ARENAS/Death match....NOW

Death match please. Elitist attitudes surrounding lol "objective" based warzones has infected these forums. One of the things that kept WoW going so long was arena PvP--it's fun, addicting, and easy to get in to.

It's not an elitist attitude, but unless things are far more balanced PVP wise, a death match warzone would be a joke. Imagine full bm's vs fresh 50's for example :P

Give everyone equal gear, so it is ALL skill based, then its a different kettle of fish, but the way the game is at the moment, it seems pointless.

After the pre-season rated warzones(Patch 1.2), they are releasing cross servers for season 1 rated warzones. By that time it will not matter about population on the different servers.

http://www.swtor.com/blog/pvp-game-update-1.2

But so was Arena really(Sorry superproplayers here), unless you got paid doing it but that isn't the scope of this thread. Again, I'd like to see something like it because it was fun.

Huttball hello?

Treat the forums as a point for constructive discussion, not a personal rant or blog. The only thing you have said that actually contributes a lot to the thread is your last sentence.

You sound like you've never done arena or have played it at a level where you know what you're doing yet you are ranting about why you don't like it. I have never played DAOC before which is why I don't comment on it. Since I actually try to engage in world pvp a lot and WZ and did RBG and arena, I can actually form an opinion from personal experience on most aspects of PvP. Arena should be implemented because it is another avenue of play. I never liked RBG in WoW but I did it with friends and I would always contend it was a good addition to the game. If you give people more ways to play what they like such as PvP, the happier they will be.

Stop derailing the topic with how you think rankings from XvX won't show skill. No, rankings don't tell the whole story about how good a player is, but if you are a better player you are more likely to beat another person consistently. Comps and counters obviously diminish this argument but the point still stands. Do you think that Roger Federer years ago wasn't undisputedly better than other tennis players because he didn't play in a wheelchair?

Agreed, this game is still software, and were paying for a service, it'd just be an additional feature that does in fact have an audience.

The posts about:

"Arena is more difficult than warzones, it needs more skill"
and
"Warzones are more skill based, you need to take care of objectives too"

Will do NOTHING but derail the thread. The debate it's not about what's harder to play.

Someone like playing Warzones more, someone like to play Open world PVP and someone like Arena. Can't all these people have their favorite type of PVP implemented?

(PS: I feel sorry for who likes Open World PVP too, but at least devs are redesigning Ilum)

Lol, This. QFT. MMO e-sports rofl. Lets see who can bash better on the healer for 10 minutes.

Ok. What makes this any different than warzones? I suppose you want everyone who enters a warzone to have the same exact stats/gear/abilities for "balance." Come on man.