So a number of discussions i have been part of in a number of my pvp community’s is the pvp gear for season one and a good bit of ppl are not sure on this subject and if the gear will be upgradable with honor like in the past couple of expacs.
I know crafted stuff will be 398 , honor will be 411 and conquest will be 424 in bgs and arenas as well as the world pvp gear available with blood coins being like 408.
Some ppl are saying that nothing will be upgradable with honor while others say that conquest gear will be upgradable if u get the higher rating in rated pvp. Which is true ?
I know it shows on honor gear it shows upgrade level 1/5 and ppl say that is upgrade for pve level stuff. Also i know u can get higher wpvp upgrades with some new currency not yet in game and the lower item for a trade in. on that note does the set bonus work in random BGs and rated or just wpvp ppl are telling me conflicting storys . Im to bust in a BG to really take notice .
Its kind of confusing right and i assume that conquest stuff will be the best stuff to grind for when season starts if i just really want to play some rated stuff and not so much wpvp
The crafted gear has no upgrade ranks.
The world pvp set is different and it’s set bonus does not work in instanced pvp
When in instanced PVP (battlegrounds, arena, solo shuffle, rated battlegrounds etc) honor gear and conquest gear instantly increase to the highest possible ilvl on that piece. When in warmode, you are the lower ilvl on that piece until you attack an enemy player, then you will get a little stutter lag while your gear increases it’s ilvl to the max.
The upgrades for honor gear are just for PVE content and we’re maxed at rank 3/5 right now.
Conquest gear upgrades will exist, for honor, but will only affect PVE as well. The additional ranks are gated behind rating.
I think the confusion is that people are saying there are no upgrades when really they mean that you don’t HAVE to upgrade them. If all you want to do is arena, and that’s it, theres no need for you to upgrade your pieces. Upgrading your gear to the higher ranks will give you no advantage in instanced pvp
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^ Bump for a really great explanation.
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Is the CQ gear lock like honor is 3/5 or can we go straight to duelist if we have the rating?
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Yep should be able to. I think they were just gating the honor gear upgrades until the season started so the honor gear wasn’t the best pve gear you could get it something
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I didn’t realize this was the case. Was under the impression that the PVP iLevel didn’t work in World PVP (even against players). Neat!
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Anyone know when the season starts? Looking foreward to upping my honor gear past 3/5 and moving onto some conquest gear. Yeehawe!