Quote Originally Posted by MiRai View Post
If they stick with that release schedule, then, realistically speaking, how many people could be expected to acquire them, per server, and how powerful are the items in comparison to what would be available?
If you were getting 13000 realm points a week (standing 1 on a high enough pop server) every week you would hit r14 on week 13 of the honor system.

How many people that can acquire the higher ranks is going to depends on server pop, the calculations are based on the active amount of pvpers on your faction each week.

A % of those players can get the top bracket Realm Points (between 13000 and 12000)
A bigger % can get the second bracket Realm Points (between 12000 and 11000) And so on, the % of players in each bracket increases as you go down, the Realm Points you receive for each bracket are lower the further down you go.

The gear is very strong for most classes, on AQ level.

Compare Conqueror's Spaulders (t2.5 warrior) to r13 Shoulders for a warrior
Conqueror's
- Ilevel 78
- 659 armor
- 16 Agility
- 20 Strength
- 21 Stamina
- 4 Defense
- 1% hit

to r13
- ilevel 74
- 626 armor
- 16 Agility
- 18 Strength
- 23 Stamina
- 1% hit