Ghostcrawler posted numerous responses in a long thread that referenced the findings that far fewer players were participating in Arenas in Season 5. It's an extremely good thread where he addresses numerous posts,
defending Blizzard's treatment of Arenas, attempting to explain the drop in participation, and conceding various points to players sharing their thoughts. Here are a few things that Ghostcrawler mentions that stood out for me:On Arenas"Players go where the loot is." - on why he thinks Season 5 has less participation, pointing to the fact that it's easier to gear up through PvE"Getting 100% of WoW players into Arenas is not our goal. Getting 100% of players who like to do Arenas into Arenas is a goal." "I hope it's obvious we would not have gone for that new system if we did not think it would offer an enormous improvement over the old one." - on Blizzard's planned move to a new rating system (again) in Season 6, where teams start from 0
iPhones, it works better
If you're only going to be in London for two months, don't even worry about it. Just play on US servers. Just note you'll be a wee bit laggier than you're used to for those two months, then when you're back in the US you'll be groovy.lolwut asked..."What happened to mobile WoW insider? This page is a huge strain to load on my handheld."I'm sure someone will make a stink about the fact that I've answered this question before, but since it's not openly advertised anywhere on the site, I'll answer it again.
At this point, m.wowinsider.com is pretty deprecated and we don't really use it anymore. i.wowinsider.com is much better, and while it's optimized for iPhones, it works better than the mobile version did for mobile phones so that's what we go with now. Try the iPhone version (even if you do not use an iPhone) and let us know how that works for you.
