Low gear/high gear threshold for RBG

[Decentsmartserb]

Hello there, I am curious if anyone know what's exactly the limit between lower gear tier RBG and higher gear tier RBG?
Is it specific rule or overall gear score that you shouldn't go over to remain in lower tier? Like 5k is limit or something like that?
Any information is appreciated

P.S. Nevermind, we found out.... 5.7k without purchasing any ICC heroic allows you to be maximum geared and still actually play RANDOM battleground vs random players , not premades on both sides.

[Obnoxious]

You're wrong at the very foundation, only players use "gear score."
Also, trying to cheese the threshold with a mix of low items and one or two much more powerful is a quick way to get reported and forced to the upper bracket.
Also also, being in a lower gear could be temporary and eventually you might "graduate" even if undergeared.

[Decentsmartserb]

Despite what they say, I have already played over 100 BGs. Maybe if you reach certain number of HK they will move your character to upper tier, however I would advise to buy commendations from general vendor for 2500 honor (and you can send them to account characters even though you lose 500 honor in process) and stack them once you reach full gear. IF you are later forced from lower to higher tier, you can always create new or/and delete old character and you can have almost full gear with commendations you collected and start cycle a new.

Goal is to play battlegrounds versus RANDOM people and you don't face guild premades where 5-10 people come as party and destroy random people followed with camping graveyards regardless what faction they belong and often intentionally delaying objective (like they grabbing flag in WSG and prevent own team mates to cap or camping graveyard in AV for HKs).

Good thing is, even if you are forced to next tier, you can always make new character. Also make couple alts and farm first win of the day, massive honor gain so getting new items on new character will be easy and quite fast as well.

Cheers! :)

[Gasydwarf]

Probably you have mistaken those commendations, only wintergrasp sells them and don't cost honor but shards.
I have encountered that many players manage to break or have found some kind of loop to break certain rules regarding the lower brackets. There are players that comes there with many icc items equiped and fight guys with who barely are 5/5 furios geared.
Those lower bg's are way more enternaining then late game, due to you don't meet premades that ruin bg. Also noone realy stand out with that gear except when some twinks show up.

[Decentsmartserb]

No sir, I am referring to Wintergrasp commendations that are available on Blackrock (General vendor, page 2).
As for second part, I do agree, it's much more fun to play against random people, not ubergeared and communicating on discord premades who try to farm HKs and preventing other people to do objectives, mass reporting particular player to flag them and kick them out of BG, etc. Low tier is great and obviously there should be limit, however Warmane obviously uses some algorithm to decide where it's gonna place you. Obviously there isn't hard limit and likely it's % based depending on how close you are to certain limit, different limits for different classes etc.

Bottom line is, you will have to experiment and see exactly where the limit is. For example I found that 5690 for Warlocks is good enough to keep you in lower tier , hunter and warriors may be bit higher but we have to test and apply corrections to cheese our way in.