WoW: WotLK Classic: Battle for Wintergrasp – Battleground is instanced
Looking ahead to PvP in WotLK Classic, the question quickly arose as to how to approach Wintergrasp. do you pack dozens of players into one zone for factions? How does layering and sharding work? And what else changes in the special outdoor PvP zone. The developers answer these questions in a blog post. You can read the summary here.
One of the highlights of Wrath of the Lich King was the large-scale Battle of Wintergrasp battlefield, which allowed players to face off for battle several times a day in the eponymous area in the heart of Northrend. Depending on who was controlling the fortress, players had to take on the role of attacker or defender. The attackers had to use tanks, catapults and bombs to destroy two walls including the main gate on one side of the fortress in a given time in order to be victorious. Defenders held off the tanks with their lives and the fortress’ turrets.
With this classic feature, however, the question arises as to whether the developers will bring the Battle of Wintergrasp into play the same way they did back then, or adapt it to today’s conditions. in one official blog post the developers extensively explain their plans for the outdoor battlefield. You can find the highlights here. In short, not much changes, but the battlefield needs to be instanced.
Wintergrasp is instanced
Source: buffed
- Player traffic in Wintergrasp at the start of a battle will be huge. However, modern features such as sharding or layering do not work in this battlefield or would cause too much damage. That’s why Wintergrasp is instanced.
- Every three hours, players outside Wintergrasp or in Dalaran will receive a notification that the Battle for Wintergrasp is about to begin. Players outside of Wintergrasp will receive an invitation to queue, and players in Dalaran will have a short window of opportunity to speak to an NPC in their faction’s territory to queue.
- Significantly lower cap and minimum number of players of both factions needed to start battle (previously 40 needed on each side).
Tenacity buff remains
- tenacity is a stacking buff that increases the power of outnumbered players *clear* elevated.
Wintergrasp essence buff remains unchanged
- This buff effect gives you access to additional content. For example, after the battle you can face off against the elemental enemies in the Wintergrasp zone or access a stone keeper’s shards.
- This is a special currency that players can use to purchase powerful items such as mounts, item enchantments, and recipes
Millennium as an outdoor area
- Wintergrasp will continue to exist as a PvP outdoor area in Wrath of the Lich King Classic, functioning much as it did during non-battle periods.
- player with the Essence of Wintergrasp gain access to the enemy wraith elementals in the zone, and the faction’s NPCs remain available. Of course, PvP markers are also enabled at all times.
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