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Season 4 Requirements and Arena Changes

Drysc just made a long announcement, officially informing the community of the Season 4 rating requirements. He explains that, due to the high quality of the new Arena items, which are on a par with the very latest armor from the Sunwell Plateau, the rating requirements are quite high to ensure the correct amount of effort is put in to obtain them.

He also let us know about some upcoming Arena changes. The changes will be brought in to prevent players being able to cheat the system by joining high-rated teams and earning Arena points much faster than they normally would.

All this means that Season 4 can't be far off now, although Blizzard always provides at least 2 weeks' notice before a season ends and a new one begins. This post continues on after the break:

	Blizzard Quote: (Source)
	While Season 3 is still going strong, we wanted to announce ahead of time the rating requirements that will be present for arena items once Season 4 begins. We also wanted to give everyone a heads up to some changes that will be in an upcoming patch, altering how points are gained and players are matched in the arena system. The patch with these changes is scheduled to release before the start of Season 4. First though, the rating requirement changes: When Season 4 begins, Season 3 items will be reduced in personal and team arena rating requirement to: Shoulders: 1950 Weapon: 1800 The new Season 4 items will have the below personal and team arena rating requirements: Shoulders: 2200 Weapon: 2050 Head: 1700 Chest: 1600 Legs: 1550 Gloves: none Off-hand: none In addition, some of the Season 4 quality items that will be purchasable with honor will also carry a personal and team arena rating requirement: Boots: 1700 Ring: 1650 Bracers: 1575 Belt: none Necklace: none Trinket: none The Season 2 items, which will move to the honor system when Season 4 begins, will continue to have no rating requirement.

	Blizzard Quote: (Source)
	The changes to the rating requirements for these items reflect the nature of the items, their power, and the relative difficulty that should be had when attempting to obtain them. These items are comparable to those found in the newest 25 person raid zone, Sunwell Plateau, and should therefore also feel very challenging to obtain. To help ensure that the challenge in obtaining these items stays true to those achieving these ratings, we'll also be implementing new rules with an upcoming patch to curb practices that undermine the core concepts of the arena system. These rules are as follows: "If a character's personal rating is more than 150 points below the team rating, they will earn points based on their personal rating instead of the team rating." This means that a player cannot join a highly rated team and begin earning points based purely on the pre-established rating of the team before they joined it. They'll need to compete, improve, and gain a personal rating worthy of the points they would receive. "If the average personal rating of the players queuing for a game is more than 150 points below the team's rating, the team will be queued against an opponent matching or similar to the average personal rating." This means that players cannot join a highly rated team and immediately face highly rated opponents, easily and quickly bringing their personal rating up. Instead they'll need to again compete, improve, and earn their rating. We're excited to see these changes implemented, which will continue to emphasize the strong competitive nature of the arenas, and the challenge in obtaining the highest end rewards available for PvP.

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