World of Warcraft: The New PvP, and Arathi Basin

March 05, 2007

The New PvP, and Arathi Basin

My my, how this game has changed. I've been on the outs for a while now, but I've got my seksy new Draenei Pally and I've caught the PvP bug. So now, in this new Honour Token world, I'm forced to review and reflect on what is wise in the way of picking PvP battles. It took me 10 AB battles to get my lvl 48 Pally Belt. Back in the day, it'd take a month of AB battles to hit honoured and get your belt, but you never had to AB again, and could always get the updated gear. Now I have to AB more to get my 58 belt, if I want my 58 belt. That, and there's no 60+ rewards for AB or WSG...

So what does this mean? This means, you PvP in early brackets to twink your character now. There's no reason to stay in any bracket, like before there used to be. So what do people do now? My suggestion is to plan out what exact PvP rewards you want as your character progresses. Also, plan out what rewards are worth your time investment. 30 WSG win tokens for a +7 stamina, 6 hp/5sec trinket? Only you can answer that question for yourself (how often you win vs lose). Sometimes, it might be better to farm stuff and buy gear in the AH. Once you spend your PvP Honour and Tokens, it's gone for good, and there's no XP in it. So is the 10-30 WSG matches worth a mediocre trinket? Is the 7-20 AB matches worth the belt for your bracket? Will that time investment make it that much easier to lvl your character?

PvP is a much different beast now then it was before. Still fun, but the rewards are much more piece-meil, and some of the really good rewards end up going to players that don't deserve them (like the lvl 60/70 GM weapons).

Posted by mrh176 at March 5, 2007 11:18 AM