Bugs Bunny
Legend
Howdy everyone!
This past weekend was my guild's debut into the bracket. I just wanted to share my first impressions of the bracket!
When I first queued up, I'm not going to lie, I thought the gap between F2P and 24's would be huge and I believed I would more or less steamroll any F2P. But that is simply not the case. F2Ps pack a significant punch! Those BiS rogues and hunters hurt when they roll in packs and F2P healers are just as strong as any other healer I have seen. I could barely solo a F2P holydin.
There are also some very good F2P players out there and was pleasantly surprised at their ability in the gulch. Players like Ploy and Albinocow make me remember the good old days of 19 twinking. Ploy reminded me firsthand of Painaid when he used to run the 19 bracket. It was a lot of fun playing against them and look forward to more games to come!
As for the P2Ps, I did not actually see a whole lot, I think the most I had in a single game was around 4-5 24's. I had the privilege of playing with Jinx and Honeybadger. Coming from the 19 bracket, it was refreshing to see respectable players that do not condone GY farming and lead their teams to victory. When asked to HK farm Jinx responded with "No, GY farming isn't fun." People like that cause me to have high hopes for this bracket to come.
When it comes to GY farming itself. I can tell you it forsure happens. I was a victim of being farmed by F2P twinks for around 10 min. Do I believe farming HKs is right? No! But ill die defending their right to do it! After all this is America! But do I farm HKs with the flag waiting for 2 minutes before I cap? No, but I do believe that if you contain them at their GY as we quickly cap to end the game, it's fine. If we are winning by that much I just want to get onto the next game.
As for faction balance, this bracket is much more balanced than the 19 bracket. In the 19 bracket, I felt like the Horde won 80% of the games and discouraged good alliance players from playing. But the 20-24 bracket is the most balanced Ive seen! Each game I played was very competitive with a few flukes here and there but that is expected.
Class balance is another story. I feel like a majority of the bracket (F2P and P2P included) is dominated by Paladins and Hunters with Druids, Rogues, and Priests coming in close second in popularity. I don't mind the high number of hunters to be honest, if it's still not as bad as 19 cata hunters 3 shotting everything, then I don't mind. As a WW monk, I enjoy the challenge of going up against the "OP" classes of the bracket and testing my skills.
Shadow Priests... wtf man.
So far I enjoy this bracket and am excited to meet and play with more of you!
This past weekend was my guild's debut into the bracket. I just wanted to share my first impressions of the bracket!
When I first queued up, I'm not going to lie, I thought the gap between F2P and 24's would be huge and I believed I would more or less steamroll any F2P. But that is simply not the case. F2Ps pack a significant punch! Those BiS rogues and hunters hurt when they roll in packs and F2P healers are just as strong as any other healer I have seen. I could barely solo a F2P holydin.
There are also some very good F2P players out there and was pleasantly surprised at their ability in the gulch. Players like Ploy and Albinocow make me remember the good old days of 19 twinking. Ploy reminded me firsthand of Painaid when he used to run the 19 bracket. It was a lot of fun playing against them and look forward to more games to come!
As for the P2Ps, I did not actually see a whole lot, I think the most I had in a single game was around 4-5 24's. I had the privilege of playing with Jinx and Honeybadger. Coming from the 19 bracket, it was refreshing to see respectable players that do not condone GY farming and lead their teams to victory. When asked to HK farm Jinx responded with "No, GY farming isn't fun." People like that cause me to have high hopes for this bracket to come.
When it comes to GY farming itself. I can tell you it forsure happens. I was a victim of being farmed by F2P twinks for around 10 min. Do I believe farming HKs is right? No! But ill die defending their right to do it! After all this is America! But do I farm HKs with the flag waiting for 2 minutes before I cap? No, but I do believe that if you contain them at their GY as we quickly cap to end the game, it's fine. If we are winning by that much I just want to get onto the next game.
As for faction balance, this bracket is much more balanced than the 19 bracket. In the 19 bracket, I felt like the Horde won 80% of the games and discouraged good alliance players from playing. But the 20-24 bracket is the most balanced Ive seen! Each game I played was very competitive with a few flukes here and there but that is expected.
Class balance is another story. I feel like a majority of the bracket (F2P and P2P included) is dominated by Paladins and Hunters with Druids, Rogues, and Priests coming in close second in popularity. I don't mind the high number of hunters to be honest, if it's still not as bad as 19 cata hunters 3 shotting everything, then I don't mind. As a WW monk, I enjoy the challenge of going up against the "OP" classes of the bracket and testing my skills.
Shadow Priests... wtf man.
So far I enjoy this bracket and am excited to meet and play with more of you!
