Currency Conversions Coming with Patch 4.4.0 on April 30

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Greetings!

As we prepare for the release of the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch next week, we want to update you on some of the currency conversions that will take place during maintenance. Just like the original transition from Wrath of the Lich King to Cataclysm, the currency systems used for purchasing many items in Cataclysm Classic will change.

Justice Points

Emblems of Triumph and Emblems of Frost will be converted into Justice Points, and there will be a cap, as detailed below. All emblems and badges that are lesser than Frost and Triumph will be converted into gold. This includes legacy badges, such as Badges of Justice. If any of these older currencies are found on your character, they will convert into gold, and you’ll receive that gold via in-game mail.

Any bosses that you defeat that are level-appropriate to you (that previously awarded badges or emblems upon defeat) will now award Justice Points. Similarly, any items that previously cost emblems or badges of any type will now cost Justice Points.

We’re planning for these conversions to mirror those of the original Cataclysm. Outdated emblems will convert directly to gold:

  • 1 Badge of Justice → 1 gold 83 silver 30 copper
  • 1 Emblem of Heroism → 5 gold 50 silver
  • 1 Emblem of Valor → 5 gold 50 silver
  • 1 Emblem of Conquest → 5 gold 50 silver
  • Current emblems (Triumph and Frost) will convert to Justice Points at a rate of 11.58 Justice Points per emblem:
    • 1 Emblem of Triumph → 11.58 Justice Points
    • 1 Emblem of Frost → 11.58 Justice Points

Please note that Justice Points will only be awarded up to the cap of 4,000 points. Any emblems of Triumph or Frost beyond that will be converted to gold at a rate of 47 silver per emblem. This differs slightly from Original Cataclysm, during which the conversion was 47 silver + 50 copper per point. There will be no “soft cap” period for Cataclysm Classic.

Arena Points

Season 8 ended last week, and Arena Points were converted to Honor Points at the usual rate (1 Arena Point = 10 Honor Points). Please note:

  • Because this was the final season of the Wrath expansion, the prices of Wrath gear will not be discounted in advance of Cataclysm Classic.
  • Before the Cataclysm pre-patch, Honor Points may be spent on Wrath gear. Any Wrath Honor Points that are not spent will be converted during the Cataclysm pre-patch maintenance.

PvP Currency Conversions

With the release of patch 4.4.0 on Tuesday, April 30, all Honor Points, any leftover Battleground Marks of Honor, Stone Keeper’s Shards, Venture Coins, and Spirit Shards will be converted into the new Honor Points. The new Honor Point pool will also have a cap for these conversions.

At the time of conversion to the new Honor Points, items that previously cost Honor or Arena Points will become available in-game for the new Honor Points. Gear from Wrath Classic will have its rating restrictions lifted (except for tabards). Rated Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds won’t be available again until Season 9 (shortly after the release of Cataclysm Classic), when they can be entered to win the higher-tier PvP Conquest Points.

We plan for the conversions to the new Honor Points to be similar to those of the original Cataclysm. Your new Honor Points total will be the sum of the following amounts:

  • Old Honor * 0.024
  • Battleground Mark of Honor * 2.976
  • Wintergrasp Mark of Honor * 19.08
  • Stone Keeper Shard * 1.6
  • Venture Coin * 3
  • Spirit Shard * 1

The new Honor Points will also have a cap of 4,000. Any excess points above 4,000 will be converted at a rate of 35 copper per Honor Point. Again, there will be no “soft cap” period for Cataclysm Classic. Please note that this gold conversion rate differs from what was announced in 2010 for Original Cataclysm (35 silver per point).

Please remember that purchasing any item with the new Honor Points and Justice Points after the patch will require that the purchaser meet the item’s minimum level requirement.

Thank you very much!

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Then why did it say in the stickied end of season post arena points will not be converted until 4.4? I would have spent all my points had this been announced

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Are there any plans for conversions of Sidereal Essence or Defiler’s Scourgestones?

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sooo cringe… another direction of the classic dev team backwards like so many others when you introduced the radio silence for main expansions on classic inestad of the wanted child SoD…

Hey lets make plate users get a legendary weapon easily while the rest will eat dirt for the rest of the expansion until we say so… surely they will enjoy pvp like that…

:man_facepalming:

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Should this read per Point, not per emblem?

**EDIT
On the PTR they are converting per point as suspected.

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why were arena points converted without warning?

the level of communication is pathetic

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Will the elite weapons still be available in pre-patch?

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“Please note that Arena Points will be converted to Honor when patch 4.4.0 releases.” - Linxy, April 2nd.

Please tell us the truth. Either the plan was to have arena points converted when the pre-patch hit and you made an error, or you made an error telling us incorrect information in the April 2nd post. I am trying really hard here to give you the benefit of the doubt and avoid using terms like “lied to us,” but the communication surrounding the end of season 8 has been an absolute debacle.

If your plans deviate from what occurred in previous seasons, we deserve to have accurate information regarding your plans for arena points, and we absolutely deserve to have misstatements corrected before people lose thousands of arena points saved for the end of season.

You should not have kept us in the dark. You should not have told us after the fact what your plans were as though those plans were obvious and reasonable, when they did not comport with either your previous statements, or the way you previously handled end of season arena point behavior. Frankly, I think we deserve at least an apology and a full explanation of what went wrong and how you plan to avoid similar situations from happening in the future.

This was a failure. Please treat it as such.

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So instead of converting arena points to honor in prepatch you guys jumped the gun with 0 warning and communication. I had 75k honor and 10k arena points expecting them to be converted into the new honour it at least gold.

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I was right to cancel my subscription, cata will be a disaster apparently

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whats going to happen with the arena points we can accrue right now with pvp dailies?

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That’s gonna be a big booooooooo from me dog. All I read was “We were too lazy to let you spend your hard earned arena points and use them for two weeks so we didn’t even take the time to tell you what was going on”.

Pathetic

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So extra Emblems of Frost convert to less gold than previous phase emblems?

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Come on bruh

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That’s a big slap in the face to those who had 75k honor and arena points ready to spend.

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You should add a 50%+ discount to all JP and honor gear in the pre-patch until Cata comes out.

There’s no reason to bother farming any of it at the normal costs between the 30th and the 20th. The time investment to farm full sets of gear in the pre-patch is probably longer than the time you’d be using the gear before replacing it in Cata.

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best bet for maxium payout is to just convert badges over 346 to conquest since frost and tri badges only give 47s per but conq is 5g 50s

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yeah but theres a vendor in the underbelly you can convert to the less tier badge

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This is insane that you converted arena points without telling anyone. Awful.

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