PvP

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]

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 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]

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)

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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