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Blizzard has announced some upcoming Classic WoW changes that are coming to Alterac Valley in the near future, including making honorless targets unlootable, allowing parties of 5 to queue together, removing the number in the name of the battleground screen and more! ( Source: Blizzard ) We’ve prepared a collection of improvements that we’re going to make to Alterac Valley in WoW Classic over the next few days. Our goal is to make surgical adjustments that address some of the more prominent pain points and unfortunate behaviors, without cracking open the substance of the battleground. As Soon As Possible We’re working on a hotfix that will go live soon that will make honorless targets unlootable. This is intended to further discourage camping the starting caves as an efficient activity. With Scheduled Weekly Maintenance Several concurrent adjustments should positively affect the initial state of each instance of Alterac Valley: Alterac Valley will now allow parties of up to 5 players to queue together. When a party queues together, they will be placed into the same battleground. There will no longer be a number in the name of the battleground in the “Join Battle” screen. We’re fixing a setting that allowed the battleground to start with as few as 20 players on a team. Soon After the Weekly Honor and Raid Reset In WoW Classic (and original WoW), players who get fewer than 15 kills aren’t given any rank progress and are given a standing amongst other players who had fewer than 15 kills. This standing is ignored and causes confusion, so it will no longer be displayed. Finally, we’re updating the calculation of diminishing returns to match patch 1.12 of original WoW. When WoW Classic first launched the Honor System, we made the decision to decrease Honor by 25% per repeated kill. With world PvP being the only option for obtaining Honor at that time, this made sense. Now, PvP has primarily moved to battlegrounds where repetitious engagements can happen with much greater frequency. Starting next week, Honor will now decrease by 10% per repeated kill in both battlegrounds and world PvP.

Blizzard has announced that a new Classic WoW content drop will be going live on February 12th! This includes Blackwing Lair, Level 50 Class Quests, Eternal Quintessence and more. The Blackwing Lair attunement quest will also become available starting tomorrow on all realms! At 3:00 p.m. PST (6:00 p.m. EST) on Wednesday, February 12, we will unlock the following WoW Classic content simultaneously on all realms: Blackwing Lair In the dark recesses of the mountain’s peak, Nefarian, the eldest son of Deathwing, conducts some of his most awful experimentation, controlling mighty beings like puppets and combining the eggs of different dragonflights with horrific results. Should he prove successful, even darker pursuits rest on the horizon. And, yet, the Lord of Blackrock is not a mere scientist - he is a great dragon cornered in his lair. Can he truly be defeated by mortal hands? The Blackwing Lair attunement quest, “Blackhand’s Command”, will become available on all realms tomorrow, Friday, January 10. Level 50 Class Quests All players, starting at level 50, can now begin class-specific questlines offered by class trainers in capital cities. These quests conclude with a choice of one of three powerful rare items. New Reputation Rewards The Argent Dawn, Thorium Brotherhood, Timbermaw Hold, Silverwing Sentinels, and Warsong Outriders faction vendors now offer reputation reward items that were added in patches 1.6 and 1.7 of original WoW. Eternal Quintessence Players who complete “Hands of the Enemy” and reach Revered reputation with Hydraxian Waterlords may now obtain Eternal Quintessence from Duke Hydraxis. Darkmoon Faire – Coming Earlier in February A gathering of the exotic from around the world and beyond, Silas Darkmoon has brought together the Darkmoon Faire as a celebration of the wondrous and mysterious found in Azeroth. While the Faire spends most of their time in parts unknown, they do stop from time to time in Mulgore and Elwynn Forest. When the faire is on its way barkers will stop by Orgrimmar and Ironforge to announce its arrival. The first Darkmoon Faire in WoW Classic will get underway in early February, with barkers and the Faire setup appearing on Friday, February 7, and the festivities opening on Monday, February 10. Look for the many Darkmoon Cards that make up the beasts, elementals, portals, and warlords sets to begin dropping from enemies and bosses on Wednesday, February 5.

Slightly old news but as of December 10th: The time has come to put your PvP skills to the test. The Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley Battlegrounds are now available in WoW Classic. Warsong Gulch Test your teamwork in this 10v10 capture-the-flag Battleground. The first team to capture three of the opposing team’s flags wins the match and earns Honor toward their PvP ranking. To join the Battleground, you’ll need to be at least level 10 and visit the Battlemaster in one of the capital cities to queue or, if you’re feeling adventurous, travel to the Battleground in the Northern Barrens (for the Horde) or Ashenvale (for the Alliance). You’ll be matched up with other players within a specific level bracket as follows: 10–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60 Check out Wowhead’s complete guide for tips and strategies to help you and your team make the most of your time in this classic Battleground. Source: World of Warcraft News @World of Warcraft Players

With scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, Blizzard will update WoW Classic to version 1.13.3, which includes several updates to the game. This patch will deploy with weekly maintenance starting at 7:00 a.m. PST (10:00 a.m. EST) on Tuesday, December 10. World of Warcraft Classic Version 1.13.3 Battlegrounds The fields of battle are open, and the Alliance and Horde are set to clash over Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley. Warsong Gulch is a 10v10 game of capture-the-flag, with each faction attempting to carry their opponents’ flag all the way back to their own base, while preventing the opposition from doing the same. Players fight in level-ranges in Warsong Gulch: 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and level 60. Alterac Valley is a large 40v40 tug-of-war zone, with many quests, objectives, and areas of interest. All players at level 51 and higher are placed into a single level-range in this epic struggle, with rewards via reputation as well as quest rewards. Some Alterac Valley rewards are highly sought, such as Don Julio’s Band, Lei of the Lifegiver, and Ice Threaded Arrows/Bullets. The Alliance entrance to Warsong Gulch is in Silverwing Grove in Ashenvale Forest, and the Horde entrance is near Mor’shan Base Camp in the northern Barrens. The Alliance and Horde entrances to Alterac Valley are in northern Hillsbrad Foothills. Both Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley can also be entered by speaking with the appropriate battlemaster in your capital city. Battlegrounds are cross-realm, which means you’ll fight alongside allies and against opponents from all of the realms in your region. Elemental Invasions Across Kalimdor, Blazing, Thundering, Watery, and Whirling Invaders now occasionally appear in Un’goro Crater, Azshara, Winterspring, and Silithus respectively. The elementals appear to be seeing just how far into these territories they can penetrate before being beaten back by the forces of the Horde or the Alliance. Keyring The key button in your micro menu now opens your Keyring, an additional bag for keys only, that scales up to hold up to 12 keys. Additional Updates The lua API has been modified 4.9k to prevent some addons from using communications channels in ways that are contrary to the spirit of the game. This patch includes client support for the Paid Character Transfer service, which may be enabled at a future date. The World of Warcraft Classic executable file on your PC has been renamed. Bug fixes.

Kaivax (Blizzard Community Manager): Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley will open in WoW Classic simultaneously on all realms the week of December 10. At the same time, Elemental Invasions will occur in Kalimdor, with Blazing, Thundering, Watery, and Whirling Invaders appearing in Un’goro Crater, Azshara, Winterspring, and Silithus respectively. We’ve been following the deadly deeds of the Classic community closely over the last week as the Honor system sparked an impressive amount of World PvP on PvP realms, and we’re excited to see what might transpire over the next three weeks. Nonetheless, like many of you, we can’t wait to charge into some battlegrounds, so we’ve detached this content unlock from the plan we previously announced. Blackwing Lair and Darkmoon Faire are coming in early 2020. We’ll have an exact timestamp for this content unlock to share with you in early December. Source: https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/classic-content-unlocking-in-december/106144 @World of Warcraft Players