As per recent blue post: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/classic-wotlk-regarding-pvp/1315434/7 some engineering items cannot be used anymore in arena.
We understand that the 5sec sprint is gamebreaking. However removing the items completely without adding something or changing the effect creates an imbalance between the crafting skills in Arena.
Any engineer that want to be competitive will be forced to change crafting skill (to pretty much any other one) in order to have a decent bonus in arena.
There are many options to correct this before the start in a sensible manner, for example:
- Make it last only 1 sec in arena and 5 outside
- Make it go much slower (30% or so bonus speed) in arena
- Add an effect of your choice that is not useless
- Give it a fixed boring bonus like the other crafts, maybe half/quarter of it as the gloves are still useful
Just do not make us reroll the craft skill, many of us like to be engineers just because it is fun and our favourite but if it brings nothing to the table we will be forced to change it.
Signed:
Association of Gnomish Engineers
Association of Goblin Engineers
Gnomeregan Union