I actually have a post on the forum from late last year saying how much fun I was having in Blitz. However, I’ve returned from being away to discover that the mount speed is halved and the debuffs are pretty rough for flag carriers.
I’m not sure what to say other than I’m really disappointed. The speed of the action was the thing that made Blitz so much fun to play, now it is sluggish and, to put it plainly, boring.
An example: “The Eye of the Storm” is now pretty rough. Base trades are slow and the chaos has been removed. This might be okay, however, the changes have undermined a key element of the Blitz mode: tussling for backcaps. Rotating the flag with your team is really hard once the buff stacks so capping relies on retaking a point which can devolve into a stalemate. Your movement is so slow that it’s basically a free point for the opposing team since we’re not pre-made and counter attacking while escorting a hamstrung carrier requires some degree of coordination.
As I said above, really disappointed with the changes. The “blitz” in Blitz is gone for me and I will not be returning to play in it’s current state. Interested to hear the opposing views, especially if you’re someone who was wishing the gamemode was less of a complete whirlwind and more organised!
I’ve only dabbled with Blitz, so I don’t have strong opinions.
I didn’t realise they’d reduced the mount speed. Bit of a shame as that was a fun element.
I enjoy flag maps, but think it’s a pity they’ll only roll in Blitz if there’s a Tank, (I’ve seen some quality DPS FC’s). Also weird that (unless I missed it), you can’t drop the flag to switch FC’s?
You absolutely can drop the flag, but good luck in completely uncoordinated groups Also, I think CTF will now pop with all DPS as well, with an empowerment on DPS players which is good. But it just feels slow as a tank now, I can’t really get anywhere fast enough to make the impact I once could in point capture games and the CTF modes aren’t really fast enough to be significantly different from normal BGs. I can’t even fully explain how it feels, it’s just boring. A lot more standing around waiting for things to happen because no one can really sneak up on you. Again, this might be a tank thing and possibly the experience is completely untainted in the DPS which is fine I guess, it’s impossible to make things perfect!
I’m actually enjoying Blitz but I think that’s just in comparison to randoms, which are just a mess. I’m actually pleased to see the mount speed reduced, whilst it’s fun to ride so fast, it’s not so fun being the FC and having all the cc slowing you down and being able to see someone on a mount going lightning speed to grab the flag before you can cap. So guess that depends which side of that you are on at the time as to whether it’s an annoyance or a bonus.
I kinda like most of the maps but find a few things frustrating, I don’t like EOTS as I think it’s just too big as an 8v8 but also that it all too often ends up a mid zerg and people forgetting about the towers. Deepwind and AB get frustrating as people don’t seem to realise that there’s other bases than Market and LM and you see them all fighting in one large group at those nodes and before you know it, opposition has 4 nodes to 1.
Most annoying still though is the queue, it never pops until you decide to go and make a cuppa or something and you have to keep running in every few seconds to press enter, just to be put back in the queue again, then you might not see it pop again for another 30 minutes.
Interesting, you disliked basically everything I enjoyed about it I loved the shear chaos and didn’t mind people zipping past me to go grab the flag. As far as I was concerned that guaranteed an all out brawl near our flag that I could be a part of.
They’re minor little irritations in the grand scheme of things, all in all I think it’s the best thing to happen to BG’s since forever. Few new maps to go with it would be nice tho.
Just remember what they are trying to do: Making Rated BG’s into a solo shuffle. I play a ton of RBG’s, Solo Shuffle bg’s should be the same as Rated BG’s. People are sitting in queues for up to 1 hour + just to get a 10 man team together to play rated bg’s.
People sit in queue longer than people do in Arena Solo shuffle.
Battleground Blitz is taking the fun out of what the rated bg community wants for Solo shuffle BG’s. I hope Blizzard takes into account who has been playing the gamemode for years.
What i want from Battleground solo shuffle is: No increased movement speed on mounts, no flag immunity. This is gonna be a rated format (hopefully) It should be a plane and simple Rated BG but with a solo q option. I don’t mind the increased point generation.
Now to shuffle in general, please for the love of god gives healers ways to actually win games for a team. As it is right now it’s just defensive outputs a small fear, a repentance… As it is DPS is the winning factor for games not healers. At 2kcr in arena solo shuffle. Healers have almost 0 impact on games.
Also, I think CTF will now pop with all DPS as well, with an empowerment on DPS players which is good. But it just feels slow as a tank now, I can’t really get anywhere fast enough to make the impact I once could in point capture games and the CTF modes aren’t really fast enough to be significantly different from normal BGs. I can’t even fully explain how it feels, it’s just boring. A lot more standing around waiting for things to happen because no one can really sneak up on you. Again, this might be a tank thing and possibly the experience is completely untainted in the DPS which is fine I guess, it’s impossible to make things perfect!