I don’t know about you guys, but these days, I don’t seem to last more than 15 seconds in any Arena before I am sucking the dirt through my well pummelled “what used to be where my face was” mouth.  Since Wrath the forums have been plagued with post after post about balance issue after issue.

Earlier this morning a blue post has appeared to inform the Arena loving public that a 45 minute time limit has now been added to all Arenas.  45 minutes I hear you say.  I did have to swallow that hard myself too, but when you consider that a 13 hour 2v2 match has been documented between a Druid/Warrior and a Warlock/Pala team (the latter of whom took home the win), I guess the time limit was bound to come some day.

Blizzard have confirmed that where the 45 minute limit is met with no win, both teams will receive a 16 arena rating point penalty.  I can see the incentive to not stall here, but on the other hand I can imagine the frustration of being penalised for a genuine stalemate situation.

Either way, while this has gone live it shout be noted that the rating loss is currently bugged and will be displayed as a draw for both teams, but you will be loosing your points.  This will be resolved in an upcoming patch.

For those seeking Arena tips to beat the timer, I leave you with a little pre-arena prep talk created for my guildie Reira from our wonderful GM Cheboo!