
The two initial battleground areas, Alterac Valley and Warsong Gulch, went live June 7th, 2005. Those who demonstrate their bravery and prowess will be rewarded handsomely, with the most powerful gear and weapons in their faction's armories. Each faction struggles to assert their dominance in these battlegrounds in the name of their faction and for personal honor, gaining rank and standing among their allies as a result of their actions on the field. Fighting for the rights to valuable resources, access to powerful technologies or control of strategic ground, these battles rage endlessly. Two things all battlegrounds have in common are player versus player combat, and the necessity for teamwork and coordination to achieve victory.īattlegrounds represent major staging posts in the ongoing conflict between the Alliance and the Horde. Different battlegrounds may focus on individuals carrying mobile objectives, squads holding fixed objectives, pilots operating siege vehicles, or whole raids killing NPCs, as well as countering those actions by the enemy. Battlegrounds are categorized as capture the flag matches, resource races featuring multiple nodes, or general warfare involving the attrition of reinforcements and elimination of enemy objectives. Battlegrounds range from small encounters of 10 players to a side, to large-scale conflicts featuring 80 players and dozens of NPCs. Each has its own design, location, and context, as well as its own rules, objectives and special objects. There are a number of battlegrounds in World of Warcraft. PvP zones are also very similar to battlegrounds, sharing many of the basic features. These types of battleground often vary slightly in their rulesets - see those pages for information. War Games offer a similar experience, but with no rewards or rating adjustments involved, giving organized players a chance to play just for fun against a team of their choice. Rated battlegrounds are fought between two highly-organized teams of dedicated players, offering additional rewards in the form of conquest points, as well as the chance to acquire a personal and team rating, and rise to the top of the regional PvP ladders. Players can queue for battlegrounds through the PvP interface.īattlegrounds can also be experienced as rated battlegrounds or War Games. The first battlegrounds become available at level 10, with new battlegrounds becoming available as the player levels. Players can also gain experience points through participating in battlegrounds, making them a viable option for leveling. Battlegrounds are the main way for players to earn honor points, used to purchase PvP rewards. In them players can participate in team PvP, struggling for victory in one of a number of battlegrounds against a similarly capable team of players from the opposite faction. 6.2.1 Focused Assault and Brutal Assaultīattlegrounds are instanced areas used for player versus player combat (PvP).
