World of Warcraft Arena PvP Season 4 Announced

WoW Insider is reporting that Blizzard has announced the next season of Arena PvP combat, set to launch on June 24th. "As usual, teams will be allowed to keep any accumulated points, but all team and personal ratings will reset to 1500, and all titles from Season 2 will be removed. Also, the top rated teams from Season 3 will receive their titles, and for the very top, Armored Netherdrakes. It is also worth noting that this season will herald new Arena ratings requirements on most Season 4 gear, including many of the new honor rewards. In addition, Season 3's shoulder and weapon Arena rating requirements will drop slightly, all season 3 gear will cost fewer arena points, and the Season 2 gear will be purchasable for Honor."

Pointless posting?

[bornyesterday]

If you play WoW, you probably already knew this. If you regularly PvP in WoW, you definitely already knew this. If you don't play WoW, you probably don't care about this.

Go ahead and mod me troll, but seriously...this is news?

Re:Pointless posting?

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, unless you lived, breathed, and otherwise camped out on the WoW forums, yes, this woul dbe news.
Blizz seemed to hold their cards close to their chest on when season 4 would begin, so up til now everything was just wishfull speculation.

I LIKE the WoW news

[defyg3]

I am a casual WoW player as well and a /. user. However, I don't endlessly troll WoW websites for this type of information.

So mods, I like this type of news. If you dont like the posts, dont read them. Thanks!

Re:In other words...

[Bieeanda]

What do you mean, 'once you hit 70'? The game is about getting new gear from the moment the little post-chargen cutscene ends. The only difference is, you run out of new backgrounds to hunt gear against when you hit 70. Doing twenty runs in the battlegrounds is little different from chewing through Gnomeregan a dozen times before the Electrocutioner drops a piece of gear you're desperate for (and make the need roll on), or running the same raids over and over again.

Okay, so there's two differences: At level 70, you're not going to outlevel the DPS or protection of whatever gear you eke out of faction rewards or instance runs. That is, until Wrath of the Lich King hits. Have fun disenchanting your high-tier sets and BG loot by the time you hit 72, and doing it all over again after you reach 80.

Re:In other words...

[Cathoderoytube]

"Have fun disenchanting your high-tier sets and BG loot by the time you hit 72, and doing it all over again after you reach 80."

The joke's on you my friend. My account has long been canceled, and I have no intention of getting Wrath of the Lich King. I'd rather play Rock Band on Xbox live than spend 10 hours doing dungeon runs in the hopes I may get a new belt.