I loved reading this post, so now i also want to comment
I do have a backup plan for when this server doesn't do any changes to pvp and I'm pretty sure a lot of players do have Ashwell. shadowlands is coming , blizzard is making improvement. listening to players for the first time !!!
but let me just get to the point.
in 8.0.3 in this server. i was rank 1 mw monk with Fair gameplay !!! and i played with different players just to get to 2.9k rating. it felt good to get that rating, because it was Fair gameplay !!!
there wasn't something like donators who donated full pvp gear in that patch, Most of my skilled friends who were in 8.0.3 with me left when the donate system started !!!
i left late 8.0.3 , came back in end of season 2 like 3 days before end.
so much hate in pvp i seeing atm in this server, no respect with pvp players, pvp players hate each other because of this donate system you guys put in !
atm it looks like this server that WAS good !!! is starting to not care about pvp players, and only cares about the Money !!! so thats why you guys put 455 ilvl in shop ! with essences rank 4
for me as a very high rated exp player. its very sad to see that players that were stuck 2k rating is now atm rank 1 in this server because of donor gear 455ilvl, my skill with this low gear i have atm ,means nothing to them , i am not a match for them. its very funny to see low exp players who is donators 455ilvl . 1shot gladiators !!! very unbalanced and sad to see.
for our free2play players it will take very very long time to get full 455 ilvl with 70 neck + good essences. so when will my fair gameplay in pvp start on your server ???
it is very sad to see what is happening to this server. did you guys get a new owner or what ?
pve players wont even help pvp players support on this pay2win system thats so shitty to play. they rather laugh at this pay2win system. pve is not pay2win, so they dont care.
but as a server, this is the START ! of something very very bad ! and it WILL not effect you as a SERVER in 1 day or in 1 week, or in 1 Month, but it WILL effect you slowly by slowly, till this server is dead and closed.
Shadowlands is soon out on retail !!! beta is out ! they did some stupid and good things to Shadowlands ! But in meanwhile they still fix the things they did wrong to Shadowlands.
atm i feel like. leave firestorm, go shadowlands, better expansion + more hope, better community and fair gameplays.
I had respect for you Firestrom !! but like this . how can we pvp old gladiators that doesn't have money still have respect for you ?? how ????????
I HOPE you guys start to listen, and give hope to pvp players.
Regards
Xellites