After weeks of seemingly unending PvE blue posts, Blizzard staff members hit the PvP forums with a vengeance today. The first hot topic of the day was casters vs melee, and the trouble with cleave.

Despite vaving recently stated that cleave probably needs nerfing, Blizzard remained vague on the subject. One Blizard poster countered, saying "plenty of casters can get off big nukes, but they aren't the problem du jour according to the forums." In fact, Blizzard appears convinced that burst is no longer a problem in arenas, stating that "players complained about burst and DKs last season and had every right to. We think both are in a better place now."

However, the same poster admitted that there are situations where burst can win a game: "There are situations in which one class can burst another down too quickly." But he was quick to add that the same is true of healing and crowd-control, admitting that "arena balance isn't perfect and we'll continue to make changes as we go along."

Resilience was the next big discussion, but Blizzard posters weren't really saying anything new. Ghostcrawler did say that resilience is designed to counter burst, not pure damage: "it means you have to play smart -- blow cooldowns, use crowd control to minimize defenses, tie up the healer and otherwise cause damage at the right time instead of just causing damage."

Deathknights didn't escape the debate either. Having been centre of many heated debates last season, GC said he was surprised to see so much focus on DK's still, given that the class is "below rogues in the brackets that "matter" and far below healers across the board."