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Bornakk

Blizzard Poster

0. Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:44:40 AM PDT

Now that Arena Season 6 is on the horizon, we wanted to share some details regarding upcoming changes to the arena rating system in Arena Season 6. With Arena Season 6, arena teams will start at 0 rating instead of 1500, which will allow teams to have more continuous progression throughout the arena season. In addition, we reevaluated item purchases and felt many of them were too difficult to obtain so we will be altering the rating requirements needed to purchase the latest arena items. For example, items with a rating requirement will now be obtainable starting at 1250 rating.

As with the current system, the matchmaking system will attempt to match teams against opponents who are closest to their average matchmaking rating. Starting with Arena Season 6, a team’s average matchmaking rating will be shown in the scoreboard at the end of each match so that you can see where your team stands compared to the opposing team you just faced. All arena teams that are below a 1500 arena rating will always earn arena points as a 1500 rated team. This will allow teams to continue to build up arena points while working on gaining the ratings needed to purchase items.

In order to make joining teams later in the season a little easier for players, the system will now be setup so if a player joins a team that has a team rating of 1000 or higher, the player’s personal rating will start off at 1000 instead of 0. And Another thing to keep in mind is that until you start to get close to your team's matchmaking rating, you will be gaining around 20 or more points in a win and zero or nearly zero in a loss. So players will make steady progress through games played until they near their team's matchmaking rating.

Please note that a more specific start date for Arena Season 6 will be provided as soon as it is determined.

Here is a list of some PvP items that will be available in Arena Season 6 and their expected rating requirements:

No Rating Required:
Hateful Gloves
Hateful Legs
Hateful Chest
Hateful Helm
Hateful Shoulders
Hateful Ring
Hateful Trinket
Deadly Bracer
Deadly Belt
Deadly Boots
Deadly Neck
Deadly Ring
Deadly Cape
Deadly Trinket

Rating Required:
1250+: Deadly Relics/Idols/Librams/Totems
1300+: Deadly Gloves
1350+: Deadly Legs
1400+: Deadly Chest
1450+: Deadly Helm
1500+: Deadly Shoulders

1400+: Furious Bracer (honor)
1450+: Furious Belt (honor)
1500+: Furious Boots (honor)
1550+: Furious Neck (honor)
1600+: Furious Gloves
1650+: Furious Ring (honor)
1700+: Furious Legs
1750+: Furious Chest
1800+: Furious Trinket (honor)
1850+: Furious Weapon
1900+: Furious Helm
1950+: Furious Wands/Relics/etc
2000+: Furious Cloak (honor)
2050+: Furious Shoulders
2200+: 2nd Tier Furious Weapon
2300+: Furious Tabard

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Typezero

Moonrunner

2. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:51:14 AM PDT

Cool, Thanks blue.

Kalano

Moon Guard

3. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:51:27 AM PDT

LOLarena.

P.S. you have ten stickies on the front page of the pvp discussion forum regarding arena. TEN!. Any plans in the near future of addressing BG issues in the same fashion? Those are a form of pvp too, ya know.

I'd love to see BG's given the same attention as your failarena.

Edit: seems Blizzard dropped a few stickies off the pvp page, but the point remains. Arena updates significantly trump BG updates.

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Slyfer

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Ysondre

4. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:57:19 AM PDT

Will any arena based achievements be changing since teams will be starting at zero?

Typezero

Moonrunner

5. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:57:36 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
LOLarena.

P.S. you have nine stickies on the front page regarding arena. Nine. Any plans in the near future of addressing BG issues in the same fashion?

I'd love to see BG's given the same attention as your failarena.

The cow has a point. Some new maps would be cool.

Mordrid

< Reclamation >

Hellscream

6. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:57:50 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
LOLarena.

P.S. you have nine stickies on the front page regarding arena. Nine. Any plans in the near future of addressing BG issues in the same fashion?

I'd love to see BG's given the same attention as your failarena.

I'd like to get rep in WSG one of these days. I thought it was a myth, but I think I got 11 rep last time I was in there.

Shallah

< Invalid >

Sargeras

7. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 09:59:11 AM PDT

start @ 0 rating? That's a dumb change.

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Knack

Sisters of Elune

9. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:02:43 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
With Arena Season 6, arena teams will start at 0 rating instead of 1500, which will allow teams to have more continuous progression throughout the arena season.

Zero rating, and our points wiped. Yeah, you're trying to kill arena. Lost 65% since last season, and will probably lose even more this season.

Now everyone's ratings will go back to where they should go, but it will just take longer.

So everyone add this to their WoW Vocabulary - "Arena Grind" Which means trudging your way to a rating which you could've gotten even if you started at 1000.

Polyp

Darrowmere

10. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:03:03 AM PDT

.. this is actually a fairly decent change.

SO LONG AS WE GAIN MORE THAN TWO GODDAMN POINTS PER MATCH.

I can't stress that enough.

And please, PLEASE reduce the rating requirement for a decent weapon..

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Scilla

11. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:03:40 AM PDT

furious tabard you say?

I'm interested to see this. Will it be a tabard with stats?

And, yay @ lower rating requirements

Fanstein

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Anub'arak

12. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:03:52 AM PDT

If we're starting at 0, are there any plans to increase the amount of points given out after matches? Seems like the road to just 1500 is going to take a while if we receive 5-20 points a match, even without losing any.

As a previous reply already stated, LOL @ arena anyway.

Knack

Sisters of Elune

13. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:07:13 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
Furious

The names of the items will best depict how people will feel by the end of the season. XD

The tabard should display someone typing /teamdisband 2v2, 3v3, 5v5

Serenia

< GoodGame >

Stonemaul

14. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:07:19 AM PDT

Are MMR's gonna be reset to zero as well?

If not, everyone at a high current rating will have a gigantic advantage over people without them right now. Not saying this is wrong, just pointing it out.

And if you lose your first game...does your rating still stay at zero?

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Frostmane

15. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:08:20 AM PDT

Couldn't help but notice there was no listing for Deadly weapons/wands/thrown etc... I'm going to be pretty pissed if they remove them.

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Dizko

< Damage Networks >

Mug'thol

16. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:08:53 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
LOLarena.

P.S. you have ten stickies on the front page of the pvp discussion forum regarding arena. ten. Any plans in the near future of addressing BG issues in the same fashion? Those are a form of pvp too, ya know.

I'd love to see BG's given the same attention as your failarena.

Blizzard stopped caring about anything other than lolesport when TBC hit.

Don't worry though, those of us who hate arenas won't get anything except more nerfs to fun.

..... WTB Rated BGs and stop hiding behind the "skill" line. Arenas haven't been a focus of skill for a very long time. Org vs Org Gulch will yield more competition than arenas could ever have.

NO FAT CHICKS!!!!!

-Dizko

Kaatarn

< Wyrd Sisters >

Suramar

17. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:09:21 AM PDT

Weapons are conspicuously absent from this list.

Also, how much rating will you gain per win? 20?

So that means 50 games to reach 1000? That's kind of silly.

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Arena Tournament 1

18. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:11:37 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
Are MMR's gonna be reset to zero as well?

If not, everyone at a high current rating will have a gigantic advantage over people without them right now. Not saying this is wrong, just pointing it out.

Not really. It'll work exactly the same way as it does now. If they beat you, they'll get almost nothing, if you beat them, they'll lose a ton. Yeah, they'll hit 1500+ really quickly... but so will anyone that wins all their games.

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Radcliff

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Kel'Thuzad

19. Re: Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes 03/25/2009 10:11:38 AM PDT

Blizzard you have already ruined arena from season 3 on.

Not letting the casuals get gear was a bad move. When bad players stop playing, ok players become the bads. Its harder to compete for end game rewards, and thats really not fun.

I have little faith in you at this point.

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