shame on the developers for allowing HB in arena... PLEASE reconsider!
HB in rated pvp ruins the game experience for hundreds of thousands of players who play this game for the player vs player competition. player vs player, not player vs combat routine, player vs kickbot, etc. bots in rated pvp ruins it for everyone involved, including the garbage players who are depriving themselves of the opportunity to get better by scumming over other players who earn their rating legitimately
no other use of HB attracts anywhere near as much hatred and contempt from the playerbase. the WoW arena forums are already aware that this restriction has been lifted and are already begging Blizzard to take action. this is such a poor decision
I have been very thankful for HB as a tool that has allowed me to automate the mindless grind aspects of this game that are better suited to a computer or some lower form of intelligence, but HB has no rightful place in arena
PvP is a zero sum game, PvE is not. If you use HB to farm gold for instance, you are not taking gold away from another player. However In PvP, the only way to gain rating is to take it from another player by beating them in combat. Is it really the intention of the developers that HB be used as a tool to steal from other players?