Battlegrounds

Overview

Battlegrounds are exciting player-versus-player arenas that typically allow teams of 4 or 8 to compete in a variety of game modes, including Domination, Capture the Relic, and Team Deathmatch. Join discrete teams where Alliances don't matter to engage in matches that last as long as 15 minutes, plus earn you Alliance Points, Experience, and even gear!Queuing for a Battleground with a party of fewer than 4 players will fill a group with other players so you can participate. After the Battleground has ended, any players added to your party for the match are removed and you are returned to where you were before you entered the Battleground.

Players can choose between Standard or Competitive matches.

Standard matches feature 2 teams of 8 and special power-ups that alter gameplay. Standard matches do not affect your Matchmaking Rating and do not qualify you for the leaderboard.

Competitive matches currently feature 2 teams of 4. Players are matched based on their Matchmaking Rating (MMR). Players gain MMR only in Competitive matches. Some Competitive matches feature a rounds system where players have to win a certain number of rounds to win the Battleground. Players who play Competitive matches have the opportunity to receive the most recent Battleground rewards. Your MMR is derived from a combination of whether you win or lose, and the rank of the opponents you've played against. Players who leave a Competitive match receive a queue penalty and a loss of MMR. MMR will reset at the start of each month.

Three team Battlegrounds are available during certain holiday weekends.

To participate in a Battleground, open the Group & Activity Finder and select Battlegrounds. From the drop down in the upper right, select if you want a Standard 8 v 8 or a Competitive 4 v 4 Battleground. Click the Join Queue button and you will be queued for a Battleground. When the Battleground is ready, you will receive a ready check notification while you are out of combat. Accepting this confirms that you're ready to start the Battleground.

The first time per day you choose to join and complete a Battleground in first or second place, you get the bonus rewards featured under Daily Bonus Rewards.

Domination

Domination is a Land Grab game type. The goal of Domination is to control capture points. You gain control of a capture point by standing next to the capture point until the capture point's banner changes to your team's color.While a capture point is your team's color, your team controls that capture point and gains points. The more capture points your team control, the more points your team gains. The first team to hit the target score or has the most points when the timer runs out wins.

Team Deathmatch

The goal of Team Deathmatch is to kill more enemies than the opposing team. Every kill earns points for your team. The first team to the target score or the team with the most points when the timer runs out wins.

Capture the Relic

Capture the Relic is a flag game type. The goal of Capture the Relic is to pick up an enemy's relic and bring it to your team's relic base. Your relic must be in the relic base in order to successfully capture the enemy relic . Once a relic is captured, it is returned to its team's relic base. For each relic you successfully capture, your team gains points. The first team to hit the target score or has the most points when the timer runs out wins.Interacting with an enemy relic will allow you to pick up the relic. If you die while carrying an enemy relic, the relic drops where you died and remains there for 10 seconds. If a dropped relic is not interacted with for 10 seconds, it returns to its own relic base. If a player touches their team's dropped relic, the relic will immediately be returned to the teams relic base.

Chaos Ball

Chaos Ball is a game mode in which players strive to maintain possession of an object called a Chaos Ball for the longest period of time possible.

While the Chaos Ball is in their possession, players will accumulate points for their team, but they will also suffer from a damaging effect to themselves and their nearby teammates over time that increases in strength the longer they carry it.When a Chaos Ball carrier dies, the Chaos Ball can be stolen by players on other team. Keeping your team's Chaos Ball carrier alive and killing enemy carriers is the key to victory!

The team that reaches the target score for the match, or has the most points when the timer runs out, wins.

Crazy King

Crazy King is a Land Grab game type. The goal of Crazy King is to control capture points. You gain control of a capture point by standing next to the capture point until the capture point's banner changes to your team's color.At the start of the match, only one control point is active. As the match progresses additional capture points appear and disappear, changing location. While a capture point is your team's color, your team controls that capture point and gains points. The more capture points your team controls over the course of the match, the more points your team gains. The first team to hit the target score or has the most points when the timer runs out wins.

Leaderboard

The Battlegrounds system features a leaderboard that resets weekly. You earn ranking toward the leaderboard by earning medals in competitive games.The leaderboard shows the top 100 players. Being one of the top players in the leaderboard at the time of reset earns you rewards that will be mailed directly to you.

Dying

When dying in a Battleground, you can't revive at your team's spawn point until the respawn timer runs out. Alternatively, a teammate can revive you by using a Soul Gem.

During round-based matches, players have a certain number of lives. During games that involve lives, players can't revive other players.You don't incur any armor durability loss when dying to another player. You do, however, take armor durability loss if you die while not engaged in combat.

Medals Overview

Medals are accolades earned during Battleground matches. You can earn Medals for performing actions such as capturing relics, performing kill streaks, and healing teammates.

Medals: Team Deathmatch

Damage
Bruiser (50 points): Deal at least 5k damage
Fearsome Fighter (100 points): Deal at least 25k damage
Gladiator (200 points): Deal at least 50k damage
Champion (400 points): Deal at least 500k damage
Heavy Hitter (5 points*): Score a 10k damage hit
Crushing Blow (10 points*): Score a 11.75k damage hitHealing
Minor Mender (50 points): Heal for at least 5k damage
Heroic Healer (250 points): Heal for at least 25k damage
Medic (500 points): Heal for at least 50k damage
Fearless Physician (750 points): Heal for at least 375k damage
Critical Heal (100 points*): Score a 7.5k healing hit
Rapid Recovery (200 points*): Score a 15k healing hit

Kills
First Strike (111 points): Earn the 1st killing blow
Assist (100 points*): Help a teammate kill an enemy player
Killing Blow (100 points*): Earn a killing blow
Double Kill (222 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of a prior kill
Triple Kill (333 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of earning a Double kill +333 points (repeatable)
Quadruple Kill (444 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of earning a Triple kill

* : Medal can be earned multiple times per match.

Medals: Capture the Relic

Relic Capture
First Relic (111 points): Capture the first Relic of a match
Relic Runner (500 points*): Capture a Relic
Relic Hunter (100 points*): Kill a Relic carrier
Assist (100 points*): Help a teammate kill a Relic carrier

Damage
Relic Bruiser (50 points): Deal 5k damage to Relic carriers
Relic Fearsome Fighter (100 points): Deal 25k damage to Relic carriers
Relic Gladiator (200 points): Deal 50k damage to Relic carriers
Relic Champion (400 points): Deal 375k damage to Relic carriers
Relic Crushing Blow (10 points*): Score an 11.75k damage hit to a Relic carrierHealing
Humble Protection (100 points): Do 5k healing on a Relic carrier
Devoted Protection (200 points): Do 18.75k healing on a Relic carrier
Relic Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing on a Relic carrier
Divine Guardian (400 points): Do 200k healing on Relic carriers
Critical Healer (100 points*): Score a 7.5k healing hit on a Relic carrier

* : Medal can be earned multiple times per match.

Medals: Domination

Capture Points
Dominator (100 points*): Capture a capture point
Vigilant Defender (500 points*): Earn 250 defense points at a capture point

Defense
Gleaming Guardian (50 points): Take 15k damage
Dauntless Defender (100 points): Take 30k damage
Valiant Vanguard (200 points): Take 60k damage
Steady Centurion (400 points): Take 250k damage
Iron Soul (50 points*): Survive a 10k damage hit
Steel Skin (50 points*): Survive an 11.75k damage hitHealing
Humble Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing while defending a capture point
Devoted Protector (200 points): Do 25k healing while defending a capture point
Sublime Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing while defending a capture point
Divine Protector (500 points): Do 375k healing while defending a capture point
Helping Hand (50 points*): Score a 10k healing hit on an ally defender

Damage
Offensive Execution (10 points*): Kill a defender at a capture point
Defensive Execution (5 points*): Kill an attacker while defending a capture point

* : Medal can be earned multiple times per match.

Medals: Chaos Ball

Chaos Ball Carry
First Carry (10 points): First player to pick up the Chaos Ball
Ball Bearer (50 points*): Earn points by carrying the Chaos Ball
Thirty Second Carry (300 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 30s
Sixty Second Carry (600 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 60s
Ninety Second Carry (900 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 90s

Damage
Chaos Bruiser (50 points): Deal 5k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Devastator (100 points): Deal 25k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Destroyer (200 points): Deal 50k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Champion (400 points): Deal 325k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
Ball Buster (10 points*): Score a 11.75k damage hit on a Chaos Ball carrier
Chaos Hunter (100 points*): Kill a Chaos Ball carrier
Assist (100 points*): Help kill a carrierHealing
Chaos Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Healer (200 points): Do 25k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Shaman (200 points): Do 50k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Guardian (400 points): Do 275k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
Chaos Mender (100 points*): Score a 5k healing hit on a Chaos Ball carrier

* : Medal can be earned multiple times per match.

Medals: Crazy King

Capture Points
Dominator (100 points*): Capture a capture point
Vigilant Defender (500 points*): Earn 250 defense points at a capture point
Offensive Execution (10 points*): Kill a defender at a capture point
Defensive Execution (5 points*): Kill an attacker while defending a capture point

Defense
Gleaming Guardian (50 points): Take 15k damage
Dauntless Defender (100 points): Take 30k damage
Valiant Vanguard (200 points): Take 60k damage
Steady Centurion (400 points): Take 250k damage
Iron Soul (50 points*): Survive a 10k damage hit
Steel Skin (50 points*): Survive an 11.75k damage hitHealing
Humble Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing while defending a capture point
Devoted Protector (200 points): Do 25k healing while defending a capture point
Sublime Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing while defending a capture point
Divine Protector (500 points): Do 375k healing while defending a capture point
Helping Hand (50 points*): Score a 10k healing hit on an ally defender

* : Medal can be earned multiple times per match.