12-10-2005, 08:14 AM
Concillian,Dec 9 2005, 11:32 AM Wrote:This is true.
However, I'm farily certain that MJ is discussing a case where you have two teams with :
~equally (high) skilled players
~equally (epic) geared characters
~equally (good) game plans
and
~equally (good) communication
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Not really. One of the examples I've heard him pull out is the Blizzcon travesty.
See, at Blizzcon, they had it set up so everyone could pick any class/race combination, and get dropped into BG at level 60 in their top rank PvP epics. What a great idea, right? But the alliance won virtually every game. WTFBBQ - obviously the Alliance is overpowered, right?
MJ has said point blank he thinks this is because of the Paladin. I disagree. I'd say it's because nearly every single person who logged in on the horde side picked Warrior or Shaman because popular wisdom says these are the two best classes for PvP. The problem is ... if everyone on your team has the exact same weaknesses and you run up against a balanced opposing force -- you're going to lose.
If you bring characters who a) don't have the greatest CC and B) play against people who's CC they can't deal with... well, you end up outnumbered and stomped. And that's pretty much exactly what happened.