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by Elizabeth Harper 
Feb 9th 2007 at 8:50AM
We've heard official word that the game is going to receive some sort of gear matching system for battlegrounds -- a system that will hopefully try to match up players based on the quality of their gear as well as their level. Theoretically, this would prevent twinks in all level brackets from simply steamrolling green-geared players who are taking a break from leveling up, as well as separating fully epiced out players from those brand new to 60 or 70. And a more challenging battleground match is more fun for all of us, right? And while we still lack any details on how such a system might work, we do have confirmation from Drysc that we should expect to see it in-game with the next major content patch (no, this wouldn't be 2.0.7). Great! Now we can move on to speculation as to when that might be...Filed under: News items, PvP
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
dontfront Feb 9th 2007 12:56PM
Bleh, half the fun is fighting better geared people. Give them a swift kick in the bum right back to PVE.
len Feb 9th 2007 6:42PM
Why can't they make us all spawn in the PVP zone in same PVP gear, kind of like the tournament they did at Blizzcon? So basically, you're playing a temporary character that looks just like yours, with the same talent spec, and all the honor points and rep you accrue gets sent to your real character when you de-zone.
Of course, these are Blizzard programmers we're talking about here. Maybe I'm asking for too much.
Xiaxu Apr 2nd 2007 6:01AM
Amen, Clementure. I remember when I started playing BG's, and got continually spanked by better players and twinks. It drove me to learn more about the game, find better gear, improve my skill, and work on my main to bring in more income for my pvp alt.
If people spent as much time building their own character as they do sniveling about twinks they wouldn't have such a problem. The game is called "Warcraft", not "Let's Make Everything Fair So The Slower Players Have A Chance Craft".