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Originally Posted by compulsion [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

While I would generally defend the skill involved in WoW PvP, to say that tbc or lk were much different than either of the other 2 expansions is nostalgia blindness. tbc was rogues everywhere, unkillable SL/SL warlocks and "skillherald" warriors. lk was dk's 3 shotting everyone, then explosive shot did 70% of a health bar, then destro locks and ele shams with the 2 shot combos. Mixed in with all this you can add the prot warrior rework where, for a whole season, they dealt higher effective damage than arms, and all the players who made glad in double healer comps.

WoW having an active and competitive tournament scene lasted like 3 years and was probably powered more by the PvE side of the game than the PvP side. Prior to cata every class went for a certain target resil, and used raid gear for the rest. There was a certain mystique to being a top level player. After cata hit, everyone got the same gear, so the game devolved to pretty much comp vs comp. Don't forget that the MLG dropped WoW during LK(which was very near its peak popularity) because top level play was basically garbage, and it really isn't any different today than it was 3 or 5 years ago.

When I read explosive shot, I stopped reading everything you said. Didn't see any survival hunters on top of the ladders or near it all of WoTLK just BM/MM... Interadasting.