Arena Season 4: Brutal Gladiator
by Zach Yonzon 
Feb 18th 2008 at 3:30PM
This creates wonderful opportunities in PvP, particularly, hearkening back to the days when Night Elf rogues looked almost exactly like Night Elf druids. Even more confusion ensues when you consider that both Alliance and Horde now share the same armor models as opposed to unique faction models under the old Honor system. The good news is that the new armor sets -- or rather, non-sets -- look pretty sweet. The bad news is that more characters will walk around looking more alike than ever. On the other hand, a lot of PvP gear is coming out in Patch 2.4, such as reputation-based gear (ahem, recolors of the dungeon sets); Season 2 items going on sale Filene's Basement style; and PvE efforts rewarding PvP gear. There are a lot of choices as far as welfare epics are concerned, so fear of homogeneity can be kept in check.
Looking for more Season 4 info? We've rounded up everything you need to know know about Season 4 right here. And we've created a rating guide for EVERY new Season 4 armor set.Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, PvP, Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
guesswho? Feb 18th 2008 3:35PM
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Killah Feb 18th 2008 3:46PM
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Sakerin Feb 18th 2008 3:46PM
What mod are they using to add the percentages to the tooltip? I've been trying to find out what this is and no-one knows.
The gear looks awesome, but I'm sure plenty of people who just got their S3 sets are going to be a tad upset that it's already being obsoleted.
Orin Feb 18th 2008 3:54PM
RatingBuster
Orestes Feb 18th 2008 3:50PM
I'm not sure if this reusing of models is pure laziness or if there's some performance implication there, but it's getting old quickly. If they're going to keep half-assing the models for the gear they at least need to give us more visual customization options to play with.
Netherscourge Feb 18th 2008 3:50PM
My sarcasm detector is going haywire reading this article.
Could it be that the writer really can't stand the similar-looking, shared armor models?
:D
Clothies shopping at the same yard sale - lol I love that!
Rashi Feb 18th 2008 3:55PM
Was looking through the item drops from Sunwell to see how they differed and I found this.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/february/mountingvengeance.jpg
Did anyone besides me look at that and think, damm I wish my assassin in Diablo had that thing.
Anyway, can't wait for things to turn out.
breezer Feb 19th 2008 12:20AM
Weak.
The only PvP content Blizzard ever adds and they can't even make them unique.
Ametrine Feb 18th 2008 4:06PM
Wow... PVP is now gonna be repetetive and cookiecutter in both specs AND looks.
I laugh at you all now. Silly e-peen waving clones.
Ha ha ha.
WP Feb 18th 2008 4:13PM
are they running out of design ideas or just getting lazy? come on! i pay $15 a month for this...at least then can do is make original armor designs.
Netherscourge Feb 18th 2008 4:16PM
Well, the game is going into it's 4th year now and they said they have ZERO plans to upgrade the game graphically.
Combine that with the fact that you can make only so many spikey-looking armor sets before the content get saturated.
Face it folks - what you see is what you got.
WAR and AoC are on the way. They might suck, but hey, at least they're different... sort of... ok well not really...
outforprophets Feb 18th 2008 4:40PM
I have to agree here. I don't mind a bit of reuse of old assets in new content, especially when leveling, but when something is supposed to be the end game I'm sure we all want something that looks at least SOMEWHAT unique.
AND to the poster above (Ametrine, number 8), don't forget this applies to the Sunwell loot too. So if my suspicions are correct, us PvPers will be looking like you elitist raiders in the end. Ha ha ha repetitive weekly dungeon crawls.
mike Feb 18th 2008 4:15PM
If this is any indication of the direction Blizzard is going in, the end is near. Regurgitating content is starting to be standard practice for Blizzard. Cant wait for WLK, same old, but we upped the level cap to 80, but we did take the time to recolor the bosses.
Zarzuur Feb 18th 2008 4:20PM
Sunwell isn't a real tier .. so there isn't distinctive gear
Markymark Feb 18th 2008 8:04PM
I'm pretty sure with WoTLK they will update the game graphically. I'm not a fan of the reused models but if your pvping just to look cool then don't pvp at all.
Tania Feb 19th 2008 7:40AM
This has to be a joke.
Eternalpayn Feb 19th 2008 7:40AM
So does Season 4 start with the new patch?
Felwrathe Feb 19th 2008 8:57PM
I like how the warrior looks horribly bland compared to the heal-pally.
Either way, I think a lot of people aren't looking at the bigger picture. Sure, maybe 2.4 has a bunch of similar gear, but could it be that they're spending the time on much more phat expansion gear? That's where I would want the majority of development/design going to.
Michael Feb 26th 2008 10:47PM
All this smacks of is boring us so that we're all ready to jump the second WOTLK comes and we can "customize" our toons/hero's a lot more.
pablo Mar 5th 2008 6:29PM
Someone give me paper and pencil and I can come up with a better looking set of gear real quick. Is this what Blizz gets paid the big bucks for. That helmet is so lame, looks like somthing ultron would wear. I guess when people get rich they get stupid and lazy but then again these are the same people who decided to let the Bush government spy on WoW users so go figure.