One of the requested features for Arena in Wrath of the Lich King is the possibility of using Nitro Boosts in the first arena season of Wrath Classic. During the original expansion, Engineering items were eventually removed from use in the Arena, and some players have a nostalgic memory of the time these items were allowed. Ana Resendez explained, “On the topic of PvP and Arena Gear, our thoughts at the moment are looking at the first season, allowing it to be original as possible. For example, items from Engineering will be allowed in the Arena and some players have some nostalgia around these items. We will be monitoring it and watching how players approach this and possibly change it for later seasons.”
Yea, players remember nitro boots, because it looked fun. However, it wasnt to play against. Remember that bladestorming warrior using nitroboots to sit on your face in arena? We dont need that. It was removed for various good reasons. Firstly, players felt forced to pick the superior profession. Secondly it was brokenly strong and not fun to play against.
One month after season 5 was released the nitro boots were nerfed from 5 seconds to 2 second duration because it was too broken in arena. After season 5 it was determined that it was still too broken even with 2 second duration, so it got removed completely. In 3.2 the nitro boots got buffed back to 5 seconds, because it was only broken in arena and there was no need to keep the nerf. The devs back in the day understood that these nitro boots have no place in arena.
To even consider putting nitro boots in wotlk arena is an insult. They were removed for obvious reasons. Some people have nostalgic feelings about sh*t too, like my grandmother liked Hitler, but we dont need him back either. Now they state they might even keep nitro boots for later seasons too, although their nostalgia argument becomes invalid in later seasons.
That nitro boots were super broken with 5second duration in arena was active for exactly one month. Now they consider undoing the hotfix and keeping it for the whole expansion. They are so out of touch, its unreal.
Yes yes! Let wow become elitist lobby game again yes! seperation between instances and world yes yes! disable racials while we’re at it! woot! this is the way to retail!!!
Ye worst damn change. There are even posts from the bluetracker in 2009 that has devs saying they could not balance the nitro boosts properly so they got disabled. Just leave them disabled this time around.
May 20, 2009, 11:30 a.m.
After several attempts to balance the Nitro Boots ability in the arena, we have decided that we currently do not have an acceptable solution. Until we are able to better balance this ability it has been shut down in the arenas. We fully plan to continue working on this item to ensure that it is still worth the investment made in it and we intend to adjust it in upcoming patches.
Old Blizzard states that the situation with Nitro Boots after season 5 was still unacceptable, even with adjustments/nerfs, and no solution in sight. IT HAD TO BE REMOVED, because it was unbalanced and not fun to play against. Today the new “Classic Blizzard” concludes, that its good to have it in the game, because some people have nostalgic memories about stomping others with their Nitro Boots in arena. With this reasoning they could add any broken mechanic in the game, that was removed for good. Its cringe.
We had to deal with engineering belt for two seasons in tbc arena. There was a common sense of relief when the belt was banned along with skull and mqg.
And now we are going to repeat this, this time with nitro boots. Blizzard never learns
And what’s funny is that it’s taken them 14 years to come up with a proper solution to engineering items being used in arenas and now they’re just going “sod it, back to what caused the problem in the first place!”.
