11-05-2006, 01:37 AM
Quote:I was under the assumption that the arena system operated on a sort of item-level restriction basis, so that people in BRS tier0.5 gear with a smattering of the occasional odds and ends from the various BGs and maybe AQ20/ZG would be able to beat or at least challenge a less-skilled, but better-geared team from a guild that's been farming Kel'Thuzad since three months before the Naxx patch. I seem to remember seeing a blue post with something to that effect.
The gear/skill/organization matching system might be coming in that patch as well, but my understanding is that it applies only to BGs. The arena matches aren't ranked because your score is based on how you do against opponents ranked higher or lower than you. The more consistently you win matches against even or higher ranked opponents, the better your (Arena) rewards.
Other news that came out today that is slightly off-topic, the T4 stats came out and...they're missing resilience rating. They appear to have better damage or healing than arena gear, but with less stamina and resilience.
So the BG and Honor rewards look like they will provide an "entry level" PvP set that you can tune with some PvE items and some arena rewards and still manage to be competitive in Arena battles (assuming you have "L2P-ed")