Warcraft Arclight Rumble Shakes Up PvP Season Meta And Adds Matchmaking System

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Blizzard is shaking things up in the ongoing Warcraft Arclight Rumble beta test with major PvP changes designed to keep players on their toes. The latest beta patch introduces a rotating set of maps, towers, and modifiers over the course of the beta’s three-week PvP season.

The way it works is that the new maps will be rotating in during the first week of the season, the towers on the second week, and the modifiers on the third week. When the game officially launches, PvP season will run for six weeks with rotations happening every two weeks.

The latest beta build also introduces a matchmaking system that uses Honor ratings to match players up with other players of more or less the same skill level. “Each Leader will have their own Honor rating, which will be used to match players of a similar PvP prowess with a given Leader,” Blizzard explains. “Account Honor measures a player’s overall PvP abilities, combining their top 3 Leaders into a single Account Honor value.”

The new matchmaking system also comes with a reward track that will allow players to claim one-time rewards as they make their way up to 9000 Honor Points as well as recurring season rewards from 10,000 to 20,000 Honor Points. “At the end of each season, Honor ratings for Leaders above 3000 will be reduced to re-level the playing field as a new map comes into rotation and allowing Players to battle to earn their Seasonal Rewards,” noted the studio.

The latest beta patch also implements several leader-focused adjustments, XP curve adjustments, as well as XP and coin rewards for gaining levels. You can check out the latest beta release notes on the Warcraft Arclight Rumble official forums.