Tol Barad
Tol Barad is an island located south of Hillsbrad Foothills and west of the Wetlands, in the middle of Baradin Bay. The island serves as a new outdoor PvP zone for level 85 players. It is the site of a power struggle between both the Baradin’s Wardens and Hellscream’s Reach for control over the prison on the island.
Tol Barad will be similar to Wrath of the Lich King’s Wintergrasp. The prison itself is told have many secrets and treasures hidden within that both the Horde and Alliance want. The major bonus to controlling the prison is that it will also function as the major daily quest hub much like The Burning Crusade’s Isle of Quel’Danas.
Every 2.5 hours Tol Barad will host a battle similar to the ones in Wintergrasp. The attacking faction will try to capture the three keeps on the island – Ironclade Garrison, Warden’s Vigil, and Slagworks, and the defenders will try to stop them. Three spires will distract players from capturing the keeps, since every spire destroyed by the attackers will give them an additional 5 minutes towards the 15-minute battle timer. And as an addition to the Wintergrasp system, players who die in the vicinity of one of the keeps while it is contested will move the capture bar a tiny bit in favor of the enemy.
If PvP is not a meal for you, fear not, for Tol Barad offers content for PvE lovers as well. You can always go to the Tol Barad Peninsula, a small area north of the battle zone, and perform daily quests for the Baradin’s Wardens / Hellscream’s Reach. Those quests will award reputation and commendations for your Tol Barad faction, which you can use to purchase gear, pets, mounts, as well as special PvP consumables. And if your faction happens to control Tol Barad at some point of time, you can ride down to the actual battle zone, complete an additional winner-exclusive 6 daily quests and find a group for the new VoA-like raid – Baradin Hold.
A new balancing system was introduced in Patch 4.0.3, and it will apply to Tol Barad as well. Gone is the Tenacity balancing buff. Tol Barad will select an equal number of players from both factions when a battle is about to begin instead, allowing a maximum of 80 players on each side. So if one faction has 70 players in queue, and the other one has 50, the game will select 50 from both sides and keep the other 20 from the outnumbering faction in queue, waiting for the outnumbered ones to find more players.
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