QQ season 5 - Top Team cancels participation
Kill e A, The runner up team in the Korean Extreme Masters World of Warcraft 3v3 Tournament disqualify themselves from the Global Finals, stating: "Upon consultation with my teammates, we have regretfully decided that we will have to withdraw our participation from the tournament. Due to recent balance changes resulting from the 3.0.9 patch, we believe that it is no longer possible for the Mage and Rogue character classes to remain competitive in a high-level PvP setting.
In addition, our testing has shown that it is now impossible for other classes to compete effectively with the Death Knight. As the Mage and Rogue remain integral to our teams' strategy, and because we do not have a member prepared for competitive play with the Death Knight class, we have decided to withdraw our participation from all competitions for the time being until these imbalance issues are rectified.
Please accept our sincerest apologies."
It is not the first time a complain had been heard about imbalance issues in WOW, but it is certainly interesting to know a successful team like Kill e A consider it "broken" enough to not participate. In addition, our testing has shown that it is now impossible for other classes to compete effectively with the Death Knight. As the Mage and Rogue remain integral to our teams' strategy, and because we do not have a member prepared for competitive play with the Death Knight class, we have decided to withdraw our participation from all competitions for the time being until these imbalance issues are rectified.
Please accept our sincerest apologies."
One might consider the fact, though, that Kill e A is a RPM team, which was considered a "cookie cutter" PVP setup in prior seasons, and Imbalanced on it own way.
Will the cash prize of $15,000 indeed go to a DK?
Time will tell.