all name changes. This is also partly due to our previous system allowing little to no responsbility for actions and words of players towards each other.
Regards
Warmane
-- UPDATE --
The weekly honor reset has been removed.
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Member
Big changes! 2015-07-11
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Member
The soloqueue system is completly bugged, there are some teams without any healer.
And just one thing, the actual transmog system was the only way for us (players) to prove our level, if you delete the rating for the transmogs, it will kill the desire to play.
And please do not forget one thing, you have a bunch of VIP players who paid for the server to support it, but also to acquire the Wrathfull set, now it is completly free, what are you going to do about that ?
PS: Making the characters restoration free for VIP players would be the least.
Conclusion: The challenge has gone, arenas are now made for fun.Edited: July 11, 2015
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That bug will get fixed as soon as our dev is home agian.
As we stated in the topic, some items will have rating requirements.
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Member
The problem is that anyone will be able to have any transmogrifation he wants, it means the coolest, the baddest, the most beautiful.
You will probably set a rating requirements for some of them, but sorry to tell you that, seeing someone with T5 transmog (for example) with 1.5 rating will totally makes me feel bad.
All the transmogrifations have to be unlocked by arenas, you have to deserve it to wear it, it is called the challenge and it's a way to prove your level.
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R1 Title Wipe
Due to inflation of PvP R1 and Gladiator titles over the years we’ve also decided to wipe all the titles and let players prove their skill again.
What was the point of playing for rank 1 LMAO? if you are deleting even the recently one, should'v just deleted old R1 titles n glads.Edited: July 11, 2015
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Old R1 titles and Gladiator titles mean a lot more than your farmed in the morning with +4 rank 1 title.
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The main reason why we decided on this is because 9/10 players today that got a rank 1 title didn't actually earn it.
Most likely bought or lended from a friend.
We want a fresh start along those new systems and we will not wipe titles earned after this.
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Clever Investment
Not trying to sound rude here first off.
Since it is impossible to contact you (Malaco) in a private Message or through Tickets ingame.
I donated to the Arena-Tournament Server back in like 2013 to support the Server and gain an advantage over players that wouldnt choose to help the owners of the server in a financial way.
Since everything is free on the Server now do you plan on giving someone that invested like 40-60 bucks to contribute, anything asides what everyone gets?
Really curious about this one.
Greetings Dr. Klepfer
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Shop zones.
Malaco, can u add more shop zones? I have lot of lags in Stormwind, thanks.
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Agreed.
The current tier and season transmogs should stay as they are - unlockable through rating, and rating only.
Everything else could be freely available. Actually, that`s pretty cool because there are quite some cool sets (mostly from vanilla) that are missing.
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WTF Malco! what u doing????
I bought my account for 60 euros. now any player with a rating of 1500 buys gear it freely. he even saves 300 badges on the island. this is the only thing that distinguished VIp players from the usual.
now players don't need to go to the arena. because the AP is not needed. this will worsen the situation of the server. and kill 3s.
Transmogrification fail. I have a rating 2550 and don't want to see a player with a rating of 1500 in Transmogrification s4. please don't do this.
about titles it's bull**** and not fair.
the only thing I'm happy with this new soloQ
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Hey. I did not forget you guys :)
Let me sort out all the other stuff first and then im sure we can come up with some nice perks for old donors :)
But thanks for supporting the project in the past. Would never make it this far without you guys.
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Member
More malls, Malacock, fite me.
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Member
- the gear couldve become rly easily obtainable currency wise while no longer requiring rating, i think making it free is better than how it was but not the best option
- there are 4 logical environment choices for wotlk 3v3 arenas;
1 - only MCH
2 - only MCH and non-MS melee cleaves
3 - FFA minus hunter/melee/healer and ele/caster/healer
4 - FFA
#2 wouldve done the job to reduce queue time and increase arena diversity, going to #4 was definitely not necessary for that
- regarding the reward coins suggestion it is just like the whole boxes and badges system; a custom currency is not appealing
- having access to a set amount of transmogs allows players to recognize the specific offered pieces between each other which is entertaining
browsing the usual transmog system/npc is simple and really appreciated the way it is right now, im confident changing it would rly do more harm than good
adding a few new transmogs could be good tho
- wiping titles is unacceptable, the fact that there are players who got titles in a way some would consider wasnt earned doesnt make it the responsibility of all other players, and so they shouldnt be penalized because of it
- the only thing disabling renaming achieves is that it reduces the freedom players have over their characters which is definitely not beneficial
outside of tournaments and qualifications the players should have the right to play anonymously without having to create multiple characters for that purpose
- for a while now a rly small ffa zone with a lot of los wouldve help increasing the realm activityEdited: July 13, 2015
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Nice guys, Just a question, whats the free gear, I mean it is wrathful?
