Remembering WoD for casual PVP gear

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@Muffindiver-dentarg

If you want the best gear, guess what? You have to put the work in to get it.

What about rating getting you conquest gear faster like in WoD and MoP?

Functionally, it is the same as having gear gated behind rating, in that you will have better gear than unrated players throughout the season. Only at the very end would an unrated player get a full set of conquest.

Blizzard (when they made the best PVP expansions) removed rating requirements:

@Denyel-tichondrius

It was, but then they removed in in 5.2 because:

Overall, we expect that these changes will create a more active and competitive PvP environment, narrow the gear gap between the highest rated players and those still working their way up the ladder, and open the door for more experimentation in terms of class or spec.

Full blue post:

PvP Gear in 5.2 and Beyond - WoW