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Changes to the Arena system in WotLK

Acaila — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:57:45 +0000

Blizzard poster Zarhym has listed the up coming changes to the PvP Arena system for WotLK:

Upon the launch of WotLK all arena teams as well as ratings will be wiped and arena charter NPCs disabled.

Players will find they are still able to access the Arena system at level 70 for rated matches. However, we do not currently plan to offer new items or titles for this bracket.

Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.

Two new skirmish brackets (71-75, 76-80) will be available for players who wish to hone their Arena skills while leveling in Northrend.

Those who reach level 80 will once again have the opportunity to create new Arena teams and play in rated matches once a new season starts.

the sets released for the Arenas in Wrath of the Lich King will no longer share aesthetic similarities with tiered raiding gear.

He then goes on to say that

New items, titles, and end-of-season rewards will be offered to the most successful teams at level 80. … Players at level 80 will also have the opportunity to compete in two new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles.

You can read the full post here.

Honor and Arena points will not be reset when WotLK is launched.

Acaila — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:36:02 +0000

Blizzard poster Bornakk has announced that the previously mentioned wipe to PvP honor and points will no longer happen.

We had hoped that the introduction of some new Honor rewards in the upcoming patch would give players a great opportunity to spend any of their remaining Honor. However, many players would still be surprised by an Honor and token reset as it isn’t something we’ve done in the past. As such, we’ve decided to not reset Honor or tokens upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King.

You can read the full post here.

Arena season 4 ending when Patch 3.0.2 is released.

Acaila — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:31:14 +0000

Blizzard poster Eyonix announced that Arena Season 4 will be ending when patch 3.0.2 goes live (Due any time now).

… the current arena season will end in respect to the ladder upon the release of our next major patch. What this means is, we’ll be taking a snapshot of the current season’s ladder just before the realms are taken down for patch maintenance, and our normal process will commence to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. Teams and ratings will not be wiped at that time, and will carry forward allowing players to earn points each week (and buy gear) until the launch of the expansion on November 13th

You can read the full announcement here.