New pvp changes

[Hom]

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa .... 641726&P=1

 

[noobies]

seriously think thats fake

 

[Kiyona]

Quote for ppl at work who can't access any "forbidden" sites?

 

[Anshrr]

that link doesn't work, get the standard "empty" thread page.... :|
....which leads me to think it's true, whatever it is ^^

 

[Ayu]

The whole forums are down atm

 

[Hom]

Supposed to be an article in CGM with an interview with the lead designer and he mentions

-BG sort players by gear
-BG sort players by PUG and Groups
-Outdoor PvP consists of a tower in the World
-PvP items upgraded (common knowledge)
-Cross-server BGs (hinted)

Not sure if its true however.....

 

[Anshrr]

Well, on tura, the first points won't matter untill the last is in effect. So....

And they've already talked about the world pvp thing, with outdoor towers the sides can battle for...though I thought that was for BC /shrug

 

[Hom]

Computer Games July/Aug

issue 188 page 46.

"Player-versus-player point of interest include a trio of closely spaced towers that will be conquerable. If control is established by a team of one faction, the towers will provide substantial benefits like newly unlocked flight paths, bonuses to attack damage, and/or extra experience points."
(page 42, col 1, par 2)

regarding upgrades in 1.11:
"The upgrades are fairly substantial," [Chilton] says. "The 'blue' set's being replaced with a new one that ranges from three item levels higher in quality for the more easily obtained pieces to eight levels for the helm and shoulders, which will make them equivalent to Zul'Gurub and Ahn'Qiraj 20-man sets."
(page 46, col 1, par 2)

"Patch 1.12, due a couple of months after 1.11, will offer new rogue talent changes and a streamlined battleground matchmaking system to rank players more adroitly by analyzing factors like the quality of their gear and whether they joined the queue as a group."
(page 46, col 2, par 2)

Revised info.

 

[Anshrr]

Computer Games July/Aug
"Patch 1.12, due a couple of months after 1.11, will offer new rogue talent changes and a streamlined battleground matchmaking system to rank players more adroitly by analyzing factors like the quality of their gear and whether they joined the queue as a group."
(page 46, col 2, par 2)

So now you pvp people of equal gear and the win is based on skill, which is nice. Too bad the ranking system still is based on time spent.
(And wonder how easy this is to exploit. Enter queueue in greens, swap gear when you're inside?)

 

[Tirinium]

Might be that gear in bags wil also be taken into account.

 

[Guest]

And gear in bank, too, then.

 

[Tirinium]

Gear in bank wont make a difference since you cant equip it inside, and if you enter into greens, only skill makes a difference then

 

[Guest]

Can't you just wait at the bank and grab it when you get invite?

(Don't actually know how invites work, assume it's like being summoned.. PvP sucks. )

 

[Joy]

Can't you just wait at the bank and grab it when you get invite?

(Don't actually know how invites work, assume it's like being summoned.. PvP sucks. )

Both are partly right, I assume the game will calculate an average Item LVL of say, the ten highest Ilvl items in your bank, gear and bags. This number is then used to try and match groups.

Small deviations are really not going to make any difference, until the Horde-Alliance ratio balances out and games become much shorter. They can't let a Ilvl86 group wait for hours in a queue when an Ilvl80 is available, but not Ilvl85-87.

 

[Braque]

They can't let a Ilvl86 group wait for hours in a queue when an Ilvl80 is available, but not Ilvl85-87.

But thats exactly what they do with actual levels now.

 

[Joy]

They can't let a Ilvl86 group wait for hours in a queue when an Ilvl80 is available, but not Ilvl85-87.

But thats exactly what they do with actual levels now.

Well, different player levels also means different spells/ranks available, to add to the obvious lack of end-game gear on any lvl55

 

[Hom]

I wonder how this will affect AV. With that BG being available for 51-60 it kind of throws their ranking system out the window.

I suspect AV will be a unique case whereby it wont rank it based on gear.

 

[Hom]

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa .... ost8806466

The honor curve is slated to be adjusted to be more forgiving in 1.12. After that the more significant changes should be in the expansion. What those changes are exactly we couldn't say right now but it is definetly being worked on.

More people will be able to get into the upper ranks. Thus what is meant by adjusting the curve.