Mini Patch 1.8.4

[Kevin]

The hot topic was WSG since the holiday made abundantly clear the conflict of "properly played" WSG and the goals people have for the honor system.  I would also think a weighting of bonus honor based on the combined rank of the opposing team would go a long way in helping the issue as well.  At least I'd feel better when the opposing team is 2Hv10A knowing that they are getting far less honor than they would from a full team.
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I've often wondered why weighted honor wasn't used. Since the honor system is a ladder and the traditional way to climb a ladder is to beat those ahead of you. I like rewarding everyone for trying but weighting the honor amounts would help. A General will not get as much honor for killing a private as a corporal would for that same kill. A team with an average rank of 8 would not get as much bonus beating a team of average rank 4 as the would for beating an average rank 8 team. Now yes PvP rank does not accurately reflect skill, right now it reflects time spent, but the estimate it provides is close enough and the skilled players will rank up faster because they will win more or kill more higher ranked players, etc. And if since you are playing a team of average rank 10 say that might last 30 minutes since your kill values will be higher that might equal the same honor as steamrolling an average rank 4 team or whatever.

Since the goal of Battleground players is different. Some just want to rank up, get rewards, etc. Some want to just play PvP on a more even field than world PvP can provide. Some just like the strat and challenge that PvP offers, etc. You need to try and work the rewards so the min max, get my honor people, have the same incentive to do a 30 minute match as they do to do 3 10 minute matches or 6 five minute matches or whatever.