Blizzard has announced that PvP Honor System Ranks will be capped during each phase. Players will not be able to get Rank 9 until the first few weeks of level 60.
Lastly, Rank 14 will be locked until the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj is released. This is a significant change from Classic 2019 and Season of Mastery, where Rank 14 was obtainable during Blackwing Lair.
We want to enable everyone to push rank at a reasonable pace without worrying about rushing to earn highly lucrative PvP rewards.To start in the first phase of Season of Discovery, at level 25, the cap will be rank 3. Our current plan is to then increase the cap with each new phase, so that rank will cap at 9 for the first few weeks of level 60.
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