According to blue posts by Blizzard developers, WoW Arena Season 6 is set to start, on schedule, April 22nd. Patch 3.1.1 goes live as well this week. This season will see many changes to gameplay and rating systems for the player versus player mode of the game. The recent 3.1 patch has changed gameplay considerably as well as the last major expansion with Wrath of the Lich King.

The new season sees changes to the Arena ratings system as stated by Blizzard developers, "With Arena Season 6, arena teams will start at 0 rating instead of 1500, which will allow teams to have more continuous progression throughout the arena season. In addition, we reevaluated item purchases and felt many of them were too difficult to obtain so we will be altering the rating requirements needed to purchase the latest arena items. For example, items with a rating requirement will now be obtainable starting at 1250 rating."

With the new season also comes a whole new set of gear. MMO-Champion.com has compiled a comprehensive list of the new gear which you can take a look at here.

To follow the action and ratings for Season 6, check out the Tournament statistics at the Armory.

Source: www.mmo-champion.com