Possible? Twinks may be in for a treat here

[bancrupt]

Taken from mmochamp:

Smoother Battleground Brackets – We have technology now to scale down player items for Challenge Modes, and you might be aware that we scaled up player items during our beta raid testing. We’d like to use the same mechanic to scale up players within the lower level PvP brackets. For example, in the level 15 to 19 bracket, we could make all characters behave as if they were level 19 for purposes of the Battleground. If this idea works well, we could potentially condense lower level brackets and maybe reduce queue times.

 

[bancrupt]

/discuss......

 

[Hunnybuns]

so....... in english?

 

[Loveshack]

only time will tell

 

[Fort]

so....... in english?

everyones level 19

 

[Hunnybuns]

everyones level 19

Thanks! My small tinkertot brain couldnt translate that

Sounds lame, not hard to make a 19 in the first place.

 

[Nakedplumber]

inb4 faggygoon posts here with negative comments

This is fucking gay

 

[Dramatized]

am I stupid or how does this affect twinks?

 

[bancrupt]

given that there will be item scaling I think it could well change quite alot within a few brackets.. also to combine and condense brackets, put people on an even playing field (what twinking is in the end about) and decrease queues. Looks all positive to me. Twinking needs something and this could be it. I'm hinting at a revival.

 

[bancrupt]

am I stupid or how does this affect twinks?

If you replied after reading the blue post and thinking, then yes you are stupid

 

[bancrupt]

most twinks will quit because they wont be able to "pwn noobs" anymore. Or claim that they work hard to get their gear and its all useless now.

most have quit already with the introduction of XP off, pwning noobs can be done at 90

 

[Dramatized]

If you replied after reading the blue post and thinking, then yes you are stupid

And your thread start only consisted of that blue text..?

 

[bancrupt]

I believe there is a line or two of white text there also... I'm not sure what the colour has to do with anything though?

 

[Mocha]

Taken from mmochamp:

Smoother Battleground Brackets – We have technology now to scale down player items for Challenge Modes, and you might be aware that we scaled up player items during our beta raid testing. We’d like to use the same mechanic to scale up players within the lower level PvP brackets. For example, in the level 15 to 19 bracket, we could make all characters behave as if they were level 19 for purposes of the Battleground. If this idea works well, we could potentially condense lower level brackets and maybe reduce queue times.

This is anything but a treat, find out why here
Is there really value in twinking? | Twinking

 

[bancrupt]

This is anything but a treat, find out why here
Is there really value in twinking? | Twinking

There are a lot of assumptions to made until this is implemented I suppose, it can really go one of two ways. Having played TOR myself, I understand that this could go very, very wrong. BUT, being that blizzard in my view is a touch smarter, I suggest that the scaling will be more likely implemented to the earlier way of brackets 10-19, 20-29, etc, rather than the current 10-14, 15-19 etc.

This would double the current pool of players per bracket (or thereabouts). I also suggest that gear will scale, but more so based on item level. I'm not familiar with how the current challenge mode system works but I think being that it is based on the same tech, there are a lot of clues to be had there. IF it goes say; anyone below level 40 is in the same BG and item scaling is negligible, twinking will be dead (at least more so), at least within battlegrounds. But it could also create a whole new community if it does scale with gear. Less brackets = more queue pops. As long as gearing still remains important, people will continue to twink, if not Blizzard may as well delete the leveling process and give everyone full glad gear, which I don't believe is there intention. Being that improving gear is a fundamental part of the playing experience I think that gear scaling will work with this change and I it may well be the facelift twinking has needed since BC.

Remain hopeful, I am.

 

[Dill]

inb4 all twinks ragequit. Level 1 twinks master race.

 

[Dorigon]

This is anything but a treat, find out why here
Is there really value in twinking? | Twinking

This reeks of helping willix circumvent his ban.

 

[Curley]

This wont affect 19s at all i think

 

[Stavie]

Dislike.

 

[shanker]

this could bring end up making a huge mega brackets and possibly kill others as we know them now.... entirely. i don't see them going back to x0-x9 format of years ago, but i do beleive they are looking at other games that have larger level spreads on their BG brackets. doing so will free up alot of data, dedicated server space not fully utilized and wasted in their opinion.

using the new talent system they may decide to make the first bracket 15-29, then 2nd 30-59, then 3rd 60-79, 4th 80-89, and 90's


they would balance it out like the old wintergrasp at the start of WOTLK when low levels got insane buffs to somewhat equalize the playing field. they never intended low levels (below 71) to be in it, that's why they nerfed it. the system was adjusting all players below 80. but it sounds like this is the system they want to bring back into the new bracket system they are talking about