#10 - July 4, 2013, 1:46 p.m.
Yep! It’s a way for people to be able to catch up a bit faster if they start to PvP in the middle of a season, otherwise they would have no chance to really compete at all if they start this late.
I think more players doing Arena is always a good thing.
Enjoy your new gear! This is also a neat and quick way to gear up an alt for PvE, ilvl is 496/498, and PvP stats don’t count towards the ilvl budget, which means, they’re basically equivalent to PvE pieces of the same ilvl, except that they are generally lacking on hit rating ;)
Here’s the blog where we talk about the Conquest “Catch up”, you just have to scroll down a bit.
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10057074/