How do rated bgs work in cataclysm

Yes, but they will follow the same rules and restrictions as Arenas. Will Rated Battleground teams only be matched against other teams in their Battlegroup? Rated Battlegrounds will be region-wide, meaning that when you queue for a Rated Battleground, you will have the opportunity to be matched against a team from any of our North American World of Warcraft realms. Are there any plans to reward players with the highest Rated Battleground rating, similar to Arenas?

Epic ground mounts will be rewarded at the end of each season to the top 0. Titles are also available as you gain rating in the system. The titles are rewarded directly from achievements earned from gaining the required rating. Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer. Overwatch League. Log In. Races Classes Talents. Warcraft Lore. Arena World Championship. Mythic Dungeon International.

WoW Classic New. Log in. Try Free. New WoW Classic. Play WoW Free to Level Download WoW. My solution would be to implement an RBG as well as arena gear vendor. They would sell various tiers of gear depending on rating for marks of honor. There would also be pvp specific stats on them as well.

This is to prevent mythic raiders and gladiators from competing in the same bracket as a lower-geared pug. These sets would pretty much function the same across the board but obviously only be useful in their own respective instanced content as well as world content. You get the idea. An arena gladiator would not be able to play with RBG gladiators until he buys the base set and working his way up from there.

Sure - this may segregate the community into rbg, pve, arena. Last night I saw quite a few groups up.

There were maybe 10 groups up at around 9 or 10 PST time. And yet the exact same problem exists. Actually, it has everything to do with it. You were able to earn the same level of rewards from RBGs as you can from Arenas.

All you had to do was form a premade group and queue for rated battlegrounds and you would be put against other premade groups that queued for rated battlegrounds. Although some players would naturally keep playing for the challenge and fun, many would not, which would reduce the number of players in the pool after mid-week or however long it took most players to reach their Conquest cap , and rated battleground would get long queues, or simply not run at all after a while.

To change this, Blizzard has introduced a new system. When your character reaches their Conquest cap, they will now begin to earn Honor Points instead, and since there is no cap on the amount of honor you can earn in a week, this will give people an incentive to continue playing the rated battlegrounds.

This makes for a livelier PvP scene all round, with more teams and varied styles, and helps to keep the battlegrounds active for everyone. Restricted items in rated battlegrounds The same restrictions apply to consumables and engineering items as in Arenas. In short, all consumable items except for bandages and conjured mana drink or conjured food, and many engineering items are out and out banned fail to work , while others have specific uses removed as soon as you enter the rated battleground.

For example, all engineering goggles have their stealth detection removed in rated battlegrounds exactly as is the case with arenas. You will need to check on a case by case basis to see if specific items can be used in the battleground.

I hope that with this guide I have clarified the basics of Rated Battleground play, not everything in this guide originated from me but I am the one who compiled this information. If there is interest in a guide on setup and how to win certain BG's, I wouldn't mind making it. Last edited by soto; at PM.

You're wrong about "Restricted items in rated battlegrounds" As Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite - Item - World of Warcraft still works in rated bg while it does not work in arena. Last edited by Gbo; at PM. Originally Posted by soto. View All Related Videos. Demonic Leap Mastery. Shockadin PvP - 4. Barrmana 3. Exploding Labrats vs. Iron Qon 25 HC.