Why are so many people against Arena in Swtor?

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So many against arena is a plot by WoW. Arena put WoW on the map as the top game in its class and from what I have seen they have convinced everyone else is was a "mistake" while still promoting it themselves. Anyone see the conflict of interest here? If it was such a huge mistake why is it still going to this very day? IMO the biggest thing wrong with ALL new pvp games is the the Bears. Cant loot, cant raid, cant this, cant that-my what a civilized war we seem to have these days. In UO we used to make thieves and steal your house keys and rob you for everything you had. There was also FULL LOOTING when you killed someone. Can you imagine that now? So long answer short the problem with pvp in ALL new games is the Bears. They want to pvp with no risk for "fun."

I'm pretty sure that Arena isn't the only reason. I'm pretty sure that overall content, including PvP and PvE (yes...PvE) helped make WoW big. I'm pretty damn sure that Arena was FAR from the top reason of why WoW is the big dog on the block.

And what he said. I know when I arena'd I was more worried about getting on and doing my 10 matches a week and winning than having actual fun...

I'll do that, then they'll say "What? They stopped doing that in Wrath of the Lich King, **** idiot."

....what?

WoW is not "on top" because it has Arena. Amory data dont lie. most people dont Arena. Most dont even PvP.

uhhhh...... what't the "risk" in arena? your 10 points from the next gearcheck and you face a team with multiple glad's carrying someone. i mean sure in that scenario you "risk" having to pvp for god knows how long at your current gear lvl while praying you don't run into another overgeared team being paid to carry someone to a certain ranking? when you first heard the term "que dodging" what game was it regarding?

and "arena put wow on the map"? for what, wow's arena system? maybe im missunderstanding but didn't arena come out after the first expansion? was WoW not on the map before then? and why is it i always read about these people who love arena but i never found one in game? EVERYONE i knew either farmed 10 matches for points or focused and played till they felt they had the gear from arenas required to not get roflstomped by someone with arena gear in a battleground (for some classes this was a weapon. for others, healers, the weapon was not mandatory), you know where us non majority casuals would play for fun with our friends and we didn't have to yell at them for a loss.

so even blizzard realized that the people in arenas hated doing them. about time...

If you're talking about 3v3 Arena, I'm not really liking the Idea, cuz it would make balancing very hard and could easily end up messing up the balance of larger groups.

If you talk about like 5+ players Arena, why not? I mean, I don't like it, cuz just deathmatch is just strategically not very appealing.

I would ver much like playing in teams of 6-8 on the current maps though and have a ranking for my teams and myself or the guild that plays together. Even premade groups of 8 would be much appreciated.

I played arena casually (15-20 games a week) all through Cataclysm and hovered in the 2450 (3s and 5s) range. No yelling at teammates occurred. I'm sorry that you have bad friends or bad experiences with arena, or are not good enough to compete. Luckily you can choose not to!

Hahaha. It's terrible if they have a minimum weekly requirement, it's terrible if they don't have a minimum weekly requirement.

You're easy to please. Enjoy the next MMO you adore and then quit within 3 months, I'm sure it will be a smash hit as well.

Arena tournament going on right now <3.

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