One more problem is the phenomenom of bg heros. Bg heros are players who dont need honor anymore, but want to "pwn" other players (with less gear) in battlegrounds. If a bg hero sees he loses the battleground and his faction is getting stomped, he just leaves, since he doesnt need honor and cant farm easy kills. In our case the alliance bg heros stay motivated because they usually win the battlegrounds, whilte most horde bg heros wont queue anymore. This way there are more alliance bg heros and in a losing streak usually the players who really need the honor will remain. As soon as they have full honor gear, most dont wanna keep losing. Its a cycle that only could be overcome by using the crossfaction system of at-server, since players and their gear will get mixed every game. Wintergrasp is the same problem, but to fix this would be much harder.