How to Earn PvP Rewards in World of Warcraft

With the recent release of the 2.0.1 patch, the honor system and battleground rewards have been drastically altered. Gone are the days of having to grind Alterac Valley for 18 hours a day in order to make Grand Marshall and earn the Grand Marshall's weapons! So how do you get the epic PvP weapons and sets?

Difficulty:

Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Internet access to WOW
• High-powered computer

1. Go to the battlegrounds. As before, battlegrounds award Marks of Honor for competing in and finishing battles. You still earn 3 marks for a win, 1 for a loss. However, the Brigadier Generals in the war rooms are gone, so you no longer redeem Marks of Honor for cash and extra points.

2. Find the PvP rewards vendors. These folks are located in the major cities and near the entrances to the battlegrounds themselves (in Refuge Point, Arathi Highlands, the Alterac Mountains and so on). Now, instead of requiring a rank, a certain reputation with a faction and gold, PvP rewards are earned through honor points. As you earn these, spend them like cash at the reward vendors.

3. Spend your honor points and Marks of Honor. There is a set limit to the number of honor points you can accumulate, therefore it is in your interest to spend the points before you hit the limit, otherwise you will just be wasting your time in a battleground. The honor limit is currently set at around 90,000. However, this may change in the future.

4. 

   Fight and heal. Honor is awarded for both killing enemies and healing allies. Notice the new scoreboard in the battlegrounds that tracks both damage dealt and damage healed. If you are specced for healing, now is your time to shine!

5. Read the fine print. As before, the epic weapons and armor available for PvP have level requirements. As a level 58, you'll find it difficult to purchase the High Warlord's weapons.

6. Play all the battlegrounds. In an effort to encourage high-level players to visit battlegrounds besides Alterac Valley, Blizzard has assigned the required Marks of Honor for epic weapons and armor to Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin. This means that the 60s have to go back to Warsong and Arathi again. "But we always lose (Battleground X)!" Yes, it is tragic. You thought you'd never have to go back, but you must if you want that epic gear.

7. Take a rest. Unlike the old system, honor will not decay if you don't visit a battleground every week. Once you earn honor, it's yours until you spend it like cash. Honor tallies are updated nightly.

Tips & Warnings

• Most servers are seeing a massive influx of players entering battlegrounds to access epic gear that used to take months to assemble. Go for the gold!