I for one really like the ideas presented for the new arenas. I always thought having something like a firey pit would be a lot more interesting to kite melee around than a pillar and that moveable objects would make los kiting require more attention, making it more difficult to successfully stay out of los while healing yourself/shape-shifting, etc. I would say though that if part of the environment will deal damage, it should probably be something that is either stationary or somewhat out of the way. Having a cyclone sneak up behind you is not so fun. What would be fun (I think) is having slightly damaging objects that you could strategically trick your opponent into running into, without it being obnoxious or necissary for success.

The only thing I'm a bit apprehensive about is the idea of having both starting points so close together. I think they're close enough in the Nagrand arena (or would be if the pillars were further from the starting points), but who knows? It could turn out to be a lot of fun.

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