HI guys! Yes, I'm back. My return is a little more strategecal than simply I got bored elsewhere, but that's neither here nor there.
I am here to give an observation that will come to pass...'Mark my words'
I know there are controversy over twinks. Some of you do not like us...I get that, honestly, I do. I just played in several low lvel warfronts today, and I did, as Kyera said, and inspected everyone. Out of a WF of 15 people on my side, randomly inspecting them, only 2 actually had sigils equiped (starters ones, that you get for free..??) and of those two, only one had an essence in it, and it was green, and not even 'class oriented' (in this he had a dex essence, and he was a cleric). One rogue (in a MM/ranger build) had a bow that was 2.6 DPS and had +1 dex and +1str. Needless to say, the sad state of people joining these warfronts does not embolden me to the future of rift PvP. /aside off
With 1.9 and the subsequent death of 'twinking' low level warfronts will become a wasteland. If you think that all the people scared off by 'twinks' will return and pick up low level PvP to accelerate through levels, do I have a different story for you.
With the upcoming 1.9 pacth, low level instant adventures will be introduced. And since people can no longer 'exp lock, the only real option is to level. And so...people will naturally choose the easiest path of advancement. Wait 20 minutes for a PvP queue, or wait 3 secs (roughly) for a IA pop. Again, path of least resistance, people will naturally choose the IA's and hence, less people will queue for low level PvP. After all, its only about progression, correct?? So, PvP = slow exp, and IA's equal fast track exp.
Ok, now, those PvP'ers that mixed PvP during their course of leveling now no longer have tons of favor to even buy the low level PvP gear to jump into level 50's with in order to be remotely competative, so now, you have P40's (50's) with a healthy appetite for new blood munching on the tears of those who have not been subjected to teh horror that is competative PvP in the 50's bracket.
Just today, and I don't give two flying figs, I joined with a level 50 I had never PvP'd with and had a solid build built on experience and knowledge gleaned through people's unintentional feedback on the forums. Through exptensive knowledge and research I played my rogue in her first PvP match.
*I* knew what was going to happen. *I* knew my chances of kill vs getting killed. I didn't whine complain or gripe about the wilted balance in this bracket. I knew that there would be P40's (not that I was checking) and I knew as a P1, I had a snowball's chance in the viod of actually being viable in my game. I was non-plussed about eating turf the 7 times I was killed. (*^_^*....I walked into a warriors riftblade....oops. Yes, I should know better. In my defense, I have *just* returned)
So now, you have regularly ungeared and now unknowledgable people joining the level 50's ranks that will complain, complain, complain because the matches are soooo widley unbalanced that it make many quit. The rude awakening to this brick wall of PvP advancement will make twinking a joke.
Oh well, I will have fun while twinking is around. I will continue to play until I find another avenue to channel my creative energies. I am just giving a warning. Level 50 PvP will be fine, but I reckon that low level warfronts will suffer. Already, I am noticing extremely long queues since my return, only to find I got...Black Garden...Yay.....
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