Re-Glyph in Rated Arenas

[thacapn]

While my teammate was changing specs and took a queue early without finishing his glyphs he realized that he was able to continue to re-glyph whilst in any bracket of Rated Arena.

This is potentially beneficial to classes that have situational glyphs that will help against certain comps. For example:

• A priest subbing out Mass Dispel glyph when playing against teams containing Paladin or Mage.
• A Hunter subbing in Raptor Strike glyph when playing against teams that will stick to him the entire game. Or subbing out the same glyph against teams that ignore him.
• A Priest subbing in Shackle glyph when playing against DKs.

Clearly this is increasingly beneficial if you know the team you're playing before the game begins. If you PvP on a server with a high same-faction PvP population the old trick of trying to whisper people in the same arena as you and getting an error message in return (signifying you are playing against them) still works. However, it is possible to change glyphs mid game, outside of the starting area.

I feel like this is an exploit because you really can't use much in Rated Arenas and you aren't even allowed to change from Primary to Secondary specs.

[BigHands]

Wow I didn't even know that thanks

+Rep

[Blueice22]

In order to change glyphs you have to be out of combat. Which is very difficult in arena's. Also you have to be out of combat for the entire duration of changing the glyph which iirc is about 8-10 seconds.

[thacapn]

Still possible to do as soon as the gates open very easily, which is the only time it'd be appropriate to do so.

[Notmyrealname]

A mage could, as a for instance, join with Mage Armor glyphed, cast mage armor inside the arena (so it benefits from the glyph), then swap out to another glyph in the prep phase. The mage armor keeps the bonus from the glyph if you had it when you cast it. You'd get a lot of extra mana that way, but I don't know if its really worth 10g every match.

[Shinobiwun]

If I had a mage and knew my class really well, then 10g per match is worth it FTW.