WoWPrimus

WLK以来，由于PVE RAID副本的难度过低，以及持续数个赛季竞技场装备需求等级过高的问题，竞技场几乎没人去打。玩家普遍反映“便当”一辈子也拿不到一件装备，这样的竞技场可不要给“高端”职业玩家们送RATING了。九城的CWOW迟迟不能更新WLK，我在去年刚开WLK时就跑到台服冰封岗哨安家。不过网络条件很差，高延迟问题一直很令人困扰，再加上也没有合适的搭档，所以整个S6都没有参加。就台服的情况，RAID副本确实简单，“野团”都能完成英雄难度下的NAXX不朽成就（lol我那服有个工会就叫野团，看人人顶了个不朽…）。所以即使比较休闲的玩家，都有很大的机会拿到克尔苏加德（Kel’Thuzad）掉落的物品等级为226的最好武器。使得竞技场的地位愈发尴尬，一段时间内，WOW回归PVE，WOW竞技场没前途之类的言论很盛行。

可打魔兽世界更新3.1后，竞技场2V2积分系统作出不小的改变。尽管从S7起所有队伍积分将从原先的1500变为从0开始，但是竞技场积分获取量却高了很多，而且得分与输分并没有之前的相对应的关系。一个新的2V2队伍从0开始，赢一盘4X分，输一盘扣个位数甚至不扣分。这下使得死寂的台服战场和竞技场复活起来，我也不能免俗的跟老婆一起打起荣誉，组建2V2竞技场队伍，并以50%多一点的胜率“轻松”达到1500RATING……不错，已经达到可以购买S7物品等级226的散件手腕、腰带、靴子的个人RATING要求。

另外今天看到来自暴雪的蓝贴：

The current arena rating system allows more players to have higher ratings in the 2v2 bracket when compared to 3v3 and 5v5. We are preparing an in-game update that will be improving the rating system of the 3v3 and 5v5 brackets to allow all three of the brackets to have a similar number of players able to achieve ratings on par with what’s currently possible in our 2v2 arena bracket. As a result, we are changing the personal and team rating requirements for the item level 239 weapons from 2200 to 2350, but keep in mind the tooltip will continue to show the requirement as 2200 until patch 3.1.2.

As a result of the above improvements, this change will prevent an excessive number of players from reaching much higher ratings and acquiring the highest grade of weapons in-game. The increase in rating requirements is designed to keep the number of players able to obtain these arena weapons on par with the number of players who are able to obtain the same grade of weapons from Heroic Ulduar.

When Arena Season 7 launches we plan to return the highest rated season 7 weapons back to 2200 while also ensuring that the difficulty in achieving that rating is closer to what is intended, yet of similar difficulty for all brackets (rather than being easier for 2v2).

看来BLZ认为现在的竞技场系统很好，而且3V3、5V5也应该同2V2一样更容易的达到很高的RATING。不过这样物品等级239的武器可能太容易获取了，所以BLZ将239武器的条件从个人等级2200改为了2350。这应该是一次HOT-FIX，所以BLZ提醒玩家注意直到3.1.2之前，这些武器的提示上还是会写的2200，但是实际情况已经改为2350。