Malaco if you weren't gone, no clue where you are hiding at the moment, I would personally appeal to you.
First thing that came to my mind as I was reading through the topic, was sth like that:
"Warmane won't ever introduce certain mechanics, because they are not #blizzlike, simply as it is. - But hey guys, we are giving away titles for 2s rating"
If your future aim really is to create a blizzlike atmosphere, why don't you just stick to this once it comes to arena season rewards?
Here is what I suggest:
1. Additional rewards, e.g. coins/points/mounts, can be given away, if you - the staff - consider this appropriate. However, I personally am no friend of this.
2. No titles being awarded for 2s in Cata/MoP. Blizzard prohibited this since WotLK. This means that there won't be any rewards except (1.) for 2s rating.
3. Best 0.25% of all 3s teams on the realm will get season gladiator title. I really like the point you just made, that people could chose whatever title fits to them. Furthermore, due to the fact that 3s ladder is rather dead here, you might think about increasing this percentage.
4. Best 0.5% of all 3s teams on the realm will get gladiator title. This number may be increased as well.
5. Duelist/Rival/Challenger titles will be given away for 3s ranks with 5/10/20% deadline.
6. Furthermore you could think about giving away season gladiator titles to the players with the highest 3s rating of their class and spec. This way the "best" players of each class and spec on each realm might recieve their r1 title, even if they weren't able to break the 0.25% mark.
Why do I suggest this?
(1.) Might motivate even more people to play arenas.
(2.) + (3.) Might convince more people to play 3s and not to just sit their 2s rating
(3.) The low number of people being awarded with titles may state the idea that those titles are actually worth sth
(5.) Even players that don't count to the best 1% may recieve some kind of reward
(6.) This way people may consider playing an unusual spec/another class/different comps and will not make everybody running fotms. Furthermore it's a rather #blizzlike method of giving away rewards.
This is just an overall idea, when it comes to MoP, please give us a poll:
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Pce out, Fake