4.2 PTR PVP Discussion

[Noids]

What change exactly are you talking about?

[Shodokan]

What change exactly are you talking about?

You are only allowed to arena for 2/3 of your weekly cap.

[Kekkerer]

I have found rated BGS to be fine (pre 4.1), the setup I go with:

4DKs (mine)
1 prot war/blood dk
1 mage
4 healers

Dno what it's like now that eots and ab have been added but i don't expect it to be much harder.

[Mosg2]

Yeah, this is no biggy to be honest. You just arena for 2/3 and then just instance or rated BG for the rest. The rated BG's have no impact on your 5's or 3's rating so there's no chance you're going to drop your cap. It does suck that it'll take more time and potentially force you to do something that you don't like for points.

[Multibocks]

I don't care for this change tbh.


edit: are they allowing us to carry over conquest points to next season or will they convert them to honor points?

[valkry]

Yeah, this is no biggy to be honest. You just arena for 2/3 and then just instance or rated BG for the rest. The rated BG's have no impact on your 5's or 3's rating so there's no chance you're going to drop your cap. It does suck that it'll take more time and potentially force you to do something that you don't like for points.

Like having to do arena for conquest points when I just want to BG

[valkry]

I don't care for this change tbh.


edit: are they allowing us to carry over conquest points to next season or will they convert them to honor points?

They always convert mate. Conquest and Valour points. So just spend up, don't bother saving.

[Multibocks]

Damn you blizzard! =(

[Toned]

Like having to do arena for conquest points when I just want to BG

Do rated BGs then ><

[Ualaa]

My only foray into rated battlegrounds did not go that well.
It was not horrendous either.

Joined a "For the Alliance", that did not end up getting nearly enough people.
Towards the end, twelve of us decided to do battlegrounds.
Could not join as larger than a five-man group.
So the dropped two of the remaining seven players (no one had any pvp gear); I was exempt as a 5-box everyone comes or everyone goes, with 3.5k res.

We got Twin Peaks.
We lost 3 flags to 0 flags; they got their Perfection Achievements.

My DK's were able to kill as many as seven pvp opponents at once.
And did not die at all.
Their adjusted rating at the end was mid 1700's.



I love the larger scale battlegrounds.
And don't really care for Arena or the current implementation of rated BGs.

Whether they're forcing you to Arena or forcing you to do Rated BGs for Conquest points...
Either way, they're already dictating what type of PvP you can do if you want the best PvP gear.

Not sure which will be least painful...
a) Arena + Rated BG's
b) Arena + PvE and convert points
c) Just do the normal BG's that are fun... potentially be 1 season of gear behind... but not bother with Conquest points at all.