PvP

Ranking Point (RP) and RP Decay System Overhaul
- No decay under R6, massively reduced under R10, capped at max of 10% rank decay from r11+.
- Standing 1 = higher ranking point calculation relative to classic ranking points.
- Lower decay = higher RP rewards for higher standing relative to classic, however overall RP gain calculations are reduced to compensate.
  - Leads to more consistent ranking than OG Vanilla [but can be done quickly with high standing]
  - R13 -> R14 still needs high standing to actually progress past 10-20%/week.
Standings pool sizes 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.
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]

Alterac Valley temporarily disabled
[NEW] Azshara Crater - 'MOBA Style' Battleground
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 for 10x of each mark per flask. (30 marks total)
- Can also turn in for gold via honor quests at faction warbringers.
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 loser.
Various anti-grief mechanics added
- Use ".report" command added to votekick AFK/griefing players. [See Server Chat Commands]

Capped at 40min game length
If both flags are held for a set amount of time, BOTH flags will be forcibly dropped and returned to their bases in an effort to prevent turtle strategies and drawn out games.
Many collision points/'invisible walls' added to prevent cheese jumps
Added LoS objects in middle of map and flag rooms to provide greater tactical options.

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 Base Rates (Final time is based on both nodes controlled and point differential between the teams)
  - Controlling 0 nodes: Instant cap
  - Controlling 1 node : 3s
  - Controlling 2 nodes: 5s
  - Controlling 3 nodes: 15s
  - Controlling 4 nodes: 20s
- If there is a significant point differential, the losing team will gain points faster and their flag captures will be sped up relative to the base rate as listed above. [Need further testing]

Combination of Arathi Basin and Alterac Valley with miscellaneous MOBA elements added such as constantly respawning NPC waves and temporary [Deleted when leaving battleground] AC only items that have massive effects when used properly. (See image)
Each team has two win conditions.
- [WIN] by depleting the other team's points to 0
  - Destroying a tower will reduce the enemy team's score by 100 points and give your team a momentary buff to increase HP of all players.
  - Controlling Crystal Depths will increase your team's points slowly.
  - Controlling Moonwells + Temple will increase your team's points and reduce the enemy team's points
- [WIN] by killing the other team's general
- Controlling Moonwells & Temple will also grant your team access to the Forward Graveyard, which makes it easier to control and fight around Crystal Depths.

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 massively buffed honor gain
Eastern Plaguelands Towers
- Each tower has varying types of 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
  - South - Creates area where opposing faction cannot mount or move over 100% speed
  - North - Creates clickable object that can dispell you can give shadow res and stam % buff.
  - East?

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