04-28-2008, 07:12 AM
Quote:Here's the problem with that... Assuming you can hold onto 1600, you can go from scratch to all the gear available in ~4 months. 3 pieces of S4, the ranged/idol slot, and the S3 head.
In my particular situation, which is probably representative of many, I play in the high 1700's to low 1800's. I've had all the gear for a while, and like I said I've started purchasing stuff of marginal value because I'm up against the cap. If I hit S4 with 5k in the bank, and achieve 1800 for the S3 weapons, it will take me 2 months to cap out. Maybe I'll get a couple of S3 1h weapons for leveling, which will take less then 2 months. That will leave me with months of no incentive for queuing, other then getting blown up by point sellers.
The problem is that the system was setup to reward performance with points. If you can't buy anything with the points, they have little value to you, so if you can you sell them and if you can't you probably drop out.
Question: why are you playing Arenas at all, if all you're going to do is stop playing Arenas once you have the gear? Are you just playing a higher-skill version of the "PvP to PvE" gear grind? Because, if not, why would you not keep playing?
Also, an answer: 4 months takes us nearly to WotLK. If I have all the PvP gear I can get by then, well, that sounds just about hunky dory. Is it really so incredibly crucial that I have more and more gear to purchase right up until the final instant when it becomes obsolete?
I dunno. Maybe I just don't care about gear quite that much. Again, this is an entire interesting mode of play we're talking about, not some badge-or-rep-grinding sideshow that you only tolerate because it pays off.
-Jester