Mist of Pandaria: 19's Last Hope?

[Mass]

It’s December of 2008 and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has just released. There is not one task as important as logging onto your account and checking out the content. As the loading bar moves slowly across your screen, you cannot contain the excitement you are experiencing. Suddenly the world engulfs you with hordes of players trying to sneak a peek at what few have seen. This is the start of something great.

In the history of the 19 bracket, it has always been noted for its activity and competitive players that follow the small community. With the launch of Wrath of the Lich King brought new styles of game play, abilities, and a different atmosphere overall. Before we knew it, the bracket was more active than ever; people began to transfer to Ruin Battlegroup (US) with aspirations of premading and to follow the crowd of active players. Many would dub this time in 19’s as the Golden Age of Twinking.

Nearly two years pass and players learn that a new expansion is quickly approaching. Since there were few ways of knowing definitively what would come with the release of the new content, people were ecstatic for something different. Unfortunately, we must enter these new changes with blind hope and many were greatly disappointed with World of Warcraft: Cataclysm once they saw the content. Its flashy exterior and hyped up reviews were nothing more than a cover-up to what would be considered the worst time in twinking history.

Everyone has experienced the imbalances that exist within the 19 bracket (e.g. hunter damage), and one that has been hit just as hard is the inconsistency of quality players. This grey area may range from someone being too under geared to compete or a lack of skill. With the implementation of patch 4.0.1, which introduced the new abilities before Cataclysm, many players were instantly put off by the burst damage. Seeing that the future was looking grim, many decided to leave the bracket which crippled 19’s that much more.

As with any great uprising, there tends to be a great depression. We experienced Wrath of the Lich King with all its glory, but now we find ourselves in the Dark Age of Twinking. Looking at the glass half full is the only way to handle this situation; with news from Blizzard that a new expansion is on the horizon, it is looking bright for the future of our bracket.

Shocked by details of a new class and race, balancing of damage and healing, and having abilities revamped once again makes World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria look extremely exciting! All we can do is hope for the best and pray that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

For any information regarding World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria, please refer to the following link: www.mmo-champion.com

i lol'd - Brown

 

[saxxon]

TWINx suck now two reasons:
no skirmish.
burst damage

 

[Deranger]

The only reasons that the bracket has ever entered a great depression over are one or both of the following -

1) GY farming, unsportsmanlike conduct, and overall immaturity. To have a fun, functioning community/bracket, it has to be enjoyable. By killing all potential new players over and over at their GY, they're getting the message that that's what 19s are all about and give up on the bracket.

2) Lack of skilled players. This is definitely intertwined with the previous, as that kind of crap really annoys everyone, skilled players included. Don't feed that "life's tough, get over it" bullshit, this isn't life, it's a game. It's supposed to be fun lol. If you want the bracket to stop being trash, stop queuing with 4+ skilled players and owning the GY.

Simple as that, but apparently not as easily done than said.

Was a nice read though, become a blogger

All I read was, pizza.

 

[izeylol]

I think in mop 19s could come back to life if it was balanced due to 70s losing their key moves. I really do wish they would bring skirmishes back though was one of the best ways to just mess around on 19s.

 

[cgibson0102]

Arenas must come back for 19s that was a HUGE part of bc that we all loved. Give 19s rated arenas and it would boom bigger than ever.