Rated battlegrounds


Rated battlegrounds will be an alternate way of earning arena points, arena rating, and other rewards. There will be a limit on how many points you can earn each week through this method, and the amount of points able to be earned will be based on your rating. The higher the rating the more points you can earn. Points will be awarded after each win and you will not suffer any rating loss. There will be 2 types of ratings: personal and match-making.

A new featured weekly battleground will be introduced to help concentrate the queues so that games will always be available.

  • New AV person max group signup of 25 people at a time, down from 40.
  • New Rewards
  • Honor titles from the original PvP system will make a come back based in rated battlegrounds.
  • Including, among others: Master Sergeant, General, Grand Marshal, and Scout
  • Guild achievements and experience
  • New epic ground mounts!
  • Arena points will be awarded as you win games, not every Tuesday, or Wednesday if playing on European servers. Limit to maximum amount of points each character are able to gain per week. This limit is based on your rating; the higher your rating, the more points. The highest rating ever earned is used to calculate maximum amount of points you are able to earn.  When you win Battlegrounds, you will gain rating and arena points. However, if you lose a battleground, you will not suffer any rating loss.
New featured weekly battleground to help concentrate the queues so as many people as possible are in one queue.

New UI showing PvP stats and the possibility to queue from anywhere with the new 'rated' option.

New PvP rewards

Honor titles
Epic ground mounts
Arena points
Guild achievements/levels


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