As a not overly good pvp player I am always willing to learn and improve my gameplay. A lot of the time it relies on trying to find a decent streamer playing my class/spec and for them to be good enough to learn from.
I’d LOVE for there to be a spectator mode for arenas.
So for example;
I’d be able to flick through a list of matches currently being played or flag a particular player that you’d like to spectate and learn from then hop into that match as a viewer (I always see the big empty seats around the end of some maps which need filling)
People would also have the ability to disable spectator mode to avoid teams looking in on strategies or if they plan to compete etc.
Also, they could implement a mechanic where the match could not be joined 10-15 seconds prior to the gates opening to save dirty cheaters getting friends to spy on enemy teams.
Just an idea I had about 5 years ago that I’ve been hoping for for a while.
It was talked a lot about way back in Cataclysm I recall.
Then Blizzard sort of expanded the idea, because it also had potential for raiding.
Then it was debated a bit, because the notion of coaching and gambling and such might not be all sunshine and roses.
Then it got wrapped up in that whole priority discussion, whether it was worth the development resources versus having Blizzard work on something more important instead.
And then the topic sort of faded away. I think the rise of streaming has sort of captured a lot of the desire to spectate that players had, so it’s not something the game necessarily has to provide as much as it perhaps was the case 10 years ago.
Yeah of course which is why they could have the ability to disable spectator mode so people couldn’t look in on their matches etc. Some higher rated people might not mind having people watch so it works both ways I guess.