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Blizzard Raising cost of PvP mounts in 3.3.3?
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Shiverlynn
You can't really compare honor you get from marks and honor you get just from running battlegrounds. Marks are really slow to earn, especially for those who are in the losing faction on their battlegroup. You have also to take into account that, if I'm not mistaken, the amount of honor gained is doubled in the next patch. So no, the cost of PvP mounts has actually been nerfed into the ground, on par with PvE mounts.
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hashmel
Making mounts cost honor is actually reducing the price, on a time scale.
Instead of having to do 3 different BGs you can focus on a single one which nets the most honor per time invested (AV) and also turn in Stone Keeper's Shards for additional honor.
It's a good thing and it's 1 step closer to removing the BG marks altogether without simply making them worthless or "stealing" from the players by making them utterly disappear.
So yes, the mounts will have a higher price but the currency used to purchase them will be far more accessible then it is now to both the hardcore pvp player and pve player alike.
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Onijitsu
I agree with you 100% Hashmel.
The one fly in the ointment is that honor points will come more directly from actual killing blows. So, you get more honor? But, you also have to work harder for it as well.
(I personally think this was an overdue change... though, I really, really want to get my Black War Kodo ASAP, dang them!)
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RareLine
It currently cost 90 badges to get a PvP mount (50 for AV).
You will be able to trade those badges in for 185 Honor per badge
90 x 185 = 16,650 honor
Mounts will now cost 50,000 honor
If you have the marks or are close to it, buy your mounts as soon as possible.
Note: Obviously its subjective. You can farm honor in some places faster than you can the badges, so how much of a price increase it actually is in terms of time spent is relative.
what i am curious about is were you found the 185 honor number. Last time i recall it was 2k
Ya, same here.... Please let it be 2k per badge..... My druid needs PvP gear :(
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NeoBlackheart
I get 40k honor just from doing 1 WG and the quests then I can turn in the Stone Keepers shards to get around 4k more
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Vaeku
The one fly in the ointment is that honor points will come more directly from actual killing blows. So, you get more honor? But, you also have to work harder for it as well.
This is one thing I don't particularly like. In this case you basically can't be healing or else it'll take you forever to get the necessary honor.
But at the same time it's a welcome change, as I want some of the mounts badly (hell, even the black strider and elekk look cool).
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hashmel
Also worth mentioning, with honor being the currency of choice and BG marks being exchangeable for honor it means those that enjoy AB and WSG for quick marks can continue doing AB and WSG and those that enjoy AV for the honor can continue doing AV and it'll help to bring back the good ole AV days and offput people from blitzing which isn't the intent of the BG.
Who knows, maybe it'll result in us seeing more AV lords being summoned even.
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Onijitsu
They are raising the honor gained through HKs, and nerfed all other sources (WG, BG-daily etc), iirc. Correct me if I'm spouting crap, I'm too lazy to look up the patch notes :>
Actually, everything's doubled. The daily grants 3,723 honour on the PTR. All bonus honour, from doing dailies to killing people to capturing towers in AV, is calculated off the value of one "honourable kill", which on live is worth 62.05 Honour and on the PTR 124.1.
Not everything. Quests are being reduced, in the honor they provide.
The one fly in the ointment is that honor points will come more directly from actual killing blows. So, you get more honor? But, you also have to work harder for it as well.
This is one thing I don't particularly like. In this case you basically can't be healing or else it'll take you forever to get the necessary honor.
But at the same time it's a welcome change, as I want some of the mounts badly (hell, even the black strider and elekk look cool).
That's a really, really good point. It generally sucks (already) for healers in the battlegrounds. People just don't give them the due protection they deserve, for what they do for the group.
The amount of Honor awarded for an
Honorable Kill
has been increased by 100% for characters of all levels.
They would never make it Killing Blow.
I personally hope they raise the honor cap now that marks are gone.
Hrm... You might be right about that distinction. I admit I accepted certain information from Randy Jordan (on the "The Instance!" podcast) and it seemed to indicate this.
Honestly? From a guy who is descended from both Samurai and Vikings... What makes a kill honorable, if I am not the one doing the killing?
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OptimusJ
Well, considering how long I take to make 50K Honor, and how long I take to make 90 BG emblems, for me it is cheaper in 3.3.3.
Wintergrasp and Call to Arms, not to mention the random BGs and rewards for battling there are WAY faster than the emblems, and all-in-all give an impression of turning cheaper.
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ZoraLink
The one fly in the ointment is that honor points will come more directly from actual killing blows. So, you get more honor? But, you also have to work harder for it as well.
This is one thing I don't particularly like. In this case you basically can't be healing or else it'll take you forever to get the necessary honor.
But at the same time it's a welcome change, as I want some of the mounts badly (hell, even the black strider and elekk look cool).
I'd love to see a source. Haven't heard anything like this, and highly,
highly
doubt Blizzard would screw healers over like that. Everything I've seen/heard has said it comes from HKs and from the random BG, etc. Not once has KBs been mentioned.
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Sincerity
Can we get a conformation on the badges worth only 185 honor a piece?
I was hoping to get 25 marks of honor on one of my babies and get me a pretty mount.
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