Arena rating required to purchase honor gear.

In addition, some of the Season 4 quality items that will be purchasable with honor will also carry a personal and team arena rating requirement:

Boots: 1700

Ring: 1650

Bracers: 1575

Belt: none

Necklace: none

Trinket: none

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5973993258&sid=1

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Personally I don't care that much, it's only a few items, but at the same time 'forcing' players to play their way to stay semi-competitive in PvP doesn't sit that well with me.

It seems we're stepping away from the original Horde versus the Alliance, and focusing more on eSport/Arena.