Player Versus Player Rewards
The thrill and challenge of fighting other players are usually reward
enough for the first few battles, but there are significant incentives
to make continued PvP battles worthwhile.
HONOR POINTS
As you kill opposing players and special PvP-enabling non-player
characters, you will earn honor points. You also gain honor points
for conquering contested battlegrounds and slaying important
NPCs such as leaders and generals of the opposing faction. At the
end of each day, these honor points will be distributed to all players
who participated in PvP gameplay, with players contributing the
most kills for their side earning the most points. These honor
points accumulate to give you a PvP rank, which can fluctuate
based on your participation and success in PvP play.
DISHONOR POINTS
Even among enemies as bitter as the Horde and Alliance, there is
honor. If you flaunt this honor and engage in objectionable PvP
play, such as killing new players vastly inferior to you in level, or
killing essential non-combat NPCs such as flight masters or quest
givers, you will earn dishonor. If you accumulate enough dishonor
through your criminal actions, you will be branded an outlaw. As
a consequence, you'll suffer experience penalties, lose access to
your own faction cities, and become so hated by even your own
kind that every faction NPC will attack you on sight.
RECOVERING DISHONOR
World of Warcraft is forgiving of transgressions, and if you refrain
from dishonorable actions for a long enough time, you will eventually
return to favor with your faction and cast off your criminal label.
REWARDS
In addition to an honor score, your PvP successes will also enable
you to acquire a high rank and title, earn special reward items,
and gain access to special buildings and merchants. You'll also
gain the favor of your faction's leadership, and earn other rewards
that are unavailable to players who refrain from PvP play.
The honor system and PvP rewards exist on both normal and PvP
servers, but the incentives for player versus player gameplay on
the PvP servers are higher due to the very nature of the server.
More details on the risks, rewards, and consequences of player
versus player gameplay are available at the World of Warcraft
strategy site at
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com.