Cata BGs lvl 80 and 81-84 are separated

[raziel83]

Not sure if it's intentional or a bug but right now in cata classic lvl 80 BGs are their own thing. 81-84 is the next bracket. Original cata was 80-84 (5 levels).

Xp on and xp off still merged though.

Not great for longevity as both brackets will have worse off queue times in the end.

Although it does open up the opportunity to make a lvl 81 twink for a new bracket. Assuming this isn't a bug, I'll take one of my current 80 twinks to 81.

 

[Kyee]

Seems to be a bug right now but I hope it gets fixed soon

 

[raziel83]

Seems to be a bug right now but I hope it gets fixed soon

Bump this bug report, maybe blizz will fix it with the start of the 85 pvp season. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/cata-bg-bracket-should-be-80-84-not-80-and-81-84/1859545

 

[raziel83]

35 mins and counting in lvl 80 BG queue (US) at prime time. That's a pretty dead bracket. Slim chance they merge 80 with 81-84 after Tuesday maintenance.

EDIT; NM I just went lvl 81 and it's much better. Not only are the queues pretty fast but there's AV's popping. The fights are more balanced too.

 

[Namexgaming]

Update 6/5: Currently bracket is still "bugged" and level 80 is separate bg/arena bracket and 81-84 their own as well. 80 bracket is growing daily and averaging 10-20 min que times depending how many are online, overall, really fun games still with a steady spread of horde and alli 80 twinks in which both main guilds <OS Gaming> (H) and <Dedicated Few> (A) are continuing to make efforts on this end. Still plenty of boosted/levelers queuing.

81-84 bracket (currently) is receiving faster queue times, however, as expected once the bulk wave of endgame "85" cata players level out, 81-84 bracket should see longer que times as well.

How do we fix this? - submit ingame bug reports! As others mentioned above, every person that submits is one additional chance things will be reversed and fixed. All brackets are continuing to submit bug reports in hopes the "join as group failed" error is fixed when attempting to que rated arenas and RBG's.

I have included below a recent post/update that was received;
"Hello all! I know theres been multiple people helping in (hopefully) having blizz hotfix the bracket separation and "join as group failed" pop up error when q'ing rated arenas/rbgs at sub 85 - the attachment above was a recent update/feedback from a GM in regards to both. It still seems there is hope. Every single person who submits a "bug reports" in game pertaining to these current issues is 1 more chance blizz devs just do a quick fix/resolve."

Whether things get fixed eventually or not, lets be honest, we all enjoy our twink brackets/bgs/etc, and 70-74/80-84 in OG cata/mop was some of the most exciting and peak times for those two brackets due to how much we had access to. Keep in mind with cata re-release being so recently, this was the "start" of the original 80-84 bracket, so understand right now both 80 bracket and 81-84 are still growing!

The more of us who submit/put in our small efforts the better chance we can get access to all the fun again and as well, merge the 80-84 bracket to one like the OG days. Cheers and have a great day!"

Let's all continue to do what we can in ensuring our brackets remain alive and flourishing!

 

[raziel83]

Update 6/5: Currently bracket is still "bugged" and level 80 is separate bg/arena bracket and 81-84 their own as well. 80 bracket is growing daily and averaging 10-20 min que times depending how many are online, overall, really fun games still with a steady spread of horde and alli 80 twinks in which both main guilds <OS Gaming> (H) and <Dedicated Few> (A) are continuing to make efforts on this end. Still plenty of boosted/levelers queuing.

81-84 bracket (currently) is receiving faster queue times, however, as expected once the bulk wave of endgame "85" cata players level out, 81-84 bracket should see longer que times as well.

How do we fix this? - submit ingame bug reports! As others mentioned above, every person that submits is one additional chance things will be reversed and fixed. All brackets are continuing to submit bug reports in hopes the "join as group failed" error is fixed when attempting to que rated arenas and RBG's.

I have included below a recent post/update that was received;
"Hello all! I know theres been multiple people helping in (hopefully) having blizz hotfix the bracket separation and "join as group failed" pop up error when q'ing rated arenas/rbgs at sub 85 - the attachment above was a recent update/feedback from a GM in regards to both. It still seems there is hope. Every single person who submits a "bug reports" in game pertaining to these current issues is 1 more chance blizz devs just do a quick fix/resolve."

Whether things get fixed eventually or not, lets be honest, we all enjoy our twink brackets/bgs/etc, and 70-74/80-84 in OG cata/mop was some of the most exciting and peak times for those two brackets due to how much we had access to. Keep in mind with cata re-release being so recently, this was the "start" of the original 80-84 bracket, so understand right now both 80 bracket and 81-84 are still growing!

The more of us who submit/put in our small efforts the better chance we can get access to all the fun again and as well, merge the 80-84 bracket to one like the OG days. Cheers and have a great day!"

Let's all continue to do what we can in ensuring our brackets remain alive and flourishing!

Oh there's still a chance? I assumed it was done and dusted. Well I just submitted a bug report, in case it helps.

 

[Namexgaming]

Oh there's still a chance? I assumed it was done and dusted. Well I just submitted a bug report, in case it helps.

Every submission helps as it impacts just about every twink bracket! its appreciated Raziel. At this time no changes as of yet but we do know there is multiple issues affecting BG queues even outside of the above post, both 85 endgame and sub 85. (One example is even some sitting 30+ minutes waiting for pop and someone hops on and/or dc's and gets instant bg pop and the person waiting 30+ minutes does not)

End of the day irregardless of the issues we are experiencing, its refreshing knowing 80 bracket (and a few other twink brackets) are still getting consistent battleground pops and majority of the bulk community respect the gy camping/gatekeeping issues that causes most brackets to die. In the meantime we will all keep hosting arena skirm events/5m dung spam days, and full 80 twink raids until we get our rated arenas/rbgs and fixed issues eventually

More bug reports we submit the better chances a dev tech will finally fix these! Cheers everyone

 

[Kyee]

Every submission helps as it impacts just about every twink bracket! its appreciated Raziel. At this time no changes as of yet but we do know there is multiple issues affecting BG queues even outside of the above post, both 85 endgame and sub 85. (One example is even some sitting 30+ minutes waiting for pop and someone hops on and/or dc's and gets instant bg pop and the person waiting 30+ minutes does not)

End of the day irregardless of the issues we are experiencing, its refreshing knowing 80 bracket (and a few other twink brackets) are still getting consistent battleground pops and majority of the bulk community respect the gy camping/gatekeeping issues that causes most brackets to die. In the meantime we will all keep hosting arena skirm events/5m dung spam days, and full 80 twink raids until we get our rated arenas/rbgs and fixed issues eventually

More bug reports we submit the better chances a dev tech will finally fix these! Cheers everyone

I think bgs got alot of problems.
I can be waiting like 15mins on eu for a battleground on my 85DK and only waiting like 2mins on my 85 Paladin

 

[Namexgaming]

I think bgs got alot of problems.
I can be waiting like 15mins on eu for a battleground on my 85DK and only waiting like 2mins on my 85 Paladin

Definitely a few issues as you mentioned...there's even been some cases where someone waiting 45+ minutes in bg q and someone logs on/q's and gets instant pop and that person waiting 45+ doesnt get it even with the single bg pops... few days ago 3-4 of our guildies got a bg pop and was same-faction bg and they versed each other.. that was only 1 day however and assume was synced to blizz doing it for 85s. Either way, few things to fix to say the least.

Right now we are just keeping activity in the community as much as we can. Guild is picking up and running scheduled 10m guild raids and arena skirm events/etc to keep bracket activity until things "hopefully" get fixed soon.