Good change

No more clicking and backpedalling DK Gladiators from 2v2 atleast, that alone makes the change good.

I dont think this changes anything, most casual players in 2v2 aim for the weapons.

it's still very lame to be limited to the rewards. i assumed there will be 2 tier of arena weapons again, why not just restrict us from the top weapons tier? why does it have to be both?

The change overall is stupid, even with this "revert".

Cant see the reasoning to any change in the brackets as far as rewards go.

I guess we can call that a "half victory"

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current season's weapons

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Correct me if I'm wrong but there are no pvp weapons beside the "current season's weapons"

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I dont think this changes anything, most casual players in 2v2 aim for the weapons.

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Perhaps the rated BGs in the future will give the casuals or just new/bad players a way to get somekind of PvP weapon.

If you dont want to PvE its quite hard to get anykind of arena starter weapon for your alt or some new player for now, though thats not so big prob for casters.

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Therefore, we are going to still allow the 2 vs. 2 bracket to grant access to the current season of gear with three important exceptions: the current season's weapons will not be available for purchase, the current season’s shoulder armor will not be available for purchase,

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current you mean season 6 or wich will be current in 3.2? (season 7)

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After further consideration, and after hearing from many players, we are going to change how we approach the 2 vs. 2 arena bracket in Arena Season 7. We still think the 3 vs. 3 and 5 vs. 5 brackets will ultimately offer the best play experience, especially for very competitive gamers for whom game class balance issues are most noticeable. However, we recognize that many players just prefer to play in the 2 vs. 2 bracket and will miss the chance to earn the current season's gear. Therefore, we are going to still allow the 2 vs. 2 bracket to grant access to the current season of gear with three important exceptions: the current season's weapons will not be available for purchase, the current season’s shoulder armor will not be available for purchase, and players will not qualify for the Gladiator title/rewards unless you earn the appropriate rating in the 3 vs. 3 or 5 vs. 5 bracket. We look forward to the changes in the next major content patch and hope to have a great next Arena Season.

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Nice Blizzard now take a moment and think over how you actually are gonna balance this game in pvp. After almost nine months of Wotlk your approach and measures taken has been absolutly laughable. I've already lost faith in you, and each day more and more players will do the same.

mmm ye but.. anyway u are forced to play 3v3 or 5v5 to get weapons and shoulders.. so that change doensn't matter

well especially melees played 2v2 for weapons...so no change for them

They read 87 page threat and they find this solution hahahahahahahah
funiest change I ever heard.
They made a game but they are not playing it, so this change is very normal. They dont have any idea why we are playing this game

I cancel my subscription already .

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three important exceptions: the current season's weapons will not be available for purchase, the current season’s shoulder armor will not be available for purchase

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Removing titles is good, but remove weapons, which I also use for PvE (and I don't 3v3), is ridiculous...

So basically, 2v2 will be unimportant to get anything that drops from Vault of Archavon, except for the head? :/

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mmm ye but.. anyway u are forced to play 3v3 or 5v5 to get weapons and shoulders.. so that change doensn't matter

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BG's are 2 seasons late and no weps so(always wanted to say that ) start to like them titansteel destroyer lol

Well at least blizz realised they goint to lose alot of clients with this change. But after hundred of pages complaining about this change they still fail to see wheres the wrong in this terrible change.

Get pre TBC and TBC devs back please.

Fine, now start nerfing the op classes.(wont state which ones, you already know.)

I simply dont understand, why a change like this is more important than some kind of balance in the game... ?

What is it with Blizzard being absolutely determined to change and 'fix' things which were never broken? You claim to listen to your player base, but show me somewhere where the majority wanted this as a change?
People play 2v2 for the weapons more often than not. And removing the title/mount... how is that even relevant? Only a certain percentage are able to achieve that, it's totally ridiculous. If you are so adamant on changing something, just raise the rating requirements on shoulders/weapons in 2s, and lower the percentage who get Gladiator. This is not an acceptable change and you are totally ignoring the issue you created.
Get a clue and listen to what your subscribers want instead of thinking of more genius screw-ups. I don't like 5v5- it is a total mess and totally unenjoyable to play. I don't like 3v3 because I have no interest in playing a cleave team or RMP. I enjoy 2v2 because it allows me to play with the single person I genuinely enjoy playing with, over a vast range of characters we both have, and next season we were planning on playing seriously and aiming for weapons, shoulders, etc, just to have that p*ssed on by this uncalled for change.

Nice job, really nice job.