Changes to World of Warcraft arena ratings mean no more 'welfare epics' - Massively
The next patch due for the service, numbered 2.4.2, makes some major changes to the way that Arena battles rewards PvP players. Previously, members of an Arena team were rewarded with Arena points based on the overall rating of their team. IE: if the average of the team members was 1900, and each team member participated in enough fights, everyone on the team was rewarded Arena points as if their rating was 1900. As of the upcoming patch, that's no longer the case.
While no more major patches are expected to hit World of Warcraft before Wrath of the Lich King is released, we'll probably see quite a bit of tweaking between now and then.
Individual Arena ratings will now be taken into account. According to Blizzard Community Manager Drysc, "if a character's personal rating is more than 150 points below the team rating, they will earn points based on their personal rating instead of the team rating." Individuals will no longer be able to 'float' their way to large amounts of Arena points. Arena gear previously required just a certain team rating, but with change that rating will also apply to a character's personal Arena rating.
A recent interview with Blizzard's Tom Chilton at Gamespy seemed to indicate some of these changes off-hand, we sure didn't get the impression the changes would be so sweeping at the time. Overall, these changes will bring an entirely new face to Arena competitions. Sister site WoW gold calls this the "death knell for welfare epics", and it's hard to see how to take it any other way. But, how do these changes affect you? Have you been saving up your Arena points for Season 4?
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