Honor cost : Beta vs Live ; an increase of 35%

#1 - June 18, 2021, 9:03 p.m.
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Is the cost of item are influenced by rep or another factor?

On the beta the items were cheaper by 10%-35%.
If you compare the total cost of beta versus live, it’s an increase of 35% overall.

on the beta the Sergeant’s heavy cloak was 9435, right now on live it’s 11794.

This is the same for every items

HONOR GEAR BETA
SLOT Honor Mark type number of mark
Helm 16065 Alterac Valley 30
Glove 10098 Alterac Valley 20
ring 11934 Alterac Valley 10
Shoulder 10098 Arathi Basin 20
Chest 16524 Arathi Basin 30
Cloak (Back) 9435 Arathi Basin 20
boots 14280 Eye of the storm 40
Shield 15300 Eye of the storm 20
1-hand weapon 15300 Eye of the storm 20
Neck 11934 Eye of the storm 10
Trinket PVP Medallion 8000 N/A N/A
Pants 16065 Warsong 30
Bracers 9435 Warsong 20
Belt 14280 Arathi Basin 40
HONOR GEAR LIVE
SLOT Honor Mark type number of mark Comment
Helm 20081 Alterac Valley 30
Glove 12622 Alterac Valley 20
ring 15300 Alterac Valley 10
Shoulder 12622 Arathi Basin 20
Chest 20655 Arathi Basin 30
Cloak (Back) 11794 Arathi Basin 20
boots 17850 Eye of the storm 40
Shield 19125 Eye of the storm 20
1-hand weapon 19125 Eye of the storm 20
Neck 15300 Eye of the storm 10
Trinket PVP Medallion 8000 N/A N/A Same as Beta
Pants 20655 Warsong 30
Bracers 11794 Warsong 20
Belt 17850 Arathi Basin 40
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#21 - June 18, 2021, 11:11 p.m.
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That is correct, except it’s a 20% reduction from Season 1 to Season 2, and then another 20% from Season 2 to Season 3.

An example:
Sergeant’s Cloak Season 1 cost: 11794 Honor (+20 AB Marks)
Sergeant’s Cloak Season 2 cost: 9435 Honor (+20 AB Marks)
Sergeant’s Cloak Season 3 cost: 7548 Honor (+20 AB Marks)

That is certainly the case for me and my memories. I didn’t personally spend any Honor in original TBC until at least patch 2.3, because my raid gear was fulsome for my PvP purposes the first year of TBC.