Quote:had a chance to backfire
Oh, so you want to add more RNG into Arenas, which isn't supposed to be based on RNG at all. That's awesome.
Quote:Grenades last a maximum of three seconds, have a short cast timer, and have a teeny tiny 3 yard radius; it's very possible to miss people with them. Frost Grenades are dispellable, and Arcane Bombs are incredibly expensive to make and require that you stand still in order to use them.
"Dispellable" is not a valid reason for something to be arena worthy. You don't give classes abilities they shouldn't have (everyone getting frost nova) because, oh, they might have a dispeller (who isn't healing the damage or doing other things while they're dispelling). Neither is "expensive". You don't pay for victories, you fight for them.
Quote:I don't see how Engineering would become a "required" arena profession at all. Like I said, I think if someone is willing to throw bombs and grenades that cost a fair amount of money, then they should be allowed to. It's their gold and time. Why is an Engineer's gold and time worth less than a Blacksmith's?
Blacksmithing was the mistake, because as I've mentioned, it includes one of an "on use" or a "chance on hit". Is the DPS from blacksmithing weapons the reason they're good? No, they're stuck at S2 level DPS. It's the proc, which shouldn't be there in the first place. Hopefully Blizzard's acknowledged this by the fact that they're nerfing mace specialization in WotLK and with any luck are smart enough to not create that weapon again.
For Arena, every profession should be able to confer some stat bonuses that you couldn't get otherwise, and they'll all balance out pretty much. No profession should confer on use or chance on hit abilities.
Again, stop whining and go play battlegrounds. That's what you want. An unbalanced free for all where skill matters less but you can pay some extra gold to get cheap kills.
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