Battleground 3v3 Info from KTera

The new battleground arena is a 3v3 system that takes place on a small circular map and uses a fair matching system.



To enter the new battlegrounds arena, you must first create a 3-man party. The party must contain a healer class in order to use the battlegrounds matching system.

Battlegrounds Arena Rules

The battle is 3v3.
Best of 3 rounds system, whoever wins 2 rounds first wins.
Items such as charms and potions cannot be used.
Consumables cannot be used.
Party must contain a healer class.
Party cannot contain more than 1 of the same class.
There is a time limit per round. If the battle does not end within the time limit, the team with the most members alive will be given the win. If the number of survivors are the same, the round will be considered a draw.
If the number of wins are the same after 3 rounds, the match will be considered a draw.


A spectator view has been added. If your character dies, you can use the spectator view to watch the rest of the match. Use the jump key to switch to the point of view of a surviving team member. You can only use the spectator view for your own team's surviving members.

Rating System:

An Elo style rating system will be implemented. The rating score will increase with a win and decrease with a loss. The battlegrounds arena matching system will match teams with similar rating scores. As your rating gets higher, it will increase in smaller increments, and it will decrease in larger amounts when losing to a team with a lower rating.

Similarly, if you beat a team with a higher average rating score, your rating will go up in higher amounts.

When you queue for the battlegrounds arena, the matching system will try to match your team with another team with a similar average rating score.

How to acquire points

Normal Battlegrounds Arena

Whichever team wins 2 rounds first wins.
There are no bonuses related to K/D ratio or the number of kills. Credits are only given for win/loss.
When you win, Bellacarium credits are awarded.


Rated Battlegrounds Arena

Whichever team wins 2 rounds first wins.
There are no bonuses related to K/D ratio or the number of kills. Credits are only given for win/loss.
When you win, Mad Slaughterer credits are awarded. (new type of credits)


Rewards:

A new gear set, Bloodstained Champion's Set will be added. This set can only be obtained through the new rated battlegrounds arena. This PvP set has slightly higher stats over the previous PvP sets. This set can only be purchased with Mad Slaughterer credits. The amount of Mad Slaughterer credits you can earn are limited for each week.

Special skill: Murderous Rage

The new special skill Murderous Rage can only be used by top ranking players on each server. When used, the player's character will have a special effect as seen below and be given boosted stats depending on their class. Murderous Rage skill cannot be used inside battlegrounds.