I dont know when rules changed to current retail system where you can no longer buy gear above your current level, but I am 100% sure when I played my first ever character on retail OG Wotlk (season where Furious was current arena gear) I was levelling 90% of 70-80 on AV and I had 4 Hateful items in my bag by the level 79 and no honor was ever wasted. Could not equip them ofc, but could buy them for later.
Please fix it, or at least tripple the honor cap(if its easier to do or you turned it off on purpose because of PvE boosting or something) so I can play lot of PvP while levelling without wasting too much honor, like I used to back then.
(unless it was changed in 3.3.X patchnotes on which game is based now - I did not level my second character on PvP so Im not 100% sure about last 2 seasons. But I think it was possible during whole Wotlk expansion.)
Hard to find info for such an old thing espetialy when very few people play WoW doing 99% PvP only - even while levelling. I used to have 25 000 honorable kills when I finished 80 lvl doing mostly PvP (and I would not do something like that no matter how I like PvP if it was for nothing - I was like PvP levelling is slow but when Im finished I also have starter 80 gear ready)…
But I found something. Nothing oficial just some guys on MMOchamp discussing exactly same thing in Cataclysm. Will have to look into cata patch notes. I dont know how to post links on forum, I will add some empty spaces
Found another 2 mentions but still could not find exact patchnotes where it was changed. Also buying higher level water and food was affected by that change.
(4th answer is correct one, that exactly what I did. I also enchanted that gear before I could even equip it)
“Simply put. Do BGS all the way through leveling, save the honor, if you are capped (near 75k) buy an 80 level piece and save it for later. Keep doing bgs.”
It was never the best gearing option because below 80 honor rates were terrible and XP nothing special, not many people used it or even knew it but it was there as option for people playing WoW only for PvP. To me this is even more annoying than lack of RDF, adding Hero+, boosts, mounts and other controversial changes because it directly impacts the way I wanted to play.
(and I would not do something like that no matter how I like PvP if it was for nothing - I was like PvP levelling is slow but when Im finished I also have starter 80 gear ready)…