In World of Warcraft, when you do PvP Arena, you gain or lose Arena Rating when you win or lose.
I want to know, is the amount of Rating that you gain or lose a consistent amount or is it calculated based on a few variables (example your current rating, or you win/loss ratio)?
Best Answer
Arena ratings are calculated using the ELO rating system with a K-factor of 32. This means that maximum that your rating can change by is 32. The rating changes are based primarily off the following formula with some additional adjustments for team size and low ratings:
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As you can see from above, if a team has a rating lower than 1500 they gain points as if their rating was 1500.
Additionally, there are adjustments based on team size: