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2012 World of Warcraft Arena Pass Soon, Says Blizzard

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Get ready to duke it out with other World of Warcraft subscribers in the upcoming 2012 Arena Pass.

Earlier this week, Blizzard announced that the 2012 World of Warcraft Arena Pass will be open for registration soon. For the uninitiated, this is a dedicated Arena sandbox where players can battle each other using level 85 character "templates" and epic battle gear yanked from the Cataclysm expansion. Signups for this virtual battle arena will begin April 10.

"As an added bonus, we have included an exclusive reward that players can earn by purchasing their Arena Pass and participating in the competition -- an Armored Murloc in-game pet," Blizzard said in a blog. "Top players will also contend for a chance to achieve the 'Vanquisher' title for their live characters."

Those who take part in the 2012 Arena Pass will also receive access to a special level 90 realm with upgraded epic gear after they’ve upgraded their accounts with the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion, the company said.

Last year's event was broken down into four phases: registration, practice, ranked ladder phase 1, and ranked ladder phase 2. Obviously the actual battle doesn't begin until ranked ladder phase 1 which consist of ranked 3v3 matches that count towards pet and title prizes.

"If a player switches from one Arena Team to another, the Arena Team that the player joins will have their Arena Rating reduced by 150 points," Blizzard explained last year. Ranked ladder phase 2 was roughly the same as the prior phase, only it didn't allow players to switch Arena Teams.

Last year the registration phase was open from May 3 to June 20. Meanwhile, the practice phase was open to players to test their skills from May 10 to June 7. The first ranked ladder phase stretched from June 7 to June 21, and the second ranked ladder phase started June 21 and ended July 4.

Stay tuned in the next few weeks for the official 2012 registration date.

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    crisan_tiberiu , April 8, 2012 8:54 AM
    WoW arena its lame, if you dont have the right class y*o*u L*O*s*e
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    memadmax , April 8, 2012 9:27 AM
    No blizz, pvp is dead....
    along with my account for about a month now...

    Worked up 10 raid ready(i370 or above) 85's... thought about doing horde side, but I said..... god, it will just be the same crap all over again....

    Pulled the plug...
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  • 12 Hide
    crisan_tiberiu , April 8, 2012 8:54 AM
    WoW arena its lame, if you dont have the right class y*o*u L*O*s*e
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  • 11 Hide
    memadmax , April 8, 2012 9:27 AM
    No blizz, pvp is dead....
    along with my account for about a month now...

    Worked up 10 raid ready(i370 or above) 85's... thought about doing horde side, but I said..... god, it will just be the same crap all over again....

    Pulled the plug...
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    derekullo , April 8, 2012 4:49 PM
    LOL @ i370 raid ready

    well unless your only doing LFR
  • 3 Hide
    elcentral , April 8, 2012 8:25 PM
    April 10 hmm oh you mean Guild wars 2 p repurchase day ;b
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    memadmax , April 8, 2012 8:55 PM
    DerekulloLOL @ i370 raid readywell unless your only doing LFR


    I said i370 or above.

    My main is at i410
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    mious , April 9, 2012 1:56 AM
    Is that the same murloc pet they have been giving out for years now? Also do they still send the top teams to play at blizzcon nowadays?
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    whysobluepandabear , April 9, 2012 3:29 AM
    Oooo FoTM arena! We've never seen this before folks.....which class/combo will be OP this year?

    It's 2012.....if you're playing WoW, and you're not a joke, I don't know what's wrong with you. The game ended arguably at or before WoTLK.
  • 3 Hide
    seller417 , April 9, 2012 12:38 PM
    free servers it the way to go...Molten in particuilar...its WOW before it was ruined
  • 3 Hide
    sevitoth , April 9, 2012 3:20 PM
    Feenix WOW has both a free Vanilla and BC server. Good times.

  • 0 Hide
    jaber2 , April 9, 2012 6:20 PM
    At this rate the MoP expansion should be out in late August.
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    robochump , April 9, 2012 10:43 PM
    WoW delayed blizzard from making Diablo III for years to avoid cannibalizing WoW players to DIII though giving DIII for free for 1 year WoW sub was a good move...lol. Just hope DIII is not too WoW'ized since Blizzard North is long gone.