This resulted in WoTLK Classic Gold near-instant match-finding time for players however Blizzard also discovered other interesting data points. The majority of players were part of large premade groups which, when confronted by players who are not involved in Discord with their peers typically resulted a loss. Alliance players weren't happy. Being able to more readily play PvP has for years been a benefit having been a member the Alliance and a perk Blizzard now looked to remove.
So, the new enlistment bonus. Blizzard declares that the trend of the past few months has been one of a lower Battleground participation rate for the Alliance and the new rewards are expected to increase this number.
“A significant issue raised was the notion that the faction that the majority of players choose for their primary character would see all players shift to it, unless we make changes to either give a reward to the minority faction, deter the majority faction or stop players from choosing to join the majority buy WoTLK Gold faction at all,” Blizzard says in a forum blog post.
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