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World of Warcraft Arena PvP Season 4 Announced
WoW Insider is reporting that Blizzard has announced the next season of Arena PvP combat, set to launch on June 24th. "As usual, teams will be allowed to keep any accumulated points, but all team and personal ratings will reset to 1500, and all titles from Season 2 will be removed. Also, the top rated teams from Season 3 will receive their titles, and for the very top, Armored Netherdrakes. It is also worth noting that this season will herald new Arena ratings requirements on most Season 4 gear, including many of the new honor rewards. In addition, Season 3's shoulder and weapon Arena rating requirements will drop slightly, all season 3 gear will cost fewer arena points, and the Season 2 gear will be purchasable for Honor."
WoW serves a great purpose. It keeps the munchkins busy, and away from real MMOs.
The players of DAoC, EQ1, EQ2, FFXI, Vanguard, Anarchy Online, and many others have a better playerbase in general because all the piss-poor players flock to WoW, just due to its attraction of the lowest common denominator, plus the fact that it can run on pretty much anything, even an abacus that is missing beads.
A person can play WoW with absolutely -zero- social skills, soloing 1-70 and into S1 PvP equipment and do well. Griefing is encouraged, and making videos of ninja looting is icing on the cake. Should a character get a REAL bad reputation, a rename is $10 away, and one can then start again fresh. Should people know the char by equipment, a server move is just $20 away.
One can take the absolute worst of the worst from DAoC or one of SOE's MMOs, drop them into WoW, and they will end up an outstanding grouper/raider just due to the fact there is zero need for basic dungeon or raid skills in WoW outside of the occasional "raid guild" or two.