Season 10-11 Transistion FAQ and Guide

[Eldacar]

So I have answered enough questions regarding this matter over the past few days that I decided it was time to just throw together a quick FAQ for everyone. In addition I have added a few recommendations for how you can best prepare your character for the new season at the end of the FAQ.

Questions answered here:
- When does season 10 end and when does season 11 start?
- What new gear will be available for honor and when?
- What new gear will be available for conquest and when?
- Will new crafted PVP gear be available?
- What about weapons, whats the deal with those?
- What is going to happen to the conquest points I have saved?
- How much honor can I save for next season?
- What will happen to my various Arena and Rated Battleground ratings?
- How are titles like Gladiator being awarded?
- What will I be able to do in the down week between seasons?
- What's the deal with the new epic gems, how can I get them as a PVP'er?
- Will there be a new Baradin Hold boss dropping season 11 gear?
- How are the rewards from random battlegrounds changing?
- How can I best prepare my character for the next season of PVP?

If you have any questions not covered here please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them for you.

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Q: When does season 10 end and when does season 11 start?

A: Season 10 is scheduled to end on Tuesday November 29th. Season 11 should start one week later on Tuesday December 6th. These dates are still tentative and could change.

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3566006978

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Q: What new gear will be available for honor and when?

A: When Season 10 ends the existing ilvl 384 Ruthless gear will become available for honor points for one week. When Season 11 begins a week later new ilvl 390 gear will become available for honor replacing the 384 gear on vendors.

This may seem a bit confusing, but the purpose of the 384 gear being available during the down week is to provide players with a chance to spend their excess honor over the 4,000 point cap on gear instead of having it convert to gold. If you simply want to farm better gear wait until Season 11 starts.

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3566006978

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Q: What new gear will be available for conquest and when?

A: When Season 11 starts new ilvl 403 Cataclysmic Gladiator gear will become available for purchase for conquest points. Like the previous seasons there will be an elite version of the gear with cosmetic differences available for players with 2200+ ratings in 3v3, 5v5 or Rated Battlegrounds. This by all indications should be the ultimate PVP set for the remainder of Cataclysm.

The new conquest gear on WoWhead.com: http://ptr.wowhead.com/search?q=Cata...+Gladiator%27s

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Q: Will new crafted PVP gear be available?

A: Yes there will be new ilvl 377 crafted PVP gear available from the various crafting professions.

The new crafted gear on WoWhead.com: http://ptr.wowhead.com/search?q=Vicious#items:0-2+1

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Q: What about weapons, whats the deal with those?

A: When Season 11 starts the old Season 10 ilvl 378 Ruthless weapons will be available for honor but will require that players first earn a total of 7,250 honor points in Season 11 before they will be eligible to purchase them. Additionally new ilvl 396 Cataclysmic weapons will become available for conquest but will require that players first earn a total of 7,800 conquest points in Season 11 before they will be eligible to purchase them. There will also be new ilvl 410 Elite weapons available for conquest points plus the turn in of the applicable 396 weapon, these elite weapons will require players to earn a total of 15,700 conquest points in season 11 and have a 2200+ rating in 3v3, 5v5, or Rated Battlegrounds before they will be eligible to purchase them.

During the down week between seasons the 378 ruthless weapons are available for honor, but require that you earned at least 7,250 honor during Season 10.

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Q: What is going to happen to the conquest points I have saved?

A: When Season 10 ends all conquest points will be converted into honor points, even if this puts you above the 4,000 honor point cap. During the down week between seasons you can spend the excess honor (the honor above 4,000) if you choose to. If you do not spend your excess honor it will be converted into gold when Season 11 starts at the rate of 35 silver per honor point over the cap. It's important to note that while you have 4,000 or more honor you will be unable to earn more until you spend yourself below 4,000.

If you already have full 384 gear and don't want the gold, a good alternative is to convert the excess honor into justice points, you can then convert the justice points back into honor when season 11 starts after you have spent some of your saved honor on new gear. It's important to note though that this conversion has a cost to it on both ends, 375 honor gives you 250 justice points, and then converting back 375 justice points gives you 250 honor, still it's an additional way to "store" extra honor above the cap.

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3566006978

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Q: How much honor can I save for next season?

A: You can only directly carry over 4,000 honor points into the new season, however by using justice points as an additional means of honor storage as I mentioned in the previous question you can effectively store an additional 2,500 honor, for an effective total of 6,500.

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Q: What will happen to my various Arena and Rated Battleground ratings?

A: When Season 11 begins ALL PVP ratings will be wiped, this includes matchmaking rating (MMR), team ratings, personal ratings, and Rated BG ratings.

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3566006978

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Q: How are titles like gladiator being awarded?

A: Titles like gladiator are being awarded exactly the same way they have been in previous seasons. Players in the top 0.5% of active teams on the Arena ladder for their battlegroup in 3v3 and 5v5 will receive the Gladiator title and a unique flying mount. Players in the top 3%, 10% and 35% of the same ladders and brackets will earn the titles Duelist, Rival, and Challenger respectively. Players in the top 0.5% of active players on the Rated Battleground ladder for their battlegroup will receive the Hero of the Horde/Alliance title.

For more information on how titles are awarded I recommend visiting this thread on Arenajunkies.com: http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/83...adiator-title/
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Q: What will I be able to do in the down week between seasons?

A: You will be able to participate in random battlegrounds and wargames (wargames dont count for anything or earn you anything). Rated Arena matches and Rated Battlegrounds will not be available during the down week.

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Q: What's the deal with the new epic gems, how can I get them as a PVP'er?

A: These are the pre-cut BOP gem's that are available for 750 conquest each:

Blue +63 Spell Pen
Green +25 Hit +25 Resil
Green +32 Spell Pen +25 Mastery
Green +25 Crit +32 Spell Pen
Green +25 Haste +32 Spell Pen
Green +25 Resil +37 Stam
Green +25 Spirit +25 Resil
Green +32 Spell Pen +25 Resil
Orange +25 Agility +25 Resil
Orange +25 Strength +25 Resil
Orange +25 Parry +25 Resil
Orange +25 Expertise +25 Resil
Orange +25 Intellect +25 Resil
Purple +25 Intellect +32 Spell Pen
Yellow +50 Resil

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Q: Will there be a new Baradin Hold boss dropping season 11 gear?

A: Yes there will be a new 10/25 raid boss named Alizabal available in Baradin Hold after the start of Season 11. She will have a loot table similar to Argaloth and Occu'thar but will drop T13 raid gear and Season 11 PVP gear instead of the items from previous seasons.

For more information about Alizabal visit the WoWpedia page for the boss located here: http://www.wowpedia.org/Alizabal

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Q: How are the rewards from random battlegrounds changing?

A: In patch 4.3 the daily random battelground reward is being changed to reward 100 conquest points for a win (up from 25), additionally every subsequent random battleground win after the first will reward 50 conquest points. There will be no limit to the amount of conquest points you can earn this way up to your weekly conquest cap.

Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3595670888

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Q: How can I best prepare my character for the next season of PVP?

A: My personal recommendations on how to prepare your character for Season 11 are as follows:

- Buy your PVP head and shoulder enchants now, that is 3,000 honor you can farm and spend on your next season gear right now. If you build more than one set of gear for different specs you can buy and save multiple sets of enchants and save yourself to the need to farm them next season, this is a great thing to during the down week.

- Max out your justice and honor points, combined they will give you 6500 available honor points to buy new gear with in Season 11.

- Complete your daily random BG win every day during the down week. During the season 9-10 transition conquest points that were earned during the down week from the random BG daily and from valor to conquest conversions DID carry over into season 10. That of course may change this time, but right now I am operating under the assumption it will work the same way. It's unclear if patch 4.3 will be released the day season 10 ends or the day season 11 begins, so the change to random bg rewards may or may not be in effect during the down week. If they ARE in effect you should be able to farm out a full conquest cap worth of conquest points that will carry over into season 11. If the changes are not yet in effect during the down week you can still get the 25 conquest points per day from the random BG daily, and you should be able to farm your valor cap through heroics which you can then convert into conquest for extra points to start the season with as well.

- Buy all the gems and enchants you need now, that way when you buy a new piece of gear you can gem and enchant it on the spot, throw it on and hop right back into the queue to farm more honor.

- Complete the "Victory in Tol Barad" weekly quest, and turn it in after Season 11 starts. You can still only complete this once during the first week of Season 11, but it will provide you with a quick 200 honor boost without the need to actually fight the battle. Just make sure you spend some honor before you turn in the quest!

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I hope you found this FAQ and brief guide helpful, if you have any questions I did not answer please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them for you. If you have any additional suggestions for how players can best prepare themselves for Season 11 please post them as well!

Sources:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3566006978
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3595670888
www.wowhead.com
www.wowpedia.org
The Public Test Realms

[Sakuretsu]

Good job, i totally forgot to buy head and shoulder enchants in advance!

[Thallidomaniac]

Don't forget about using your TB commendations for Head/Shoulder enchant if you still happen to have some.

[Gyarados]

TB daylies help a lot if you don't want to grind the 3000 honor (or 6000 if you have 2 pvp specs). And they award money!

[Shockblast]

I am looking forward to the new season. Now to find me a Warlock for 2s.

[Rinoa]

Very good post, thank you a lot for compiling this information. Thumbs up!

Personally I am very much looking forward to season 11 in hopes of it being better than this season has been.

[Racerover]

Good guide, now if only people would read it before posting.

[Lmfao]

Great guide! Couple of questions though.

Let's say on Wednesday 11/30/2011, You said you can spend the excess 4k Honor Points will the BGs allow you to go over the 4k cap as well?
Let's say you have 4.5k JP and 5.2k HP during the down week. Could you trade the JP into HP or would it say you already have max honor points?

[Racerover]

Great guide! Couple of questions though.

Let's say on Wednesday 11/30/2011, You said you can spend the excess 4k Honor Points will the BGs allow you to go over the 4k cap as well?
Let's say you have 4.5k JP and 5.2k HP during the down week. Could you trade the JP into HP or would it say you already have max honor points?

No, if you're over cap because of the conversion you cannot accrue any further honor before spending it to a point below the cap. Also, you cannot convert JP to HP when you're over the 4k cap either.

[Eldacar]

Great guide! Couple of questions though.

Let's say on Wednesday 11/30/2011, You said you can spend the excess 4k Honor Points will the BGs allow you to go over the 4k cap as well?
Let's say you have 4.5k JP and 5.2k HP during the down week. Could you trade the JP into HP or would it say you already have max honor points?

Racerover's response is exactly right. If the conquest to honor conversion puts you at or over the 4000 point cap you cannot gain/earn honor in any way/shape/form until you spend enough to put you below the cap.

[Detec]

awesome, too late for the tol'barad quest though >.<

[Eldacar]

awesome, too late for the tol'barad quest though >.<

Well you want to save it for Dec 6th, so you can still save the one from next week.

[Lmfao]

Another question. Since BH is supposedly dropping new gear, During the "down week" could we run this dungeon and get the new loot before s11 starts?

[Eldacar]

Another question. Since BH is supposedly dropping new gear, During the "down week" could we run this dungeon and get the new loot before s11 starts?

We don't have any hard info on this, but looking back to Occu'thar he was not available until Season 10 started, so in the absence of other information I am betting the new boss will work the same way and will not be available until Season 11 starts on Dec. 6th. We will not know for sure until the servers come back up following the patch and we can actually go look.

[EnìgmaEU]

Nice FAQ/guide. Forgot to purchase head and shoulder enchant, so I might aswell do that.
After having skipped last season I'm really looking forward to this one.

[Tyrven]

Does anybody know or remember if they let ppl keep their inflated CP cap for the week following the end of the season last patch? I know it wont carry over to the start of the next season since a week will pass reseting it but I was curious and hoping I could farm 2600 CP from bgs this week, even though I am doubtfull I will be able to.

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Another question. Since BH is supposedly dropping new gear, During the "down week" could we run this dungeon and get the new loot before s11 starts?

No new BH and VoA bosses aren't activated until the next pvp season starts. This is why we had to wait for some of them in the past.

[blaqkmagick]

Q: How are the rewards from random battlegrounds changing?

A: In patch 4.3 the daily random battelground reward is being changed to reward 100 conquest points for a win (up from 25), additionally every subsequent random battleground win after the first will reward 50 conquest points. There will be no limit to the amount of conquest points you can earn this way up to your weekly conquest cap.

So will the conquest cap be the normal cap or the High rating cap?
I dont know exact numbers so im going to make them up.
Example: right now let's pretend the conquest cap is 1500. But after a 1600 rating or whatever it goes up, right? Let's say it goes up to 2000. Will the conquest from doing random bg's be 1500 or 2000 assuming that the player doesnt have a high rating?

I know this is a little unclear, and the numbers are just made up, but hopefully you understand.

[Eldacar]

So will the conquest cap be the normal cap or the High rating cap?
I dont know exact numbers so im going to make them up.
Example: right now let's pretend the conquest cap is 1500. But after a 1600 rating or whatever it goes up, right? Let's say it goes up to 2000. Will the conquest from doing random bg's be 1500 or 2000 assuming that the player doesnt have a high rating?

I know this is a little unclear, and the numbers are just made up, but hopefully you understand.

We don't know for SURE, but it's highly likely the cap will just be whatever your cap for rated battlegrounds is, whether it is 1650 or 3000 shouldn't matter.

[Racerover]

I was able to purchase ruthless weapons on an alt today before s11 started. I was already over the initial s10 weapon honor cap, but was under the impression that ruthless weapons wouldn't be available yet. That being said, purchase them up before blizzard changes their minds.

[PJSand]

I was able to purchase ruthless weapons on an alt today before s11 started. I was already over the initial s10 weapon honor cap, but was under the impression that ruthless weapons wouldn't be available yet. That being said, purchase them up before blizzard changes their minds.

From the OP, working as intended.

Q: What about weapons, whats the deal with those?

A: When Season 11 starts the old Season 10 ilvl 378 Ruthless weapons will be available for honor but will require that players first earn a total of 7,250 honor points in Season 11 before they will be eligible to purchase them. Additionally new ilvl 396 Cataclysmic weapons will become available for conquest but will require that players first earn a total of 7,800 conquest points in Season 11 before they will be eligible to purchase them. There will also be new ilvl 410 Elite weapons available for conquest points plus the turn in of the applicable 396 weapon, these elite weapons will require players to earn a total of 15,700 conquest points in season 11 and have a 2200+ rating in 3v3, 5v5, or Rated Battlegrounds before they will be eligible to purchase them.

During the down week between seasons the 378 ruthless weapons are available for honor, but require that you earned at least 7,250 honor during Season 10.

Edit: Btw, thank you for the FAQ/Guide Eldacar.