We can't really call it a "cheat" since Blizzard herself stated that MMR drop can be considered legal. Like I stated initially, it just means that people are not that confident to face the high rated players. I believe you develop as a PvP player facing those same players - That are years away from you. But some people don't bother at all and just take the easy shortcut.
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Banned
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Forum Veteran
As far as I know here people can still abuse MMR dropping to get higher rating than they normally would. On retail that was not possible since you lose more rating while dropping MMR and gain it back slower. There people drop MMR only to get easier arenas not higher rating. That's why there it's allowed but here it's considered abusing when doing it to get higher rating.
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Staff
It's in people's nature to do it this way. We can only do our very best to counter it in ways we think that are appropriate.
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Member
When u added this new rule 2k rate req pvp is more dead than before, because most ppl just give up, cuz they know here no way to get 2k rate, here allready 3 or 4 seasons ended, and ppl can get max 1800-1900 in 3 months.
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Staff
We hope you understand that because a bracket is dead (5v5 for example) it should not receive rewards at all. This is just a requirement to at least set some standards in the 3v3 bracket and only the gladiator titles are included in the requirement.
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Member
or maybe just delete 2s titles alrdy that ppl gona que 3s for titles then the 2k rule makes a point ;)
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Staff
Retail has shown us for a very long time that this wouldn't work, 2v2 is and always will be the most active bracket simply because it's easier to get into. They've tried fixing thing by getting rid of arena teams so people don't feel attached to whatever team they're in but in reality 2v2 will always remain the most active bracket. At least here we can give some rewards for it. Titles for 3s are different, exclusive even and have additional rewards that can't be obtained otherwise.
In the past we even gave out money, coins and a variety of rewards, requests, special titles. Not much has changed, incentive is not the issue, rather the desire of players. Hopefully, the next arena season with the requirements and rewards in mind should be more active and more entertaining, with the idea of a possible WIT Series 2 coming up.
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Member
"In the past we even gave out money, coins and a variety of rewards, requests, special titles. Not much has changed" Not true, when coins were given both 2's and 3's were more active. Mit makes blackrock more active only pretty much
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Banned
2's is more active because it's a capping bracket and is unbalanced. People can roll up with fotm comps (Disc/Feral Disc/Sub Disc/Fmage -see the pattern here?-) and do well. Which makes it fun, to reward them for it is what's causing 3's to be dead. Nothing you can ever do will make 3's more active than 2's ever, but trying to make that happen is killing 3's. All you need to do is remove 2's titles and increase the amount of players that can get titles in 3's.
Or my favourite solution, make 2's titles temporary for the next season and make all 3's titles permanent.
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Member
Gotta love how 2012-2016 people have something to say.
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Member
isnt better to set those standarts after servers merge, when 3's will be more active. Because now ppl tryed hard 4 months for Rival? People with 1.4k rate will get Rivals and with 1.9k Rivals, just not fun. Saying that because im sure with that active here is just no chance to get 2k. And u will see that in 1 Month.
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Member
Will the Prideful set be implanted on MoP Servers since a new season is coming? This is what All MOP players want to know, and it's really boring that a great number of players has already one or even more full grievous chars. Besides, We want to know as well about Alterac Valley being implanted or no.
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I really support the 2000 rating rule change. BUT, in my opinion, that should have been started from next season, cause obviously you have posted this rule too late and many people struggled to reach even 1500 cause dead ques, now, with a new rating rule, 80% of them gave up and/or disbanded teams.
You rushed by implementing it this season. Posting this thread month and half ago would make difference.
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Member
You guys should merge the servers at the end of this season so that next season we can actually start with more active brackets and a better core if you do implement lordaerons core, maybe then people will actually be motivated to play 3s, knowing they will actually have a change to get ques.
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Member
Will lordearon participate of this WIT series ?
ATM only 90 teams for 3s bracket on this realm, will u do smth for that ? Or just let 3s bracketdead and let 2s still as competitive as right now ?
Sorry for my bad english
