I get that level sync has been implemented into PvP as a big ego defense mechanism for blizz but honestly it’s laughable how much it alienates people from the game.
I used to love levelling my characters via BG, it was slower but always fun, and allowed me to actually jump into arena when I hit top level because I’d have a PvP appropriate understanding of whatever class I was playing. Unfortunately I’m literally forced to not play the content I enjoy because of this system.
It is overtly clear that the scaling regarding level syncing is absolutely busted, I’ve tried it once and despite only playing two brackets down on a level 111 rogue, I could still 1v3 anyone who wasn’t syncing themselves. (I’m an 1800 player, my first time playing PvP properly since mop).
I’ve recently gone 3 matches in a row Vs the same premade group of which 4 of them were level syncing. My most recent match I was against another group containing people level syncing, meaning that in said game of warsong gulch, half of their team were above the level bracket, this led to them capping 2 flags within the first 7 minutes of the game and proceeding to force us to be farmed at the graveyard for the remaining 13.
There’s two clear solutions which are that simple and feasible to implement it astonishes me that they haven’t been done so already:
- people who are in a party containing people level syncing should ONLY be placed Vs other people containing level syncing.
Or
- a solo queue option where you can’t be placed Vs premades.
(The latter would be ideal, as this prevents premade domination for casual players as well, yet still allows for people to enjoy the content in groups).
Sure, level sync allows for a faster queue time and makes it less noticeable how the game has been catered to pve players for the past however many years, thus alienating a significant amount of the PvP oriented player base, but is it really worth continuing to hemorrhage the dead horse which is unranked PvP?
(This also applies to arena skirmish).
I’ve spoken about this to a few friends who also play this game because they enjoy the Pvp, and our opinions are nothing short of unanimous with what I have stated.
The reason this game is my mmo of choice (I assume this will apply to others) is because the PvP isn’t awful, and frankly the PvP is the reason I sub to wow over FFXIV.
Anyway, just wanted to drop this topic to offer my own thoughts and opinions regarding level sync, and how it is actively disrupting content that I used to find fun. Cheers.