PVP gear for the pre-BWL phase

[Dzielkus]

We need blue turtle tier 1 of pvp.
And we need to reset ranks gained before 1
1.18 with ZERO effort. R9+ AND city protector title for 1 or 2 played BG, or few world pvp kills is f***ing joke guys.

[Darkberry]

I am of the same opinion.
PvE farming for PvP activities...

[Ubivakafrm]

Very much agree on this. Just give us blue pvp gear until BWL, it's not better than most mc gear anyways. People who want to get bis will still be farming mc every week, but give those of us who don't want to an option

[Don]

Patch 1.18.1 brought some serious changes to PvP rank progression system and PvP gear. There are now T1, T2 and T3 gears that are on par with raid equipment, with boosted Stamina and Resilience. To keep PvE and PvP balanced, we're planning to cap players at Rank 10 until Phase 2 drops (BWL, ZG, ES), which will let them purchase a full 6-piece set of T1 PvP gear, but won't let them get gear with a higher item level than what's available in the current PvE phase. Players will be able to start earning rank progression and Honor as early as level 10 through Battlegrounds and starting contested areas, so by the time they hit 60 they'll already have some rank and honor points to pick up some PvP items. Meanwhile, getting T1 raid gear requires 60lvl and successfully clearing Molten Core with at least 20ppl, where not everyone can quickly get the loot they want - due to the once-a-week lockout cd and how loot is distributed. These restrictions shift the focus toward PvP and make Battlegrounds and PvP events way more appealing, but you'll still need to clear all the current PvE content since not everything can be bought from PvP vendors.

As for transferring characters from the HC server to the PvP realm — this won't be available at launch. We plan to open transfers about a month after PvP server launch (timing may change depending on server population and activity). For the first while, it'll be a truly fresh and new server, and players from C'Thun won't be able to get an edge over new player.

[Darkberry]

is this a victory?

[Duraluminium]

Hello Don!
Thanks for the answer!
So we will be able to farm our precious 1.18.1 T1 PVP sets from the start, amazing news!

PVP SERVER HYPE

[Elis4037]

I hope the developers have really heard the community. It would be strange not to add a decent pvp gear on a server that opens while the pve server is in the process of opening content. In other words, people come to the pvp server for pvp, not for hardcore farming of the pve gear.

[Duraluminium]

I hope the developers have really heard the community. It would be strange not to add a decent pvp gear on a server that opens while the pve server is in the process of opening content. In other words, people come to the pvp server for pvp, not for hardcore farming of the pve gear.

Don's answer shows that we were heared, and that's great news

[Darktifa]

Patch 1.18.1 brought some serious changes to PvP rank progression system and PvP gear. There are now T1, T2 and T3 gears that are on par with raid equipment, with boosted Stamina and Resilience. To keep PvE and PvP balanced, we're planning to cap players at Rank 10 until Phase 2 drops (BWL, ZG, ES), which will let them purchase a full 6-piece set of T1 PvP gear, but won't let them get gear with a higher item level than what's available in the current PvE phase. Players will be able to start earning rank progression and Honor as early as level 10 through Battlegrounds and starting contested areas, so by the time they hit 60 they'll already have some rank and honor points to pick up some PvP items. Meanwhile, getting T1 raid gear requires 60lvl and successfully clearing Molten Core with at least 20ppl, where not everyone can quickly get the loot they want - due to the once-a-week lockout cd and how loot is distributed. These restrictions shift the focus toward PvP and make Battlegrounds and PvP events way more appealing, but you'll still need to clear all the current PvE content since not everything can be bought from PvP vendors.

As for transferring characters from the HC server to the PvP realm — this won't be available at launch. We plan to open transfers about a month after PvP server launch (timing may change depending on server population and activity). For the first while, it'll be a truly fresh and new server, and players from C'Thun won't be able to get an edge over new player.

Octo is already doing more than Turtle did for TeL'Abim

[Exon]

What a great news, Don! We are here for the PvP activity with some PvP-gear available!