The professional players in WoW suffer from Split Raiding. With Battle for Azeroth, this should finally be a thing of the past.
Professional guilds in World of Warcraft have been facing more and more problems in recent years, which have been exacerbated by the game design. One of the biggest time sinks was Split Raiding.
“Split Raiding” refers to an activity that mainly occurs in professional raids. To ensure that a player’s main character always has the best possible equipment, professionals own a lot of secondary characters. After current content is in “farm status”, multiple raid groups are created. A small portion of the “mains” ventures out with a large part of the secondary characters. This ensures that every main character always has the maximum chance for new loot, as each main character essentially has a “raid just for themselves” regarding loot selection.
Blizzard does not like this practice, and the raiders themselves do not enjoy it either. The time investment is enormous. However, this is expected by many professional guilds, as it guarantees the best possible preparation and a minimal advantage.
Split Raiding will be unnecessary in Battle for Azeroth
In an interview with PCGamesN, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas revealed that they want to address the issue with Battle for Azeroth.
Blizzard has not intervened so far because 99.99% of players have no problem with this mechanic. They do not want to restrict the game in any way – simple ideas would be something like “One raid loot per account and week,” which no one wants.
But for Battle for Azeroth, the developers finally want to provide a remedy for the suffering professional raiders. While no concrete plans are mentioned, Blizzard supposedly has “some ideas about how loot will be structured” that are to be tested in the beta of the new expansion.
Ultimately, they want to leave the decision to the players. If they do not agree, the “anti-split raid features” will likely not make it into the game.
Are you active in professional guilds that require “Split Raiding”? Or are you hearing about this issue for the first time?
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