11-04-2006, 11:16 PM
Quote:After a month on this system, the expansion will probably come out. The current level 70 rewards available through this mechanism are blue in the beta, so they could easily be upgraded with new rewards every patch. The removal of the "rank = loots" and "rep = loots" systems means that Blizzard can provide true gear progression via PvP now. It gives them a lot of latitude for upgrading with time and establishes a certain gear baseline for people entering the arena system.
I was under the assumption that the arena system operated on a sort of item-level restriction basis, so that people in BRS tier0.5 gear with a smattering of the occasional odds and ends from the various BGs and maybe AQ20/ZG would be able to beat or at least challenge a less-skilled, but better-geared team from a guild that's been farming Kel'Thuzad since three months before the Naxx patch. I seem to remember seeing a blue post with something to that effect.
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
The original Heavy Metal Cowâ¢. USDA inspected, FDA approved.
The original Heavy Metal Cowâ¢. USDA inspected, FDA approved.