Breakfast Topic: How are you spending PvP points?

You can save Honor points, of course, until you reach level 80, even though everything at that stage will be much more expensive, and you won't be able to buy as much with what you earn today. Is this inflation enough to make you just wait till later to PvP in battlegrounds? Or do you want to hit 80 with us many points stored up as possible? Do any of the current PvP rewards look attractive enough for you to purchase them now instead of waiting?
The Arena is a somewhat simpler proposition. Any points you have will be gone as you start leveling up again, so you have to spend them now. Are they still worth earning? If so, will you spend them on gear? Or will you buy the special PvP gems in order to put them in gear you get later on?
Filed under: PvP, Breakfast Topics, Wrath of the Lich King, Battlegrounds, Arena
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
steve Oct 21st 2008 9:19AM
I want to question the statement, "You can save Honor points, of course, until you reach level 80, even though everything at that stage will be much more expensive, and you won't be able to buy as much with what you earn today".
Is this what folks playing in the beta are seeing? I can see that there will be new marks at 80, but the honor points are more a function of time spent in BGs than level, so I don't see why there would be "honor inflation". Is blizz increasing the rate at which honor points are earned at level 80, or is that still unknown at this point?
ThaddyPoo Oct 21st 2008 9:34AM
just like the current setup, more honor is earned at higher brackets of battlegrounds, the same will be true for level 80.
more honor earned per battleground = more honor per hour, which leads to more honor needed per item.
Bradley Nash Oct 21st 2008 9:37AM
I only played the Beta to get a taste of the DK while it was still ridiculously OP like I knew it would be (and was). So I didn't play to 80 because I didn't feel like doing it an extra time.
That said, look at the honor you're getting from bg's now. It appears they've made it so things like assaulting a base and hk's count towards the honor you get now. I rarely get less than 400 honor out of anything (accept AV's when i'm on defense... go figure).
Kbunch Oct 21st 2008 10:00AM
I am lvl 68 on my main. I am doing a combo of farming honor in BGs and xping so I hit 70 right when Litch comes out. There are a few things I want to buy before the expac comes out so I won't be saving my honor. I will just grind honor later as I approach 80 at end game. Its all about fun and as of right now I am having a blast doing BGs, so I don't really care about the honor so much, it is just a bonus.
Varris Oct 21st 2008 11:17AM
I don't care so much about storing up the honor, it's the marks that I was concerned about. Honor's easy to get, WSG marks not so much so.
Peppersmoke Oct 21st 2008 10:21AM
I think doing 10 games of arena is always worth it, though I can't say I understand why people in my guild are grinding s2 gear in bgs just to level. Considering the gear will be replaced relatively soon, I can't imagine it.
turkeyspit Oct 21st 2008 10:23AM
I've never enjoyed Arena, so eventhough I could grind the points to replace my S3 gloves with S4, I just don't see it as that big an upgrade to justify talking to the Goblin in the tuxedo.
As for BG marks & honor, I'm around 65k atm. I just run BGs now when I'm bored and/or if it happens to be the daily.
Lake Wintergrasp will define PvP for me in LK. If it's any good, I might focus on building up a LV 80 PvP set.
Sparkus Oct 21st 2008 10:49AM
I still have a few blues on my Pally so I'm just gonna PVP casually and spend the HP on remaining PVP gear. Leveling to 80 will be a nice break from PVP and when I get there I'll be ready to start over.
Sanol Oct 21st 2008 12:41PM
saving them up is the way to go :D
Lemons Oct 21st 2008 5:20PM
Yeah, seeing as I have all the honor rewards possible except the boots and the new trinket, I'll be getting those soon. Idc if wotlk is coming out, I like to pwn those noobs, so I get whatever kind of leg up I can.
Plus if I pwn (harder than I already do) it won't feel like such a grind when I do start stockpiling honor for wrath.
Yenivaz Oct 21st 2008 5:44PM
I've got 75k honor, and 4x 100 marks. I'll be sitting on them until level 80 then going on a (apparently short) spending spree.
Ice Princess Oct 21st 2008 11:15PM
I'm still wearing my s1 shoulders. LOL I only have 9k+ honor points and only 12 AB marks. I need 2k honor more and 8 marks to get the s3 shoulders! Ugh!!!
I'm already wearing s4 stuff and t4 gear... i'm a weirdo dressed in pve and pvp gear. =p