PvP

Ranking System Adjustment

• RP/Decay Overhaul
  • No decay under R6, massively reduced under R10, capped at max of 50% rank ever.
  • Standing 1 = higher ranking calcrelative to classic ranking points.
  • Lower decay = higher RP rewards for higher standing relative to classic, however overall RP gain calculations are reduced slightly to compensate.
    • Very consistent [but can be done very quickly with high standing from low ranks] ranking system up to R12/13 even with limited time investment relative to classic.
    • R13 -> R14 will need high/top standing to actually progress past 10-20%/week.
• Standings pool sizes greatly increased to offset population numbers
• Epic PvP sets balanced to T1 levels, buffs will come with later phases to keep them relevant.
• Blue/Epic set bonuses reworked and adjusted in various ways. (See Atlasloot V+ in Addons)
• Greatly increased honor bonus for killing players ranked higher than you.
• Currently due to population issues/bg imbalances, Alliance have a 50% RP gain increase. (09/08/2022; still in effect?)
• If players of opposing faction have the same IP, they will not receive credit for kills towards standing/rating calc. [Multibox abuse prevention]
• Can turn honor gain off using ".honorgain", useful for high rated players who want to be cooperative with standings/pool placement and/or pvping for fun without griefing rankers [See Server Chat Commands]

Battleground Changes

• Alterac Valley temporarily disabled
• Reputation gains greatly increased (approx 5x faster)
  • Reputation Rewards rebalanced, made more useful for various specs. New items added (See Atlasloot V+ in Addons)
• Objects in environment such as rocks/trees/bones now act as collision and can dodge/LoS spells.
• BG Mark awarded every 20-30 minutes in queue in addition to bonus honor.
  • BG Marks can be used to purchase raid flasks. 30 marks of one type (AC/AB/WSG) per flask at BG entrances.
  • Can also turned in for gold at BG entrances. Gold awarded scales with level.
  • Can be turned in for rep and honor at faction warbringers in major cities. Three of each mark rewards the most honor and reputation.
• Deserter pops if you miss too many queues (to prevent cheesing mark queue system), exponentially scales to 48 hr+ if you routinely troll.
• Close games reward extra marks to losing team.
• Various anti-grief mechanics added
  • Use ".report" command added to votekick AFK/griefing players. [See Server Chat Commands]

Warsong Gulch

• Capped at 40min game length
• Flag carrier takes increased damage after 15m
• Many collision points added to prevent cheese jumps
• Added LoS object in middle of map for skirmishing

Arathi Basin

• Water to BS is now shallow, allows mounts to run across instead of log jumping.
• Various GM/LM pathway adjustments and LoS objects added to allow better defense.
• Additional comeback mechanics added
  • Dynamic Cap Timer
  • 'Others'? (Per changelog, need clarification)

World PvP Changes

• Faction Leader Kill System
  • Killing city leaders rewards MASSIVE honor gains, be warned some are very difficult relative to raid bosses.
  • Faction Leader Auras - Members of the same faction near their faction leaders will receive massively increased honor rewards for HKs (to encourage defense of leaders being worthwhile honor reward)
• Silithus Sands increased honor gain and a buff that persists through death when turning in sand.
• Eastern Plaguelands Towers
  • Northpass and Eastwall tower have guardian NPCs (very difficult to solo without cheese if not impossible for most classes)
  • Buffs now affect WPL and different towers have different affects in addition to their base benefits
    • Crown Guard Tower (south) - Creates area where opposing faction cannot mount or move over 100% speed
    • Northpass Tower - Creates clickable object that can dispell you can give shadow res and 5% stamina buff.
    • Plaguewood Tower (west) Has flightmaster that can fly you to other towers if your faction controls west tower.
    • Misc PvP Balance Changes

• PvP Trinket/Insignia for all classes lowered from 5 to 3 minute cooldowns.
• Druid PvP Movespeed Set Bonus nerfed