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"At a high level, we want to serve our PvP community better, but we also need to grow the PvP community in order to justify that, frankly. You know, I think the story of PvP in WoW has been a very passionate core of players that, you know, 20 years ago was larger. The number of people who jumped into battlegrounds, into more casual modes of PvP as a percentage of the overall player base, was much larger back then than it is today. Today, PvP in, you know, particularly in rated forms, can feel very intimidating and can feel hard to get into in terms of the knowledge gap, the gear gap. There's a lot of barriers to entry. And so our focus, with things like training grounds, has been trying to get new people into PvP, trying to build that foundation—like the bottom of the pyramid—so that we can make the whole thing higher and stronger. That's not going to be a process that happens overnight, and I recognize that for players that are focused primarily on that high end of the competitive ecosystem, it can sometimes feel like we're not doing enough. But in the long run, I think for PvP to get the support that we want to give it, we all need to work together to grow that community. And so I think, as we discuss this further, as we get feedback from the community, I'd love to hear ideas and to think together about not just what we can do today to make PvP better for the gladiator-level player, but what we can do to make it easier for people who haven't PvPed seriously in WoW—but love PvP in other games—to get into WoW's PvP."
Bigmoran and Gerissar talk about their past couple weeks of gaming, Big's experiences in an RP-PVP guild, and whether a spec's popularity is a factor for balancing changes.
PVP Allstars Guild Championship Tournament (EU) - 18 Jan - 30k gold buy-in; first 24 players - random teams 3v3 arena - Double Elim - Rickx#2749 on Bnet to register.
14:37 - Subject of Analysis
1:23:24 - WOW PVP NEWS
Group China - 20 Nov - Congrats to Worms for taking first place and F.T.B.Z.M. for getting second. Both teams earning their spot at the Global Finals!
MDI Global finals - 24 Nov - Congratulations to Mandatory for winning the MDI!
MDI Group A finished 3 Nov - Congratulations to Perplexed for winning the cup! Nod to Polish Mountain for coming in second after dropping to the lower bracket day 1. - https://x.com/WoWEsports/status/1853202750382973396
Flark hosted another of his 3v3 solo-q tournaments. Congrats to Keypal , Disintegon, Rentxfreex for winning (hpal/devoker/spriest). - https://challonge.com/xadb98mw
Patch is buggy. Many reports of players getting DC'd (losing CR) even if they return back to the game and win. This is especially in BGB. Also reports of loading into an instance and not seeing teammates (PVE and PVP).
PVP Forums not being moderated - A group of players seem to have taken over the BG forums on a crusade to inform everyone that BGB is being overrun by boosters, regardless of the topic of any post. Moderation non-existent.
MMR woes continue to kill ladder participation. BGB is starting to show some weird trends causing players to speculate win-trading. Arena ladders continue to struggle. What's going on? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLK-pPhHAHA
Blackwing Descent speed run - 8-9 Jun. Congrats to "None of the Above" for winning this "Dragon Slayer" Challenge.
Cata Arena Tournament 14-16 Jun. Huge congrats to The Workshop and Liquid for taking first place EU/NA respectively. Some great matches with cross kills and some 1v1s even!
Cata Arena Tournament 14-16 Jun (sign-ups close 7 Jun)
MDI TGP
Proving Grounds - 19-24 Jun
Group A 5-7 Jul (6 teams)
Group B 12-14 Jul (6 teams)
Global Finals 19-21 Jul (6 teams) ($200k USD)
22:00 - Subject of Analysis
1:17:50 - WOW PVP NEWS
Raider.io PRO-AM charity event broadcasted on May 25th. Congrats to Big City Slickers for taking first place by 1 point over second! Also, a huge congrats to Raider.io and all the teams for raising a total of $36,187 for six charities - https://x.com/RaiderIO_WoW/status/1794495138565165408