Highlights
- WoW Classic raises Valor cap by 60%, allowing players to obtain Tier 11 gear faster than before.
- Blizzard introduces Conquest Points for PvP activities, with an initial cap of 4000 per week.
- Cataclysm Classic promises frequent updates leading to the final raid, Dragon Soul, in January 2025.
As opposed to the original weekly Valor cap established in Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft Classic will instead increase it by 60%. Since The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft has toyed with the idea of offering players competitive raid gear obtained by trading in currency. On paper, it was a smart way to ensure bad luck protection and reward players for clearing the content. In practice, the community embraced the feature and took its absence in Warlords of Draenor hard.
Though it had many iterations across several World of Warcraft expansions, it could be argued that the Justice and Valor Points from Cataclysm were the best approach. Completing endgame PvE activities yielded Valor Points that World of Warcraft players could spend on Epic gear, and the standardization of the currency meant that it would stay evergreen all throughout the expansion. When the system made its debut in Cataclysm, it had an initial weekly cap of 1250, before eventually settling on 1000 as the perfect number.
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic Raises Valor Cap to 1600
However, Blizzard has made an announcement on the official World of Warcraft forums that Cataclysm Classic would instead have a weekly Valor cap of 1600, allowing players to obtain their Tier 11 pieces significantly faster. Namely, they would be able to obtain the chest and legs in three weeks instead of five. Heroic dungeons in World of Warcraft were famously difficult to complete in Cataclysm when compared to Wrath of the Lich King, and Blizzard has decided to increase the amount of Valor Points obtained per Heroic dungeon to 240.
There is one important thing to consider: World of Warcraft players will not be able to earn Valor Points until the first weekly reset. This means that Valor Points will only unlock for European players on May 22, 2024, while the rest of the world will be able to start earning them on May 21, 2024. The launch of Cataclysm Classic is scheduled to be on May 20, 2024, which means that players won't have to wait longer than 48 hours.
The other side of the coin are Conquest Points, which are obtained from completing endgame PvP activities. Blizzard has established that the initial cap for Conquest Points will be 4000, and will increase by 4000 for each subsequent week. However, since the inaugural Cataclysm season will begin on May 28, 2024, World of Warcraft players will only be able to start earning Conquest Points after the second weekly reset. The roadmap for Cataclysm Classic teases frequent updates every few months, extending into January 2025 with the launch of the expansion's final raid – Dragon Soul.
