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[[Image:PVP-ArenaPoints-Icon.png|left]] '''Arena Point''' refers to points awarded by participating in [[Arena PvP System]] competitions with your Arena team. It is the currency used to buy [[Arena Rewards]].
  
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[[Image:PVP-ArenaPoints-Icon.png|left]] '''Arena Point''' referred to points awarded by participating in [[Arena PvP System]] competitions with your Arena team. It was the currency used to buy [[Arena Rewards]]. They were replaced by {{loot|common|Conquest point|Conquest points}} in {{cata-inline}} [[Patch 4.0.3]].<ref name"CataGearCurrencyChanges">{{ref web|work=[[WoW Insider]]|url=http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/04/26/cataclysm-badge-and-pvp-point-changes/|title=Cataclysm badge and PvP point changes|author={{wowinsider|Adam Holisky}}|date=26-Apr-2010 11:24PM}}</ref>
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== Earning arena points ==
   
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== Earning Arena Points ==
  
 
While you can be on one team of each type, at the end of each week you'll only gain points from the team that earned the most points that week.
  
While you can be on one team of each type, at the end of each week you'll only gain points from the team that earned the most points that week.
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However, note that given equal rating, 5v5 teams earn more points per week than 3v3, which earn more than 2v2.
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However, note that given equal rating, 5v5 teams earn more points per week than 3v3 (88%), which earn more than 2v2 (76%).
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To clarify with an example:
  
To clarify with an example:
 
* Let's say you're on three teams (one of each format).
  
* Let's say you're on three teams (one of each format).
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* Let's say that at the end of the week, each of the teams you're on ends at a 1500 rating.
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* And at the end of the week, each of the teams you're on has a 1500 rating.
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* Assume that you were an active player on each team (played in at least 30% of the team's battles)
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* Assume that you were an active player on each team (i.e. your team played at least 10 battles '''and''' you participated in at least 30% of each teams battles)
   
 
Results at the end of the week:
  
Results at the end of the week:
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* Each active player on the 5v5 team would be eligible to gain 408 arena points
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* Each active player on the 5v5 team would be eligible to gain 344 arena points
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* Each active player on the 3v3 team would be eligible to gain 326 arena points
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* Each active player on the 3v3 team would be eligible to gain 302 arena points
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* Each active player on the 2v2 team would be eligible to gain 245 arena points
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* Each active player on the 2v2 team would be eligible to gain 261 arena points
   
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So, you'd gain 408 points that week.
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So, you'd gain 344 points that week.
   
 
Note: in the example we provided above the 1500 refers to the team's rating. The number of points an active player gets from a team is derived from the rating value plotted on a logistic curve.
  
Note: in the example we provided above the 1500 refers to the team's rating. The number of points an active player gets from a team is derived from the rating value plotted on a logistic curve.
   
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[[Image:ArenaPoints09282007.jpg|thumb|337px|Graphical representation of AP calculation. (Updated 09/27/2007; updated for 2.2.)]]
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Here are the actual formulas for the rating to arena point calculation:
  
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"The transformation from your Team Rating to Arena Points starts off as a linear function, but once you go beyond a certain rating threshold, the function becomes logarithmic. This means that you will see a significant payoff increase once your Team Rating goes beyond a certain point, but the high-end spectrum of the ratings will eventually notice a decrease in how much bang they get for their buck."<ref>{{ref web|work=Web.Archive.org|url=http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/|title=Arena|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|accessdate=11-Apr-2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100430190214/http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/|archivedate=30-Apr-2010}}</ref> You can stockpile a maximum of 10,000 Arena Points (since S5, before that is was 5k).
   
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Also, one of the points we were trying to illustrate above is that active players on that 5v5 team will gain 344 points each. This is the case regardless of whether there are 10 total active players on that team (the max possible), or merely 5 active players (the practical min).
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:<tt>X = Team Rating, Y = Arena Points</tt>
  
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:If <tt>X>1500: Y = 2894/(1+259*e^(-0.0025*X))</tt>
  
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:Else: <tt>Y = 0.206*X+99</tt>
  
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:From http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/arena/
  
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[[Image:Arenapoints4507.jpg|thumb|337px|Graphical representation of AP calculation. (Updated 4/5/07)]]
  
   
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Blizzard doesn't want to "split" points among active players, as that would encourage you to not have alternates on the team, and they don't want to pressure you to minmax the system by always having the min number of players for a team.
   
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Bear in mind that the arena point return for your team's rating isn't linear.
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Also, one of the points we were trying to illustrate above is that active players on that 5v5 team will gain 408 points each. This is the case regardless of whether there are 10 total active players on that team (the max possible), or merely 5 active players (the practical min).
  
   
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That being said, Blizzard is deliberately trying to encourage the most competitive players to participate in the 5v5 battles, as they feel considerably more comfortable with the potential class balance in this environment. 2v2 has far more potential for certain class combinations to be heavily favored, and as such Blizzard is being conservative about how strongly they reward the smaller format sizes.
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We don't want to "split" points among active players, as that would encourage you to not have alternates on the team, and we don't want to pressure you to minmax the system by always having the min number of players for a team.
  
   
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Your team only needs to fight 10 battles per week to be eligible for points. You can fight more if you so choose. However, due to the way the rating system works (and the way points are derived from rating), teams with high ratings are (in theory) increasingly likely to play only the minimum required number of battles.
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Bear in mind that the arena point return for your team's rating isn't linear. So to throw out another example...
  
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* Each active player on a 5v5 team with a 1500 rating would receive 408 arena points at the end of the week.
  
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* Each active player on a 3v3 team with a 2000 rating would receive 843 arena points at the end of the week (as compared to 326 at a 1500 rating).
  
   
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=== Formulae ===
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That being said, we are deliberately trying to encourage the most competitive players to participate in the 5v5 battles, as we feel considerably more comfortable with the potential class balance in this environment. 2v2 has far more potential for certain class combinations to be heavily favored, and as such we're being conservative about how strongly we reward the smaller format sizes.
  
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On 26 September 2007, the formulae used to calculate Arena Points were changed, as outlined on the official site about WoW arenas.<ref>''bad link'' http://www.wowarmory.com/arena-calculator.xml</ref><ref>{{ref web|work=[[WoW Insider]]|url=http://wow.joystiq.com/2007/09/26/new-arena-calculator-and-browser-plugins-at-the-armory/|title=New Arena Calculator and browser plugins at the Armory
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|author={{wowinsider|Robin Torres}}|date=26-Sep-2007 3:00AM}}</ref>
   
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[[Image:ArenaPointFormulae.jpg]]
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Your team only needs to fight 10 battles per week to be eligible for points. You can fight more if you so choose. However, due to the way the rating system works (and the way points are derived from rating), teams with high ratings are (in theory) increasingly likely to play only the minimum required number of battles.
 
   
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'''Penalties:'''
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:2v2 teams earn '''76%''' of the points of a 5v5 team with the same rating
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:3v3 teams earn '''88%''' of the points of a 5v5 team with the same rating
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As of Season 6 and later, the arena system was changed so that new teams start with a rating of 0 rather than 1500. Consequently, the formula was changed so that all teams below 1500 rating will earn points as if they were a 1500 rated team. <ref>{{ref web|Web.Archive.org|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864860497&sid=1|title=0. Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes|author={{blizz}} [[Bornakk]]|date=25-Mar-2009 09:44:40 AM PDT|accessdate=11-Apr-2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100928001542/http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864860497&sid=1|archivedate=28-Sep-2010|bluequote=All arena teams that are below a 1500 arena rating will always earn arena points as a 1500 rated team. This will allow teams to continue to build up arena points while working on gaining the ratings needed to purchase items.}}</ref>
   
 
=== Arena Point Calculators ===
  
=== Arena Point Calculators ===
   
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Several [http://www.wowwiki.com/Arena_Point_Calculator Arena Point Calculators] have been created by members of the WoW Community.
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Several [[arena point calculator]]s have been created by members of the WoW Community.
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== Arena point reset in Wrath of the Lich King ==
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On November 19th, {{blizz}} [[Wryxian]] (of the official EU forums) announced that arena points for players will be reset at level 71 and they will be removed from level 70 arena teams, "<span class="blizztext">Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.</span>"<ref>{{ref web|work=Web.Archive.org|url=http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5567877160&sid=1|title=0. Wrath of the Lich King Arenas|author={{blizz}} [[Wryxian]]|date=25-Aug-2008 05:02:39 PM PDT|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100919081317/http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5567877160&sid=1|archivedate=19-Sep-2010|bluequote=Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.}}</ref><ref>{{ref web|work=[[WoW Insider]]|url=http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/arena-points-reset-in-wrath/|title=Arena points reset in Wrath for Season 5|author={{wowinsider|Zach Yonzon}}|date=26-Aug-2008 8:30AM}}</ref>
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== Patch changes ==
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* {{Patch 4.0.3|note=Removed.}}
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* {{Patch 2.0.3|note=Added.}}
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== See also ==
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* [[Arena PvP System]]
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== References ==
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{{reflist}}
   
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== External links ==
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[[Category: Arena PvP]]
  
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{{elink|type=wowus|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20101107214021/http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/arena/index.xml|desc=''bad link'' Old official US Arena page}}
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{{elink|type=woweu|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20100430190214/http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/|desc=Old official EU Arena page}}
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{{wplink|icon=|Elo rating system}} on Wikipedia.
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[[Category:Formulas and game mechanics]]
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[[Category:Arena PvP]]

Latest revision as of 01:19, 31 December 2013

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm The subject of this article was either removed from World of Warcraft or is no longer available due to the devastating Cataclysm.
  • The in-game information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes and may not need to remain under any other categories.
  • Replaced by Conquest points.
PVP-ArenaPoints-Icon

Arena Point referred to points awarded by participating in Arena PvP System competitions with your Arena team. It was the currency used to buy Arena Rewards. They were replaced by [Conquest points] in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.0.3.[1]


Earning arena points

While you can be on one team of each type, at the end of each week you'll only gain points from the team that earned the most points that week. However, note that given equal rating, 5v5 teams earn more points per week than 3v3 (88%), which earn more than 2v2 (76%).

To clarify with an example:

  • Let's say you're on three teams (one of each format).
  • And at the end of the week, each of the teams you're on has a 1500 rating.
  • Assume that you were an active player on each team (i.e. your team played at least 10 battles and you participated in at least 30% of each teams battles)

Results at the end of the week:

  • Each active player on the 5v5 team would be eligible to gain 344 arena points
  • Each active player on the 3v3 team would be eligible to gain 302 arena points
  • Each active player on the 2v2 team would be eligible to gain 261 arena points

So, you'd gain 344 points that week.

Note: in the example we provided above the 1500 refers to the team's rating. The number of points an active player gets from a team is derived from the rating value plotted on a logistic curve.

ArenaPoints09282007

Graphical representation of AP calculation. (Updated 09/27/2007; updated for 2.2.)

"The transformation from your Team Rating to Arena Points starts off as a linear function, but once you go beyond a certain rating threshold, the function becomes logarithmic. This means that you will see a significant payoff increase once your Team Rating goes beyond a certain point, but the high-end spectrum of the ratings will eventually notice a decrease in how much bang they get for their buck."[2] You can stockpile a maximum of 10,000 Arena Points (since S5, before that is was 5k).

Also, one of the points we were trying to illustrate above is that active players on that 5v5 team will gain 344 points each. This is the case regardless of whether there are 10 total active players on that team (the max possible), or merely 5 active players (the practical min).

Blizzard doesn't want to "split" points among active players, as that would encourage you to not have alternates on the team, and they don't want to pressure you to minmax the system by always having the min number of players for a team.

Bear in mind that the arena point return for your team's rating isn't linear.

That being said, Blizzard is deliberately trying to encourage the most competitive players to participate in the 5v5 battles, as they feel considerably more comfortable with the potential class balance in this environment. 2v2 has far more potential for certain class combinations to be heavily favored, and as such Blizzard is being conservative about how strongly they reward the smaller format sizes.

Your team only needs to fight 10 battles per week to be eligible for points. You can fight more if you so choose. However, due to the way the rating system works (and the way points are derived from rating), teams with high ratings are (in theory) increasingly likely to play only the minimum required number of battles.

Formulae

On 26 September 2007, the formulae used to calculate Arena Points were changed, as outlined on the official site about WoW arenas.[3][4]

ArenaPointFormulae

Penalties:

2v2 teams earn 76% of the points of a 5v5 team with the same rating
3v3 teams earn 88% of the points of a 5v5 team with the same rating


As of Season 6 and later, the arena system was changed so that new teams start with a rating of 0 rather than 1500. Consequently, the formula was changed so that all teams below 1500 rating will earn points as if they were a 1500 rated team. [5]

Arena Point Calculators

Several arena point calculators have been created by members of the WoW Community.

Arena point reset in Wrath of the Lich King

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On November 19th, Blizzard Entertainment Wryxian (of the official EU forums) announced that arena points for players will be reset at level 71 and they will be removed from level 70 arena teams, "Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket."[6][7]

Patch changes

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Removed.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): Added.

See also

References

  1. ^ Adam Holisky 2010-04-26. Cataclysm badge and PvP point changes. WoW Insider.
  2. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. Arena. Web.Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved on 2012-04-11.
  3. ^ bad link http://www.wowarmory.com/arena-calculator.xml
  4. ^ Robin Torres 2007-09-26. New Arena Calculator and browser plugins at the Armory. WoW Insider.
  5. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Bornakk 2009-03-25. 0. Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes. Archived from the original on 2010-09-28. Retrieved on 2012-04-11. All arena teams that are below a 1500 arena rating will always earn arena points as a 1500 rated team. This will allow teams to continue to build up arena points while working on gaining the ratings needed to purchase items.
  6. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Wryxian 2008-08-26. 0. Wrath of the Lich King Arenas. Web.Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.
  7. ^ Zach Yonzon 2008-08-26. Arena points reset in Wrath for Season 5. WoW Insider.

External links

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Old WoW Europe Site WoW-Europe.com Old official EU Arena page

Wikipedia Elo rating system on Wikipedia.

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