They updated it.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/beta-arena-rating-update-may-15/964984
Changes nothing.
Atleast in the right direction. 200 less for shoulders. 100 less for weapon. No requirements for rest of gear. Season 1 from honor at start of season 2.
Catering to the casuals as usual, what a shame.
Imagine whining over a 1500 rating requirement, maybe it is you who are the problem if you’re stuck at such a ridiculous low rating?
Why is it that everything has to be obtainable for everyone? Try improving yourself instead of crying for changes to fit your weak standard. The previous rating requirement was a good addition.
I don’t care and honestly don’t think it really makes a difference either way
Didn’t need yet another thread.
welfare gear is bad but so too is gear or any similar factors in pvp.
if anything they should go with the legion template system
It kinda did, it’s a new development, and a change as compared to the info in the OP of the thread you linked.
As for the topic, in the usual Blizzard fashion, this alienates both the (for lack of better words) PvPers and casuals.
For ones it means cheapening of the items and making them available for no effort to the “PvE scrubs”, to the others it literally changes nothing, as the two items featured prominently in most “PreBiS” lists are weapons and shoulders. The other pieces usually have better dungeon/quest alternative while weapon only gets replaced by drops from p1 raid end-bosses and shoulder by t4 from Maulgar.
This will hardly bring any more players during season one, while simulatneously offending the dedicated arena players. /golfclap Blizzard.
Casuals?
2k in tbc is way diffrent then live 2k in shadowlands. And not even in shadowlands its for “casuals”.
With 2.2k tbc you will compete with the top 0.5% so getting the shoulders at 2k and beeing able to get the 310% glad mount at 2.2 is a good step in terms of progress.
What do you mean? They got rid off all rat requirements from items but shoulder and weapons. Its a big change.
He wanted all the best pvp gear “for free” 
That what they did now im totally agree, its not too high required but still pretty high.
Good change in my opinion.
Only thing left is just get rid of the tornado
Another step in the right direction good job bli$$ard.
Very good change
2000 shoulders and 1850 is very reasonable, imo it’s a perfect middle ground.
now get rid of the ‘must have 20% of LAST week’s games in order to receive rating’
and the tornado bs
It was “free” back in the days and should be now too.
Glad with the change. The requirements are now more than reasonable and theres still a barrier to get the full set- you have to show some skill. Good thing imo
Good change overall, 1800 is much better for people who want their weapons and a good portion of players trying for them will get them and 2000 for shoulders is sensible.
The only items PVE’ers really care about from S1/2 is weapons. The ones complaining were largely PVE players who expected they’d be able to slow farm PVP weapons like in the original TBC.
1800 rating on the weapons still means they need 1800 rating when many/most of the players concerned were happy to play in the 1500-1700 range. It’s still going to have the same effect, less than before sure but it’s still gonna cause people to not bother.
Nobody cares about getting a pair of legs that have less dps stats than a quest blue, by comparison the Glad weapons are BIS for many in T4.
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