Classic PvP Content Breakdown

[Tin]

A update to the pvp plan in classic

https://www.wowhead.com/news=291079/...plan-explained

[MiRai]

Direct link if you dislike WoWHead:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...nt-plan/146049

[Apatheist]

The items you earn from the PvP Rank Rewards will be the versions from patch 1.12

This could cause problems. The PvP rewards from 1.12 were significantly stronger than raid gear right up until Naxx. Particularly the rank 14 weapons. If people have access to this stuff through BWL and AQ it'll have a pretty significant impact on progression difficulty.

[Tin]

This could cause problems. The PvP rewards from 1.12 were significantly stronger than raid gear right up until Naxx. Particularly the rank 14 weapons. If people have access to this stuff through BWL and AQ it'll have a pretty significant impact on progression difficulty.

They know....

In the third phase, we’ll introduce the first Battlegrounds: Alterac Valley (version 1.12) and Warsong Gulch, alongside with their associated vendors. One thing to note is that there were a couple of updates to these vendors over the course of the original patch releases, so some items won’t be available right away. For example, the Spell Penetration trinkets available from the Warsong Gulch vendor weren’t introduced until Patch 1.9, so we’re currently thinking that we’ll add these in phase 5.

[Apatheist]

They know....

Seems to me that section is talking about the battleground vendors for AV, WSG, etc. Not the PvP quartermasters in Orgrimmar and Stormwind where you purchase PvP rank rewards. The article specifically states that the 1.12 rank gear will be available as soon as you achieve the required rank in phase 2, which is the phase before they open BWL.

They're also unclear whether they're using the earlier ranking system or the one after they increased the percentage of players that could achieve rank 14. I can absolutely see hardcore guilds running premades to farm gear will trivialize everything up to Naxx, groups camping flight paths for free honor, etc.

[MiRai]

The article specifically states that the 1.12 rank gear will be available as soon as you achieve the required rank in phase 2, which is the phase before they open BWL.

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?

[Mosg2]

Did someone who played in the beta they offered confirm that follow in world pvp was the same as on live in BFA?

[theemus]

Did someone who played in the beta they offered confirm that follow in world pvp was the same as on live in BFA?

The demo didn't allow horde / alliance to mix at all so I don't think you would have been able to test that specifically.

Horde were only allowed in barrens, alliance in westfall.