Upcoming Battleground Changes

[ragawaga]

It'll probably make it quicker to get into a BG too for those who are using it to suppliment XP while levelling a new team. When I was doing my shamans, I'd initially hoped to level solely from BGs, but found the queue time to make that a no go. So I'd join the queue and then continue questing. With it being random, you'll get into one quicker in theory. Granted it might not yield as much xp/honour as doing AV over and over, but will still get you in.

[Void]

I just want it to fix the queue times. Sit in AV queue for 18-25 min usualy. Im maxed out on gear and sick of heroics i just nee honor for wrathful offsets but at this rate will take forever!

[Kicksome]

Ah that sounds great. So upping the honor, getting rid of marks, and a random queue system. BGs might actually be fun, or at the very least, an efficient use of time.

The current situation is so bad I only do the daily or BG for fun. You can get double or triple the honor just farming heroics.

You can get honor farming heroics? How does that work exactly?

[MiRai]

You can get honor farming heroics? How does that work exactly?

Stone Keeper's Shards turned into the guy in Wintergrasp reward honor. 30 Shards = 2000 Honor.

I believe you are only rewarded 4 per boss though. So even in a heroic with 5 bosses you can't purchase 1 www.wowhead.com/?item=Wintergrasp Commendation. On the Bloodlust battlegroup [where Kicksome, myself, and numerous others reside] AV queues don't take that long; and when boxers unite it's tough to lose so you're pretty much guaranteed around 2000 honor per AV which takes about 15-20 minutes. If you're on a bad battlegroup I can see farming heroics being a better option than waiting in AV queues 20 minutes at a time.

[cmeche]

Stone Keeper's Shards turned into the guy in Wintergrasp reward honor. 30 Shards = 2000 Honor.

I believe you are only rewarded 4 per boss though. So even in a heroic with 5 bosses you can't purchase 1 www.wowhead.com/?item=Wintergrasp Commendation. On the Bloodlust battlegroup [where Kicksome, myself, and numerous others reside] AV queues don't take that long; and when boxers unite it's tough to lose so you're pretty much guaranteed around 2000 honor per AV which takes about 15-20 minutes. If you're on a bad battlegroup I can see farming heroics being a better option than waiting in AV queues 20 minutes at a time.

I agree. AV que times for Reckoning Alliance side are 1-3 min. I have been getting an average of 1600 honor per win, 600-800 per loss. I will even get into an AV where the only thing horde does is run straight to Van and kill him within the first 5 min of the start. With Galv down and Balinda still up.....HOrde wins but gets ~300 honor.....Alliance looses and gets 800 honor. 800 honor for 5 mins is pretty dern good.