[Lambourne]

Another problem with required rating on items is significant differences between battlegroups. I have the dubious pleasure of being on the "best" EU battlegroup (EU-cyclone) which means that at 1500 rating you face full s3 teams, as well as a large number of point sellers. Reading arenajunkies and seeing people in s1 & blues get to 1800+ on other battlegroups is mildly annoying to say the least.

Arena matchups should be based on the highest personal rating any one player on the team has. If you're on a 2200 5v5 you do not under any circumstances belong in the 1500 3v3 bracket.

And if you'll pardon my whine, I really don't like where WoW is going. Arena gear is so good it has killed my interest in raiding (yea I raid for loot but what else is there in wow); it's now a requirement to play arena if you don't want to be wtfpwned in battlegrounds, and skill is now measured in running around pillars and making fotm teams and counter-fotm teams. Where's the depth, the strategy? It's like fucking Hogger being the pinnacle of raiding.