World of Warcraft: Wird der Gearscore mit WoD noch wichtiger?

World of Warcraft: Will the Gear Score be even more important with WoD?

Warlords of Draenor, the expansion of Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft, continues to evolve. Gradually, there is information about the gameplay. It seems Blizzard has closely examined the group finder add-on OQueue and is integrating some components of the popular tool into the game. Soon, players will also be able to search specifically for gear score.

Already at the end of December, Blizzard had revised the old raid finder with 5.2. However, they communicated back then that these were only some improvements to the “crappy, old raid finder” and that major changes were ahead for Warlords of Draenor, i.e., patch 6.0. These are now slowly coming to light.

Group finder to become more nuanced

The new group finder of Warlords of Draenor is, according to wowhead, currently distinguished in arenas, “Legacy Raids”, Mists of Pandaria raids, and quests. Players can – like with OQueue – specify exactly what item level the other players should have and whether any voice program is to be used, and if so, which one. The item level being sought cannot exceed the player’s own. “Legacy Raids” refer to older raids from Cataclysm or even earlier.

Will OQueue remain the PvP alternative?

The crucial question will be how extensive the group finder is and whether it also leads rated BGs to form a meaningful alternative to OQueue. The add-on was mostly used to find players across server borders who are enthusiastic about rated battlegrounds. For many players, a selection based on voice chat, gear score, and PvP rating was important, as only victory matters in rated battlegrounds.

[intense_testimonies][intense_testimony][intense_testimony_text]Mein MMO says: Many players are already complaining that the requirements for gear score, i.e., item quality, are exaggerated, and one is only taken along if they no longer need anything from a raid. It will be interesting to see how these changes to the group finder will be received by players.[/intense_testimony_text][intense_testimony_author image=”https://images.mein-mmo.de/magazin/medien/2014/01/Logo-022.png”][/intense_testimony_author][/intense_testimony][/intense_testimonies]