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[Destrarion-silvermoon]

@Bac-auchindoun

You didnt play Shadowlands so you dont know

Did you even check
Not only on achievement
But also i was in shadowland also posting on the forums already ?
I’m on the forum since BFA

So yes i was there in shadowland since the beginning

edit :
since you throwed a shot without checking, here a post from shadowland with the PvP gearing issue it had :

Random BG : You will face people with 224 ilevel - Reward : 197 ilevel max

I don’t see the point. I geared and still gear my 7 alts on Random battlegrounds to get 197 ilevel. But nowaday i face people with 224 ilevel when i am 180 ilevel. PvP gearing was denounced as being the fastest in the start of the extension, since you could choose the piece of gear that was missing. Today it’s merely impossible for a alt to face equally a opponent. I took back my main to try arena, and what i found was demoralizing : i got 35k health with 215 ilevel and i already face peopl…

and bingo it’s on the same subject than yours