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Arathi Basin
Arathi Basin is a 30-player battleground (15 per side) where the
Alliance and Horde battle for resources inside the Basin. This
guide will educate you on everything concerning this intriguing
and fun battleground and answers any questions you may have.
The Rundown
Style: Occupy resource nodes to accumulate resources.
Location: Eastern Kingdoms (Arathi Highlands)
Limits: Level 20-60 players (level range breakup: 20-29, 30-39,
40-49, 50-59, and 60)
Maximum players per team: 15 Horde/15 Alliance
Win Conditions: Be the first team to accumulate 2000 resources
General Information
Two teams of 15 (Horde versus Alliance) battle to occupy five
resource nodes located within the battleground. Once captured,
these resource nodes will begin to generate resource points for
your side. The more nodes you control, the faster you will gain
points. The first team to reach 2000 resource points wins. As
well as the honor you get for killing enemy players, bonus honor
is awarded to both sides depending on how many points you
acquire. Even the losing team is awarded bonus honor, and the
more points you have when you lose, the more bonus honor you are
awarded.
Arathi Basin is directly tied with two groups C The League of
Arathor for the Alliance, and The Defilers for the Horde.
Competing in Arathi Basin contributes to your reputations with
your sides group (Defilers/Horde and Arathor/Alliance) which
have great rewards as you obtain better and better reputation
with these groups. Also, whenever you fight in Arathi Basin to
the end of the game, you are awarded items called Marks of
Honor. You will receive three Marks if you win, and a single one
if you lose. You can hand in three Marks at a time to a
specified NPC to receive reputation points for Arathi Basin as
well as a small honor bonus.
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For Mage/Priest/Warlock rewards: click here:
How to Enter Arathi Basin
Arathi Basin has two entrances; both are in the Arathi
Highlands. The Alliance entrance portal is in Refuge Point,
while the Hordes is in Hammerfall. You can also enter Arathi
Basin via Battlemasters located in each of the six major cities:
Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Stormwind, Ironforge,
Darnassus.
Also, at each Battlemaster (as well as the portal entrances in
Arathi Highlands), there is a quest NPC which accepts your Marks
of Honor and awards you honor and reputation for them. He can
accept Marks of Honor from any of the three Battlegrounds, as
well as accept them for a quest called For Great Honor. This
quest is when a player accumulates three Marks of Honor from
each of the three battlegrounds (so 9 in total) and hands them
all in at the same time. For Great Honor awards you more bonus
honor and reputation than handing in the nine Marks separately.
If you can, always try to hand in For Great Honor as it is a
bigger boost.
Keep in mind that purchasing any of the rewards from the League
of Arathor and The Defilers requires you to visit the Supply
Officer, located in Refuge Pointe and Hammerfall respectively.
Capturing a Resource Node
There are five resource nodes in Arathi Basin. Capturing them is
the essence of the struggle; the fight to claim the resources
and collect them faster than your opponent. At each resource
location there is a flag which is the focal point of capturing
that location. To capture the flag, you must right-click on it
and a 10 second timer counts down (kind of like casting a
spell). You must go through the entire 10 second timer and
successfully complete the casting to capture the node. Any
damage, either from Area Effect damage, a melee hit or special
attack, as well as Damage-Over-Time, will interrupt your flag
capturing. You cant move forwards or backwards, but you can
rotate-on-the-spot while capturing a flag.
Benefits of Holding a Resource Node
If you control a resource location on the map, not only will you
gain resources from that place but your faction will have
exclusive rights to resurrecting in the graveyard that is
located at that resource node. The more resource nodes you
control, the faster your resource points go up. To gain
resources, your faction must be in full control of the resource
node. All nodes collect resources at the same rate, but the flow
of resources to your stockpile increases exponentially as you
increase the number of nodes collecting.
Example: If you had a team hold 4 nodes for 10 minutes, and your
next match have them hold 2 nodes for 10 minutes, the results
would not show that the 4-node match having double the points of
the 2-node match; it would be a larger margin because the rate
increases exponentially, not linearly.
How the Game Starts and the Nature of Capturing Nodes
As mentioned briefly above, at the start of an Arathi Basin
match, every node on the map is marked neutral. This is a unique
stance for a node, and only happens at the beginning of a match.
When somebody captures a node from its neutral state, they must
hold that location for 1 minute (meaning not allow the
opposition to capture it for their side). When you capture a
node from neutral stance, it will be marked In Conflict in your
teams favor (meaning the map will show half of the node marked
the color of your faction, and the other half blank C noting
both that it is contested but in a certain teams favor). If you
are successful in holding that node for 1 minute, your team will
fully capture the resource node and it will be marked either
Horde Controlled or Alliance Controlled depending on your
faction.
If, for example, the Horde capture the Lumber Mill while it is
neutral at the start of the match, but before the 1 minute timer
expires the Alliance charge through and cap (capture) it for
themselves, then the Alliance will get the In Conflict stance
for that node in their favor.
It is different, however, when one side captures a resource node
that is in full control of the opposition. For example, the
Alliance control the Blacksmith fully, and the Horde push
through and cap the Blacksmith flag, then the node will be
marked In Conflict for the Horde. !
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