splitting brackets in cata

[Mendil]

Does any1 know if there will be a split up of brackets like back in og cata? This would kill like most low lvl pvp brackets I guess.

 

[Sponsor]

Make a 10-14 twink. That bracket will be the most active one.

 

[raziel83]

Does any1 know if there will be a split up of brackets like back in og cata? This would kill like most low lvl pvp brackets I guess.

No way to really know unless a bunch of people queued up for BGs on the beta, which almost never happens on betas. My assumption is that the same conditions from wotlk classic will carry over into cata classic. Meaning exp on / exp off should still be merged.

Make a 10-14 twink. That bracket will be the most active one.

It won't be though. In wotlk classic 70-79 was more active than 10-19. Most people had 70's to level from BC and the boost was also lvl 70. So similarly 80-84 will be the busiest bracket if exp on / exp off still merged.

 

[Mendil]

@raziel83 I‘m not talking about the splitting of xp on and off, in cata blizzard changed the brackets to 10-14, 15-19 and so on.

 

[Sponsor]

No way to really know unless a bunch of people queued up for BGs on the beta, which almost never happens on betas. My assumption is that the same conditions from wotlk classic will carry over into cata classic. Meaning exp on / exp off should still be merged.


It won't be though. In wotlk classic 70-79 was more active than 10-19. Most people had 70's to level from BC and the boost was also lvl 70. So similarly 80-84 will be the busiest bracket if exp on / exp off still merged.

First and last brackets are always the busiest yes I agree.

 

[Maeive]

Does any1 know if there will be a split up of brackets like back in og cata? This would kill like most low lvl pvp brackets I guess.

Idk it defo won't kill ALL the lower brackets, 10-14 and 15-19 were still filled and consistent (even if they claimed to be otherwise back int' day). There's bound to be much quieter brackets though (like 20-24 which i can't see many playing unless we miraculously get classic F2P).

I think bracket-splitting will likely go ahead, as it's integral to the endgame 80-84 bracket, but xp on/off will still be mixed. This particular bracket I'm positive is going to be an absolute unit if the above turns true..

 

[chelly]

I think that given the amount of pre-existing 19s. 15-19 will be as active as it is/was in wotlk classic

Given the changes like the xp-on + off merge that blizz did for classic (I’m salty about it not being a thing in retail), I wonder if blizz would be open to reintegrating the lower brackets back to 10-19 etc. but who knows.


What were they thinking make a 5 level expansion cap lol.

 

[Mendil]

I think that given the amount of pre-existing 19s. 15-19 will be as active as it is/was in wotlk classic

Given the changes like the xp-on + off merge that blizz did for classic (I’m salty about it not being a thing in retail), I wonder if blizz would be open to reintegrating the lower brackets back to 10-19 etc. but who knows.


What were they thinking make a 5 level expansion cap lol.

I surely hope they will think about keeping it like in wotlk. BG's from 20 till 79 will most likely be a thing of the past otherwise. Since they've already merged xp on and off (minding the twink community), maybe blizzard will decide to keep it as it was.