Naxxramas

[fractaled]

I don't mind the arms race so much.  Someone in tier 2 epics should probably beat someone in blues.  However, what bothers me is how much faster offense has grown compared to defense.  My philosophy is that a fight between two players in tier 2 epics should last about as long as fights between two players in blues.  Unfortunately, that's not the case at all.
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WoW is 3 or more games in one. PvE (1-59), PvP (BGs), and raids.

The arms race destroys the PvP game. And at the same time is the way "progression" works with raids. The fact that they haven't done simple things to the BGs to help this means future itemization will only further destroy the BGs. By simple things I mean things like make sure their are even fights in AB/WSG (ie no 5 on 10s) and preventing high-level enchants on low-level items. More complex things like evening out equipment differences somehow would also be quite welcome.

I know Blizzard put a lot of thought into some aspects of the game. 1-59 seems pretty well done. They obviously had plans for the BGs long before they were implemented (ie the 4th BG portal in Aszhara), but I'm not sure if they really resolved how two separate game mechanics would interact in the same world with each other.