WoW Classic Battleground Holiday Schedule

Classic Posted 2020/03/09 at 8:40 PM by perculia

Blizzard

With the WoW Classic 1.13.4 patch, Battleground Holidays will begin. Each of these lasts for about 4 days, during which players will earn additional Honor and Reputation in a specific Battleground. Battleground holidays start at 12:01 a.m. realm time:

Warsong Gulch: March 13, April 10, May 8, June 5, etc.
Arathi Basin: March 20, April 17, May 15, June 12, etc.
Alterac Valley: April 3, May 1, May 29, June 26, etc.

In order to have players from different realms in agreement on whether or not a Battleground Holiday is active, with maintenance tomorrow, we will divide all realms in the Americas into two battlegroups by timezone: Eastern Time and Pacific Time.

This will primarily affect the Latin American Spanish realm Loatheb and the Brazilian Portuguese realm Sul’thraze, which will both be placed in the Eastern timezone. Players on adjusted realms will see the in-game clock “Realm time” change over to the timezone of the battlegroup.

This change will have no impact on the Oceanic realms, as they already have their own battlegroup.
Thank you!

Comment by LheiahIs there something in game that lets us know which holiday is going on or will we have to track this ourselves outside of game?Comment by RatamancerThere are emissaries from the bg holiday faction that walk around the major cities while it's activeComment by LheiahOh, I remember that now. Thanks for the refresher!Comment by GideonAIAm I reading this right, they're splitting the American battlegroups into two? Won't that increase queue times?Comment by yesmaster"In order to have players from different realms in agreement on whether or not a Battleground Holiday is active, with maintenance tomorrow, we will divide all realms in the Americas into two battlegroups by timezone: Eastern Time and Pacific Time."

This has to be a troll from blizzard, I don't believe they are splitting east and west coast servers up...When you think classic couldn't get any worse.Comment by Asheeva"In order to have players from different realms in agreement on whether or not a Battleground Holiday is active, with maintenance tomorrow, we will divide all realms in the Americas into two battlegroups by timezone: Eastern Time and Pacific Time."

This has to be a troll from blizzard, I don't believe they are splitting east and west coast servers up...When you think classic couldn't get any worse.Comment by DcolonRageRemovedComment by ZealiusHow much bonus rep is it? Is this 50%?Comment by zequillI might be bad at calendar but is there a week without bonus each time between AB and AV? Never been a fan of PVP so I really can't remember if that a thing 15 years ago.Comment by UnvoicediWhat time does the holiday end? It only says it lasts "about 4 days".Comment by darkyoshi87I might be bad at calendar but is there a week without bonus each time between AB and AV? Never been a fan of PVP so I really can't remember if that a thing 15 years ago.Comment by Anchorz"In order to have players from different realms in agreement on whether or not a Battleground Holiday is active, with maintenance tomorrow, we will divide all realms in the Americas into two battlegroups by timezone: Eastern Time and Pacific Time."

This has to be a troll from blizzard, I don't believe they are splitting east and west coast servers up...When you think classic couldn't get any worse.Comment by Asheeva"In order to have players from different realms in agreement on whether or not a Battleground Holiday is active, with maintenance tomorrow, we will divide all realms in the Americas into two battlegroups by timezone: Eastern Time and Pacific Time."

This has to be a troll from blizzard, I don't believe they are splitting east and west coast servers up...When you think classic couldn't get any worse.Comment by DeitzArathi Basin
Join the League of Arathor or the Forsaken Defilers as they battle for precious resources. Pitting 15 members of each faction against each other, the race is on to be the first to 2000 resources, capturing strategic landmarks around the Basin to increase your team’s gain and cripple the enemy. There’s never been a better time to join the war.
Arathi Basin will unlock at 3:00 p.m. PDT (6:00 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, March 11.

Battleground Holidays
Most weeks, Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, and Arathi Basin now enjoy holidays that begin on Thursday night at midnight and continue until Tuesday morning. During a holiday, emissaries from that Battleground will be found in the major cities, and honor/faction rewards for performing objectives in that Battleground are increased.

For those interested in possible honor values, here's an old blue post from patch 2.3 days explaining the reward differences
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3547877767&sid=1Comment by kcheebRemovedComment by zz0dzzAny info on what are exactly the rep changes in AB during these?Comment by ShdwhealerBack then there was a 2k limit of players per server. Now the server limit is 10k. This also explains the inflation of the economy compared to then. However, comma, the point is that wait times has not exactly been a problem, but there is a version for people that think the game is too hard. It is called retail, and comes complete with quick BGs and time-out rooms for when you become overwhelmed.Comment by RollrickYou have Emisary Guards who walk in the city, or the Emisary Guards with Flag of the Event near of the BG-NPC in the City's.

Actually Warsong Gulch with the Darnassus FlagComment by GordolfoSorry, I think I don't get it, we are in the first weekend of September. Does it mean is AV weekend?