I suspect we will be buying items with points and you earn points each week based on your pvp standing from honor.
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I dont think its going to be a currency system because it would completely invalidate the blue set, you would be trolling yourself if you spent points on the inferior set.
I think the system is going to remain mostly the same but with the removal of decay.
It will likely still take a total of 12 weeks of bracket 1 placement to go from rank 0 to 14 or longer at lower brackets.
Maybe there will be decay but only if ypu literally dont pvp at all that week, so as long as you at least get 10 hks you dont lose your rank.
So you will still achieve rank 14 much faster by no lifeing bracket 1 every week, but as long as you consistently pvp you will slowly but surely accumulate rank points and get rank 14 without degenerate marathon gaming
Thats my prediction
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It could be this - perhaps in the SoM version it will have gear progression. What I mean by that is the early ranking will reward the original pvp sets, the superior sets (we currently have) might release around aq?
I would also like to agree - which ever system (no decay or currency) we will likely see an enormous increase in era pvp participation. I for one ABSOLUTELY welcome this, the old system makes your IRL situation too much of a factor in how the MMO rewards you. It should be about the time you put in NOT the type of time (continuous or discrete and spread out).
*in my opinion
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Completely agree with this sentiment.
Well no because the blue set would be significantly cheaper. And if you didnât do any PVE at all (besides questing to 60) the blue set would make your journey more enjoyable. But the zero decay system makes more sense for the actual pvp titles.
I just want to be able to get the PvP gear without having to quit my job and lose my wife.
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They used the word reset, which could be interpreted as not a currency system (which would be trash), but some serious change to the ranking system.
My hope is they leave the upward progression, going from things like boots and gloves up toward shoulders and helm and into weapon.
So lame seeing someone in full greens and an epic pvp weapon. Hopefully itâs also metered out in weeks and months, not a week or two.
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SOM pvp was alive at first because they had late phase pvp items while only MC was out, so the pvp gear (even blues) was better than pve gear. So all the pve players just ranked.
After BWL pvp was basically just the pvp players left and died shortly after.
While Iâll never be able to dedicate the time to grind to rank 14, the old system was far better than the SoM system. Seeing more people with rank 14 weapons just makes them less important and reducing the grind / decay will probably just kill pvp like they did in SOM.
Maybe they will do good, but I think they are playing with fire while covered in gasoline.
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good question
Since we are talking about PvP changes push the horde cave back in AV blizz.
Tbh I donât think anythingâs changing at all. I think theyâre just pooling all Clusters together
Why reset then? They didnât reset when they first made the clusters.
I dunno, im just saying donât get your hopes up with some huge astronomical changes. Expect less, and if itâs more itâll be better. I am literally only expecting a whole era pool link. I dunno, could also be fixing sanding
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Oh yeah - I agree with that position. I do wonder when exactly theyâll release more info, seems like it must be shortlyâŠ
What makes me lean towards pool joint and/or sanding is bc HC servers are coming.
Yeah so much right now is speculation - my gut is that itâs more than that, but ultimately time will tell.
I am unsure what a reset will accomplish?
If they want to start a new pvp âseasonâ so that former Rank x players lose access to their gear, then why not say so?
This would however also mean that pve players would also need to lose their gear, which I doubt will happen.
They may rework rewards to match them with T3, since the current were more about T2 & T2,5 level. They may dislike the idea that someone could camp Rank 14 and instantly buy the Naxx like gear from pvp vendors.
Ofc. they may also alter the pvp system, so that in future your rank isnÂŽt the entry ticket to gear for gold, but that you need to use your honor points instead. Ranking would then be purely cosmetic and unlocking gear just a grind for points that you can do over weeks, months or even years.
I just hope the dont allow trading/AH/mailbox before lvl 60
Will there be any backlog bug fixes with the release of this patch?
Hopefully thereâll be some news on the PTR and further details on the pvp system updates soon 
the anticipation is palpable.
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