The road to WoW PvP/Arena

I mentioned in another post that Shuffle is quite unhealthy and generally bad way for new players to get introduced to pvp. The chaos of 6 players with potentially huge skillgap that changes teams each round does not leave much room to understand what’s going on or learn pvp. My solutions with integrated Solo and Duo que options (Mentioned in another post) for both 2vs2 and 3vs3 will help this issue drastically as well. Back in the days the way you found partners were to duel people outside of the capital citys of each faction and ask someone if they wanted to play 2vs2. If you hit it off and had a good vibe in 2vs2 you would eventually transition to find a third player for 3vs3.

2vs2 was and probably still is one of the best ways for new players to enter and learn pvp. The phase of 2vs2 is slower than both shuffle, 3vs3 and Rated battlegrounds, so you get more time to think, observe and absorb what is happening. Its the perfect environment for learning and practicing your damage rotation against real players and to understand your class on a deeper level. In today’s arena environment both 2vs2 and 3vs3 are gated behind the LFG system, which in my opinion is outdated and flooded with boosters. If 2vs2 and 3vs3 got the integrated Solo and Duo options this enterance barrier through LFG would be gone, and I bet it would dramaticly improve participation and comp diversity in both brackets. This would create a natural order for new players to approach pvp which would be 2vs2 → learn your class better and find someone to play with → transition with your 2vs2 partner to Duo que 3vs3 when you feel comfortable and ready to take on a bigger challenge → improve with your team and aim for gladiator → keep aiming higher. This will overall create a much better experience for new players entering pvp and contrary to shuffle, promote Teamplay, understanding of the game and a more constructive environment.

Conclusion: Rework the LFG system or only keep it for pve and let single and duo que replace it for both 2vs2 and 3vs3 and the road to pvp for new players will become naturally steady, clear, constructive and fun!

Let me know what you think about this in the comments below!