arena_tags News
ammo and quivers2010-03-06 00:00:002007 12:54am by
Druid
RogueJust ran across a quest reward from Skettis that looks like it may be better for the
arena.
Currently have Sonic Spear with Sava...
World of Warcraft: PvP Panel Discussion2009-10-24 00:00:00or you can simply lob a boulder onto your enemies' skulls with a catapult.
One of the most interesting changes to come will be
arena-related. Basically, Blizzard has noticed that weapons are the most significant upgrade available, and lots of raiders and others who aren't very interested in PvP will play a minimal number of
arena matches and just save their points for their "free weapon." To discourage this sort of behavior, and to make ...
Arena matching system changed in patch 3.0.82009-04-13 00:00:00for
arenas, and the change (surprise surprise) did not make it into the patch notes.
Update: Please see this post for further information.
The system is thus:
There is a...
Arena players say they can2009-04-13 00:00:00A Korean Arena team named Kill e A has dropped out of the upcoming Extreme Masters tournament and claimed that they just can't compete with Death Knights in the Arenas. "Due to recent balance changes resulting from the 3.0.9 patch, we believe that it is no longer possible for the Mage and Rogue character classes to remain competitive in a high-level PvP setting," says the statement posted on the ESL's site. They go on to say that "our testing has shown that it is now impossible for other classes to compete effective...
Arena tournament registration now open2009-04-13 00:00:00Blue poster Vaneras over at the European forums announced that registration for the 2009 World of Warcraft Arena tournament is officially open in Europe. Aratil made a similar announcement for US players a few hours after. They remind all players that participants in the tournament, which follows a 3v3 format, will get the chance to obtain an armored murloc pet or the the exclusive "Vanquisher" title for their characters on live realms. Successful participants will earn slots in...
Arenas to be reset2009-04-13 00:00:00Along with the many bugs of Patch 3.0.8 was the undocumented new Arena matching and rating system which, similar to the Wintergrasp brouhaha, created disastrous results. Many teams skyrocketed to 2200 ratings, with wins garnering up to 30 points and losses resulting in... nothing. As you can imagine, this newfangled system which Blizzard didn't bother to tell anyone about until after the fact sort of trivialized Arena Achievements such as The Arena Master. Bornakk reveals in that post that the new ...
