Start of new PvP seasons vs major content release

I know they will never alter their holy rigid release schedules but this is still happening and I'll complain anyway. Most ranked pvp seasons compete with other FOMO content, and this time it will be Occult Crescent.
This almost feels like the devs actually want pvp content to fail because everybody but the most hardcore are busy with the new content every time.

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Originally Posted by Valence

I know they will never alter their holy rigid release schedules but this is still happening and I'll complain anyway. Most ranked pvp seasons compete with other FOMO content, and this time it will be Occult Crescent.
This almost feels like the devs actually want pvp content to fail because everybody but the most hardcore are busy with the new content every time.

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let's be real
no one takes pvp seriously in NA, among the players themselves
the scene is a divided antagonistic mess

eu pvp while it may be a tad better is also extremely niche

only JP has an ok/good scene going

I would not doubt the devs know this. So why care?

doesn't make sense

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Originally Posted by AristocraticCorgi

let's be real
no one takes pvp seriously in NA, among the players themselves
the scene is a divided antagonistic mess

eu pvp while it may be a tad better is also extremely niche

only JP has an ok/good scene going

I would not doubt the devs know this. So why care?

doesn't make sense

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They've been trying pretty hard at making pvp into something consistently since the game started, reworking it again and again until the arena mode is actually played and active. If they know this, don't care, why are they pouring resources into it? Why are they making official tournaments? If it's so doom and gloom why are people making their own tournaments (there was one no later than today actually)? Why have they been setting up queue syncs on FL and RW since forever?
This honestly feels like indulging a little into doom and gloom posting.

The reality is that their release schedule has been horrendous this expansion so far, but it's also been a problem for ranked pvp since forever as well.

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Originally Posted by Valence

They've been trying pretty hard at making pvp into something consistently since the game started, reworking it again and again until the arena mode is actually played and active. If they know this, don't care, why are they pouring resources into it? Why are they making official tournaments? If it's so doom and gloom why are people making their own tournaments (there was one no later than today actually)? Why have they been setting up queue syncs on FL and RW since forever?
This honestly feels like indulging a little into doom and gloom posting.

The reality is that their release schedule has been horrendous this expansion so far, but it's also been a problem for ranked pvp since forever as well.

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and pvp has become something, in JP

even their coverage of the regional tournament in JP had higher production value than that of NA, why? because it likely does not make sense to invest as much money an effort into the NA version of it when compared to JP

even job balancing clearly revolves mostly around what happens in JP and what JP players suggest

but feel free to continue believing what suits your view of the situation best

Okay, so if I understand correctly, you're only interested in arguing over which region has it best and worst (even JP had their match making crystal split removed for the first time... so much for that)?
Well I'm not. That's not the point of the OP.

I slightly wish they would find a way that meant we didn't have to travel for CC but still allowed for the bigger pool they were hoping for. I find it such a pain for just one or two before I've got to travel back for something.

I mean even this season that was on my home DC I couldn't even manage to play that much. I think it's actually the season where I've played the less games, because of the release of OC that killed the queues for the whole first week, and they never really picked up a lot after that. Then it's just about playing past bed time when the crystal player base finally decides to get at it.

Except for the second week at best, it's always been 30+ min queues even at prime time in the evening for diam/crystal.