A PVP Exclusive

In this new outdoor player versus player zone, one faction will have to defend the keep, while the other will assault it. Which faction controls what will be decided according to a fixed schedule. Both sides will fight over towers and siege workshops scattered around the zone. If the attacking force succeeds in capturing the keep, that faction will defend it during the next rotation. If that attacking force fails to capture the final objective before the next rotation, that faction will be given more resources (unknown to what those might be for now)" to balance out the fight, and give every faction a chance to hold Wintergrasp. It will be necessary to destroy the walls with siege weapons in order to take the keep.

Wintergrasp will hold PvE implications as well — among other items, it will feature a variety of new daily quests. These quests include (but are not limited to): quests where you have to ride a mount with an NPC, holding attackers at bay; flying aircraft quests; flying mount quests where you have to lower ropes to evacuate NPCs; in these quests, mounts can hold multiple players! When a faction controls Wintergrasp, bosses in Northrend will drop Stone Keeper's Shard for that faction only. These objects will be necessary for buying certain PvP gear and jewelcrafting recipes.

New Marks of Honor, known as Wintergrasp Mark of Honor, will drop in the zone. These marks are necessary for honor gear acquired through the honor system.

As with the Spirit Towers in Terokkar Forest, Wintergrasp is only be under control for a certain period of time, after which it becomes available for capture. A faction controls Wintergrasp for approximately 2 hours 30 minutes after capture after which time it becomes contested. The battle then lasts 40 minutes, or until the attackers successfully capture the keep. The status of Wintergrasp and whether or not it is contested can be seen from the Northrend map, by the appearance or absence of a faction symbol over the zone.

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Ranks

Wintergrasp uses a two rank system. After killing sufficient enemies, either players or NPC guards you are given the rank of Corporal (rank 1). This allows you to purchase Catapults at a Factory. With more kills you are promoted to First Lieutenant (rank 2) which allows the purchase of Siege Engines and Demolishers. The precise number of kills required varies based on the number of players in the battleground at the time.

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Siege Weapons

The largest defining point of Wintergrasp is the use of Siege Weapons. These vehicles can be obtained at Factories while under your faction's control. In order to use many of the siege weapons, you must attain a higher rank in Wintergrasp.

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Vehicle Name    Seats    Rank Req
Forsaken Catapult    One    Corporal    
Siege Engine    Two + Passengers    First Lieutenant    
Demolisher    One + Passengers    First Lieutenant    
Goblin Shredder    One    Unknown yet.    
Flying Machine    One or Two*    Unknown yet.
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    * The Flying Machine comes in two types, normal and bomber. The bomber has a second seat for a player to drop explosives on enemy towers. Currently the flying vehicles Have not been spotted yet, but seems that it will come in a further patch, or a serious, hundred perhaps players, where you need to pass First Lieutenant, Game Masters gave no indications of what it is, when we get it, all they say is that it is ingame.
    * Passenger means players can ride the vehicle with no control over it.

Catapults are capable of throwing plague barrels along ballistic trajectories which cause small amounts AoE damage to players, vehicles, and structures. They also can create a flame jet doing cone damage in the front of the catapult to players and vehicles, but not buildings.

Demolishers are capable of throwing burning boulders along a ballistic trajectory which cause medium amounts of damage to players, vehicles, and structures. They also can ram which does cone damage in front of them, and is particularly damaging to structures.

Siege Engines are capable of ramming which does cone damage in front of them and...

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