WoW Arena Season IV Changes
I don't typically make new news posts for a single Blue comment but this one is pretty big. As of the beginning of Arena Season IV almost all pieces of PvP gear will require an arena rating greater than 1500. This means of course that teams who are only playing to farm points will have a difficult time buying anything other than Gloves or Belts or a few other pieces.
That is correct, even the Season IV gear that requires BG Honor is still going to require an arena team rating. While that doesn't quite seem to make sense I can see where Blizzard is going with the idea.
This is going to change a lot of opinions about farming PvP/Arenas for PvE and with some of the other changes going into effect it is going to make selling top rated teams much less desirable.
There is quite a bit more to go along with this but your best bet is to go to The Original Post By Drysc and get the news directly from the source.

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jasdubI'll keep this KISS.
As a person who does both PvE and PvP I think the rating requirements for season 4 are great. Not only does it create balance within the PvP arena system but also in the PvE realm, allowing people to value their high end PvE epics.
But the revised Season 3 requirements may still be a little harsh. There will be many old timers who acquired season 2 weapons and shoulders since the day they came out and will still be using them well into the launch of WoTLK or until the day they quit.
Learn 2 play right? Wrong, the customer is always right and in this case many of them will not receive what they desire, upgrades to the most important slots of their WoW alter ego, weapons and shoulders.
Save the drama for your mama and please don't flame.
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