Wintergrasp - Blue Tracker

#1 - Nov. 17, 2010, 9:09 p.m.

I understand people are upset over the fact of tenacity. And I suppose that is where this change came about.

But I do not think it is right to punish people in general by not allowing them to participate in Wintergrasp just because the server is imbalanced.

Fixing the imbalance should be the priority not tenacity and not limiting the numbers on both sides.

Not being able to get into Wintergrasp and seeing only 7 people in the fight and 2 of these being farming bots was disheartening to say the least.

I think this solution sounds great on paper but it is not working.

Zarhym

Community Manager

#17 - Nov. 17, 2010, 10:11 p.m.

In patch 4.0.3, Wintergrasp queuing was changed so that each battle attempts to match the factions at a 1-to-1 ratio. This is the exact system being used for Tol Barad in Cataclysm. While we understand that this inflates queue times for factions which are vastly overpopulated on select realms, we prefer this system over using Tenacity. In addition, the new system at least encourages playing on a faction that's better balanced against the opposing faction. With the old Wintergrasp functionality, players were almost encouraged to be on an overpopulated faction, further contributing to realm balance issues.

That said, we'll review realms with significant faction imbalances on a case-by-case basis in the event we need to take further action.

Tol Barad preview: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1159457