Arena PvP in expansion

The rated battles for the Arena System will match teams up by their team ratings. There will be some slight leeway to how close people are matched however since we don't want people having to wait too long.

They will be x-realm however the actual rankings will be based on what is going on within your own realm.

You will not be able to make custom arena matches but you will get to choose your team that you would like to use as well as the alternates that are a part of the team.

Drysc actually posted some points about the Arena system not too long ago.

• When a player enters an arena battle, all buffs and conjured items are purged/deleted. This is done to ensure no outside buffs or items from members outside of your team are able to be used in an arena battle.
  
• No consumables other than bandages and conjured items can be used while in the arena. There will be a waiting area similar to the current battlegrounds where players on the team will be able to conjure items and cast buffs.
  
• Abilities/spells/items with cooldowns longer than 15 minutes cannot be used while in the arena.
  
• Each arena team will be given a rating, and will be matched up in the arena queue against teams of a similar rating (matching within that specific cross-realm battlegroup). As time progresses the matching system will broaden its search up to a limit if a closely rated team cannot be found.
  
• Ratings adjustments are made in the same way that ELO ratings adjustments are made. This system works by adjusting each arena team's rating from a specific match based on the rating of the team they are up against. If a team wins against a team of a higher rating, the increase of their arena rating would be much higher than if they had won against a team of a lower rating. This system will help promote players improving their skill and besting teams which may have previously held the top spots.
  
• At the end of each week, characters receive arena points based on their team's rating. A team must have fought a minimum number of battles for the week, which we have announced as currently set to 10 games. A player must have played in at least 30% of the team's battles that week in order to be eligible to receive arena points. Each eligible player will then receive a fraction of the teams total awarded points to spend on arena rewards.
  
• Players may spend their points on arena rewards, or save their points until they have enough to get the rewards they desire.
  
• There is a limit to the number of points a player can stockpile, which is currently planned to be as high as the most expensive item.
  
• At the end of a season, players on a team are given a title based on their team's relative position on the ladder which will last through the next arena season.
  

I hope that helps a bit.

Q u o t e:
how many points to you plan to give out through this sytems with items costing around 3-4k like weapons or such how long will it take to get these items?

That's undetermined as of yet. Since we are still in testing it will be something that is adjusted as we go along.

Q u o t e:
Neth, any word on the conditions of victory?

Single elimination?

Total number of kills must be reached to win?

Single elimination is the name of the game at this point in time.

I don't have any further information on whether we will be matching PUGs and predetermined groups at this point in time but once we have more information on that we'll be letting people know. Matching gear in Battlegrounds will be done a bit more loosely than what is done in the Arena however.

Q u o t e:


Neth, will there be some sort of tournament at the end of the season perhaps?

I wish I had an answer for you right now but I don't. The most I can say is that the new system is going to open up some new possibilities.

Also to answer about teams, people preselect members of their team that includes alts. So a 2 vs 2 bracket would have a team of 4 on it. Two of those would be the main team and two would be the alternates.

Q u o t e:


single elimination meaning in arena pvp, if one person dies on your team first, you lose?
please elaborate.

First team to lose all of their members. So if you 2 v 2 and one of the team is killed but the other manages to kill the other two from the opposite team, it counts as a win for you even if you lost a member first.