Reputation gains for completing grey quests

[Gibbons-suramar (Gibbons)]

Not that I’m complaining, but I don’t remember getting full reputation for completing grey quests prior to WotLK.

Maybe it’s just because I was only 6 levels higher than the quests in question, but I remember getting only 4/5 of the reputation for that back in the day. (And 3/5 rep for being 7 levels higher, etc.)

[Balindrakk-feathermoon]

I thought the only thing that got worse was the xp. Could be wrong though. Not that it truly matters since the cloth turn ins will be in classic

[Ironsides-stormreaver (Ironsides)]

Reputation gains were indeed nerfed.

[Gibbons-suramar (Gibbons)]

Upon further questing, I have found that by completing “Grove of the Ancients” (a level 11 quest) at level 17, I do indeed gain 80% of the usual reputation reward. I don’t know if this is because of a recent update to the beta or some oddity with the other quests I had completed, but there is indeed an incentive to complete quests before they go grey, as there was before.

[Zodar-earthen-ring]

I can confirm that rep decay was introduced in the WSG update to the Beta on Friday. Earlier that morning I ran some tests on known quests and they gave full rep when gray. However, after the WSG patch later that day, I ran some more tests and verified that rep decay is now in effect for gray quests. You can see the results of my tests in this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/bshono/regarding_rep_gains_on_grey_quests_closed_beta/

You can see the results of other tests I’ve performed in the Beta here:

My Pre-Stress Test Observations

For those who don’t know me, I’ve been slowly working my way through the Beta the past few days, updating my Alliance Rogue Quest Completionist Guide. I’m only up to level 15 in the Beta so far, but that’s because I’ve been testing out every single quest at the appropriate level (before they turn gray) as well as testing various game mechanics as I go. Here are some noteworthy observations I’ve made (some of which may or may not already be known to many players): Spillover rep has been disapp…

[Gibbons-suramar (Gibbons)]

I suppose I should add that it’s not necessarily the color of the quests but the level difference that counts. Rep decay kicks in when you are 6 or more levels higher than your quest is. At low levels (6 and 7), quests turn grey when you are only 5 levels higher than the quest, but you can still do a level 2 quest at level 7 and get the full experience and rep for it.

I assume that by the same token, at higher levels when it takes longer for quests to turn grey, you’ll still get decayed rep for completing a quest 6 levels below yours even if the quest is green to you.