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Changes to Honor Gain in Season of Discovery Phase 5
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While PvP wasn't heavily featured in Season of Discovery Phase 4, as Phase 5 begins the
honor gain system has received some buffs
to help players rank up. In Season of Discovery Phase 5, players will be able to
reach Rank 13
!
The changes to honor gains include:
Base Honor Gains doubled
Losing a match in WSG or AB now awards 2 Marks of Honor
Level 60 PvP Quests for AB and WSG that require handing in 3 Marks of Honor, now award
7500 Honor
per turn in
To remind you how the PVP Ranking System works in Season of Discovery, check out our article by clicking the button below.
How PvP Honor and Ranks Work in Season of Discovery
Player versus Player
Base honor gains will be doubled starting with the launch of Phase 5 of Season of Discovery.
We've made several adjustments to the reward structure of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch to incentivize players to engage with these battlegrounds:
Losing a match of Warsong Gulch or Arathi Basin now awards 2 Marks of Honor up from 1 mark in Season of Discovery.
The Level 60 versions of the quests Fight for Warsong Gulch, Battle of Warsong Gulch, Conquering Arathi Basin, and Claiming Arathi Basin now award 7500 honor per turn-in.
The separation between small group and premade groups has been removed.
Developer's Note: With the increase in honor rewards as well as the increase in rewards for losing a match of Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin, we are removing the queue separation implemented in earlier phases of Season of Discovery that separates premade groups (groups with more than 5 members) and small groups (groups with 1-5 members). This means that there is a single queue and players can be matched with each other with no restrictions regardless of being solo, in a small group, or in a full premade. We think this is important for the health of these two battlegrounds but we may make further adjustments to this system in future updates.
PvP Damage Reduction: Players now take 30% reduced Physical damage from other players and pets (was 20%) and 40% reduced Magic damage from other players and pets (was 30%)
The Reddit community has been on hand to explain exactly what these changes mean for players. While these numbers aren't confirmed as final for Phase 5, they give a good indication of what players should expect.
1 token = 2500 honor.
AB win = 1380 honor.
1 win = 1380 honor + 3 tokens (7500 honor) = 9k
1 lose = 0-1100 honor + 2 tokens (5000 honor) = 5kish
Regular AB back and forth battle WIN = 30 minute wins = 9000 honor = 18k honor per hour.
Regular AB back and forth battle LOSE = 30 minute lose = 6000 honor = 12k honor per hour.
"just lose guys, let them win" = 5-6 minute losses = 5000 honor x 6 = 30,000 honor per hour
Premade stomp = 5-6 minute wins = 9000 honor x 6 = 54,000 honor per hour.
The reason I only put 6 games despite the match length is because theres a 2 minute startup + queue time as allowance, Im sure you can probably get more than 6 wins per hour as a premade stomp in primetime.
Right now, while the honor gains in the game have been buffed, the token & mark hand-ins haven't been. That part of the change is expected to happen when Phase 5 officially launches on Thursday, September 26th.
So, shorter games could be more rewarding even to the point of incentivising losses. While this could increase overall PvP participation, commenters on Reddit are rightly concerned about what a
'just let them win'
Meta could do to the game.
The ranking system was overhauled in World of Warcraft Classic, with further tweaks in Season of Discovery. If you aren't familiar with the ranking system in Season of Discovery or Classic Era and would like to know more,
check out our guide here.
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