With Shadowlands Patch 9.2 bringing a much-requested solo queue option for 3v3 arena PvP in the form of Solo Shuffle, you may be wondering what it's all about. With LFG for arenas in a sorry state due to spam and picky groups, it can take hours just to find a team to queue with. PvPers have been asking for a solo queue option for years, but will Solo Shuffle solve the problem it sets out to fix? Our Shadow Priest PvP writer, Xot, explores the pros and cons of this new game mode below.
What's the Big Deal about Solo Queue?It's fair to say that rated PvP has one of the biggest barriers to entry — even after you've geared up, got all your conduits, gems, and all the fun stuff, the biggest problem is still finding partners to play with. This is partly due to the problems with the current LFG system. Take a quick look at the LFG tool and you'll see it's filled with boosters, advertisers, people only wanting to play certain compositions with certain classes, and just people in general not really giving others a valid chance unless they've got every PvP-related achievement imaginable. If you're lucky enough to some partners to play with, losing your first game often causes everyone to leave and the process starts all over again. Overall, the LFG tool for rated PvP is a miserable experience. Compare this to other popular games like League of Legends or CS:GO. Imagine if you opened the game and then had to sit there trying to find 4 other people for whom you fit their strict criteria to play with before you could even start a match. We do have skirmishes, but skirmishes have always been presented as a casual game mode; providing no stakes, no rating gain, no rewards, no gear upgrades, and a very flawed queueing system due to
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