The thing about "for great honour" is that it's only efficient in rep terms if you haven't maxed some of the reps out. I hit exalted in WSG way before 60, am 600 points (4 wins) off exalted in AB, and have about 5k to go in AV.
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If you turn in each BG, 1 at a time:
Warsong (50 rep)
Arathi Basin (50 rep)
Alterac Valley (100 rep)
1134 honor points (378 honor points for each)
If you turn in For Great Honor:
Warsong (100 rep)
Arathi Basin (100 rep)
Alterac Valley (150 rep)
2388 honor points
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So, you can see that if you still need all three factions, it's a great deal. I suppose if you were honour farming, it'd work too. However, for me, it's not so great, I have been building faction rep with specific factions in huge PvP binges, I like to accumulate it in a hurry..
Oh yes, and the other problem is that if you're alliance, you'll rarely win a PUGged AB or WSG, because alliance PvP pugs seem to suck for some reason (I can't work out why), and
generally lose- much to my regret. It would be much more exciting for both sides if it were more even and tense. In AV, since the huge NPC nerf, alliance wins 99% of the time, due to map imbalances (again this bores me rigid, and annoys me, whichever faction I am currently playing). You will need to factor in length of game and likelyhood of winning to devise the optimum strategy for the stat(s) that you're trying to build.
Also, at 60, on bonus weekends, the battlegrounds (other than AV, where you can't join as a group) are full of alliance premades, since infuriatingly, that's the only way that they can win. PvPing on my alliance characters depresses me immensely.
(End of on-topic bit, now I am really rambling, so stop here if you're in a hurry)
This weekend, I made about 8k AB rep, it would have been a lot slower if I had collected AV and WSG too. Admittedly, the honour is slightly higher, but I can make more honour by winning AB quickly when I am on a roll. Yes, I was indeed just rep farming- trying to win as many games as possible, as quickly as possible. I did get several very nice compliments about my leadership and tactics though, which assuaged any guilt that I might have felt- compliments from PUGs, no less, gasp..
Anyway, it's all good, tonight I will get exalted with AB, and treat myself to the AB stick o'doom and the shoulders. When I finish off AV, I will buy the AB caster dagger o'doom, and pair it with the AV tome of shadow force (quite clearly o'doom too). Still not decided if I will even bother buying the r10 shoulders next week- I have the rank boots in the bank, but never use them because I prefer the AB boots. They allow you to DoT and run FOR GREAT JUSTICE, which is loads of fun, I have kited paladins all over AB, slowly wearing their mana out with low rank SW:P before turning around and melting face- most pallies don't get wise to the fact that I am toying with them until it has happened a few times. Obviously, if they stun me, I just wait for the stun to wear off (so much physical dmg reduc in shadowform and PvP armour, it's lovely), and fear them, to make a little distance. If blackout procs, you have to wait for them to catch up a little, so they get back in range. Keeping them DoTted keeps them in combat, so they can't mount up, either. Shame that there's no damn chance of my Alliance priest ever getting these boots without a premade, really.
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