TLDR: Solo shuffle should get gladiator mounts, and all the rewards tied to 3v3. If you would be so much against this, for whatever reason, I think Solo shuffle should at least always get a recolour, that looks as cool as the gladiator one. For casuals it would be nice, if we got some sort of “LFR-recolour” of the mount at some rating threshold with less details aswell.
The Solution is definitely NOT to try pushing us into 3v3 arena, because it’s simply not enjoyable, if you’re not already in the scene, and end of story. Solo shuffle isn’t full of jaded ego inflated 2010 gladiators, and it’s full of normal casual people instead, that just wanna chill, and play. Everyone in solo shuffle is responsible for his own rating, and the rating you have is a reflection of your skill, and it’s where you should be currently, unless you improve.
I think non-competitive rated 3v3 in wow is completely dead, and it’s a good thing. I remember in SL, when I first tried getting into PVP, it was the most miserable experience I’ve ever had in wow, or in gaming generally, ever, and it won’t change. It’s a closed eco-system. A lake without rivers, full of toxicity, and mud. Solo shuffle opened alot of new rivers, that were previously closed.
People think of 3v3 Arena as if everyone had full friends lists like twitch streamers, etc. but the reality is, that for a lot of people, or even most I dare to say, group finding happened in the LFG tool, not in your friends list, and it’s full of toxic opportunistic people, that will play a game, flame, even if it was their fault, and leave instantly. I also had good experiences, but only very little compared to the huge ego mountains, that immediately lash out. People in LFG always had insanely high egos, if they were high rating 4 years ago, and type “only LF 2.4k exp”, when they are 1k themselves with no achieves in the current expansion. Regardless of 3v3 arena being more deep on the highest rating, I think it shouldn’t be held or treated as something of higher value, since it’s simply ranked. 3v3 ladder is not an esport. The esport happens in tournaments, not in 3v3 ladder arena, and hence, one of the most dead game modes in wow pvp shouldn’t be artificially kept on live support, if it’s so unfun, and such a bad experience for most people. They can keep it in the game, and give it rewards, but I think it’s obvious, that solo shuffle, and soloqueue game modes are the only viable pvp solution for wow at this point. Solo Shuffle has been refreshing, but will you keep players engaged long term in wow pvp, once they have all their conquest gear? No. That’s why there needs to be some very high reward in solo shuffle, that people wanna work towards.
