I have just stumbled upon these old changelogs:
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07)
Battlegrounds arrive!
The Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley Battlegrounds are now available. The Warsong Gulch entrances may be found in the northern Barrens near the Mor'Shan Rampart (Horde) and south of Silverwing Outpost in Ashenvale (Alliance). The Alterac Valley entrances may be found east of Sofera's Naze in Alterac (Horde) and in the Headlands of Alterac (Alliance).
Patch 1.6.1 Changes (2005-08-02)
Alterac Valley
[li]Each team will now gain additional bonus honor if their towers are not destroyed by the end of the map. The more towers that remained intact, the more honor received[/li].
[li]If you manage to keep your faction's Captain alive for the duration of a battle, you will be granted extra points upon victory.[/li]
[li]Several Alterac Valley vendor items are now bind on acquire.[/li]
[li]The respawn time for tower guards (assuming the tower has not been destroyed) has been greatly increased.[/li]
[li]Korrak the Bloodrager has gained immunities to many different spell and ability effects.[/li]
[li]The minimum reputation needed to send a cavalry charge has been reduced to Honored.[/li]
[li]Players of Revered or higher reputation may now call offensive air strikes if they have managed to rescue their respective Wing Commanders.[/li]
[li]Alterac Valley's guard spawn is now controlled via a more intuitive mechanism. Please check the Officer Supply vendors for your faction to read up on the changes.[/li]
[li]Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the Alliance team from receiving honor for destroying towers.[/li]
[li]Fixed a bug that was not awarding Horde credit for owning a mine at the end of a game.[/li]
Patch 1.7.1 Changes (2005-09-22)
Alterac Valley
Battleground "holidays" have been added to Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley and Arathi Basin. Holidays occur during most weekends, starting on Thursday night at midnight and continuing until Tuesday morning. During a holiday, emmissaries from that Battleground will be found in the major cities, and honor/faction rewards for performing objectives in that battleground are increased.
Alterac Valley now correctly rewards honor for owning graveyards at the end of the game.
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.8 (2005-10-10)
Alterac Valley
Each Battleground has an individual turn-in quest associated with its related victory/loss condition. Upon completion of a Battleground, the winning side will be awarded three Marks of Honor while the losing side will be awarded one Mark of Honor. Three Marks of Honor may be turned in to the associated questgiver for Honor Points and faction increase. Should players complete this turn-in quest, they will find that the bonus Honor Points for completion are twice that of normal turn-in conditions (individual).
Alterac Valley has received an overhaul:
[li]In order to keep teams in Alterac Valley more numerically balanced, players will now enter Alterac Valley on a one-for-one basis (i.e. if there are 30 players in the battleground for each side with 10 players in the Alliance queue and 2 players in the Horde queue, only two players from each team will be added, bringing the total to 32 per side).[/li]
[li]The minimum number of players required to start a battle in Alterac Valley has been lowered to 20 (the maximum is still 40).[/li]
[li]Points for completing the map and winning have been slightly decreased.[/li]
[li]Graveyards and graveyard capture points are now at different locations. This was done to correct the negative behavior and tactics associated with graveyard captures and the subsequent player swarming factor. Graveyards should be much more meaningful now to both defense and offense.[/li]
[li]Several terrain changes were made to fix some geometry exploits as well as to adjust for the new graveyard mechanic.[/li]
[li]Iceblood Graveyard has been fortified.[/li]
[li]The Frostwolf Relief Hut now has appropriate guards.[/li]
[li]A great avalanche has closed off both the eastern and western segments of Alterac Valley. This has displaced the Syndicate, the Woodpaw Gnolls, and many of the Winterax Trolls.[/li]
[li]Due to the avalanche, Korrak the Bloodrager and a small band of surviving Trolls have made the Snowfall Graveyard their new home. Players will find that Snowfall is now under Korrak's control and they must defeat Korrak and his Troll guards if they wish to take Snowfall.[/li]
[li]The quests Korrak the Bloodrager (Alliance), Korrak the Everliving (Alliance), The Legend of Korrak (Horde), and The Return of Korrak (Horde) have been removed from the game. The rewards for the initial quest involving Korrak have been moved and can be acquired by completing the quest associated with winning a match in Alterac Valley. We realize that some players may have had the Korrak quest and never completed it. These players may have already completed the quest for killing the General and thus might not be able to benefit from the rewards from the previous quest line. We have opted to add an extra quest step at the end of the General kill quests to reward players that fall under such conditions.
A new item has been added as one of the reward choices for the quests Hero of the Stormpike and Hero of the Frostwolf.[/li]
[li]NPC difficulty has been scaled down. All NPCs have had their power reduced by 15-30%.[/li]
[li]There is now a portcullis at the end of each of the entrance tunnels inside Alterac Valley. They will rise two minutes into the battle.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.9.3 (2006-02-07)
Alterac Valley
[li]The default graveyards in Alterac Valley for each side were moved further up the tunnels away from the battlegroud exit. This should prevent accidentally leaving the battleground.[/li]
[li]The chokepoint building leading to the towers in the Horde base in Alterac Valley will no longer dismount players.[/li]
[li]Multiple Battlegrounds Queues
Players will be able to enter multiple battleground queues. No longer must you make the hard decision of which queue to join -- when queued for all three, you can join the first one available or hold out for that particular battleground which you've really got your heart set on. Should a queue open while you are already in a battleground, you may switch to the new battle or remain in the current on.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.10.0 (3/28/06)
Alterac Valley
[li]Flavor items from player loot in Alterac Valley will now stack and can be sold for a small value. These are items like Documents from Boomstick Imports, Worn Running Shoes, etc.[/li]
[li]Players in Alterac Valley will no longer drop Darkspear Troll Mojo, Dwarf Spines, Forsaken Hearts, Human Bone Chips, Orc Teeth, etc. and the quests have been removed for these items. Instead when a player is slain in Alterac Valley, any enemies that were in that player's threat list will gain 1 point of reputation with either the Frostwolf or Stormpike factions.[/li]
[li]Frostwolf and Stormpike faction will now be gained by killing players of the opposite faction. Reputation will no longer be split up among the entire raid group.[/li]
[li]Tower Banners in Alterac Valley can no longer be used through walls.[/li]
[li]Korrak the Bloodrager and his band of trolls have packed up their bags and left Alterac Valley for greener pastures.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.11.2 (7/11/2006)
Alterac Valley
[li]Most of the NPC guard units have been removed.[/li]
[li]Players now drop more quest items.[/li]
[li]Creatures that remain in Alterac Valley have had their hit points reduced.[/li]
[li]The buff that is periodically cast by each faction's Captain has been changed to a flat 20% hit point buff.[/li]
[li]Upgrading troops through armor scrap turn-ins will also now result in your team's General enabling a periodic buff to your melee and spell damage.[/li]
Which version of AV will be present on Kronos? This is a huge deal for me actually, because i consider 1.7.1 to be the last great installation of this battleground.
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07)
Battlegrounds arrive!
The Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley Battlegrounds are now available. The Warsong Gulch entrances may be found in the northern Barrens near the Mor'Shan Rampart (Horde) and south of Silverwing Outpost in Ashenvale (Alliance). The Alterac Valley entrances may be found east of Sofera's Naze in Alterac (Horde) and in the Headlands of Alterac (Alliance).
Patch 1.6.1 Changes (2005-08-02)
Alterac Valley
[li]Each team will now gain additional bonus honor if their towers are not destroyed by the end of the map. The more towers that remained intact, the more honor received[/li].
[li]If you manage to keep your faction's Captain alive for the duration of a battle, you will be granted extra points upon victory.[/li]
[li]Several Alterac Valley vendor items are now bind on acquire.[/li]
[li]The respawn time for tower guards (assuming the tower has not been destroyed) has been greatly increased.[/li]
[li]Korrak the Bloodrager has gained immunities to many different spell and ability effects.[/li]
[li]The minimum reputation needed to send a cavalry charge has been reduced to Honored.[/li]
[li]Players of Revered or higher reputation may now call offensive air strikes if they have managed to rescue their respective Wing Commanders.[/li]
[li]Alterac Valley's guard spawn is now controlled via a more intuitive mechanism. Please check the Officer Supply vendors for your faction to read up on the changes.[/li]
[li]Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the Alliance team from receiving honor for destroying towers.[/li]
[li]Fixed a bug that was not awarding Horde credit for owning a mine at the end of a game.[/li]
Patch 1.7.1 Changes (2005-09-22)
Alterac Valley
Battleground "holidays" have been added to Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley and Arathi Basin. Holidays occur during most weekends, starting on Thursday night at midnight and continuing until Tuesday morning. During a holiday, emmissaries from that Battleground will be found in the major cities, and honor/faction rewards for performing objectives in that battleground are increased.
Alterac Valley now correctly rewards honor for owning graveyards at the end of the game.
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.8 (2005-10-10)
Alterac Valley
Each Battleground has an individual turn-in quest associated with its related victory/loss condition. Upon completion of a Battleground, the winning side will be awarded three Marks of Honor while the losing side will be awarded one Mark of Honor. Three Marks of Honor may be turned in to the associated questgiver for Honor Points and faction increase. Should players complete this turn-in quest, they will find that the bonus Honor Points for completion are twice that of normal turn-in conditions (individual).
Alterac Valley has received an overhaul:
[li]In order to keep teams in Alterac Valley more numerically balanced, players will now enter Alterac Valley on a one-for-one basis (i.e. if there are 30 players in the battleground for each side with 10 players in the Alliance queue and 2 players in the Horde queue, only two players from each team will be added, bringing the total to 32 per side).[/li]
[li]The minimum number of players required to start a battle in Alterac Valley has been lowered to 20 (the maximum is still 40).[/li]
[li]Points for completing the map and winning have been slightly decreased.[/li]
[li]Graveyards and graveyard capture points are now at different locations. This was done to correct the negative behavior and tactics associated with graveyard captures and the subsequent player swarming factor. Graveyards should be much more meaningful now to both defense and offense.[/li]
[li]Several terrain changes were made to fix some geometry exploits as well as to adjust for the new graveyard mechanic.[/li]
[li]Iceblood Graveyard has been fortified.[/li]
[li]The Frostwolf Relief Hut now has appropriate guards.[/li]
[li]A great avalanche has closed off both the eastern and western segments of Alterac Valley. This has displaced the Syndicate, the Woodpaw Gnolls, and many of the Winterax Trolls.[/li]
[li]Due to the avalanche, Korrak the Bloodrager and a small band of surviving Trolls have made the Snowfall Graveyard their new home. Players will find that Snowfall is now under Korrak's control and they must defeat Korrak and his Troll guards if they wish to take Snowfall.[/li]
[li]The quests Korrak the Bloodrager (Alliance), Korrak the Everliving (Alliance), The Legend of Korrak (Horde), and The Return of Korrak (Horde) have been removed from the game. The rewards for the initial quest involving Korrak have been moved and can be acquired by completing the quest associated with winning a match in Alterac Valley. We realize that some players may have had the Korrak quest and never completed it. These players may have already completed the quest for killing the General and thus might not be able to benefit from the rewards from the previous quest line. We have opted to add an extra quest step at the end of the General kill quests to reward players that fall under such conditions.
A new item has been added as one of the reward choices for the quests Hero of the Stormpike and Hero of the Frostwolf.[/li]
[li]NPC difficulty has been scaled down. All NPCs have had their power reduced by 15-30%.[/li]
[li]There is now a portcullis at the end of each of the entrance tunnels inside Alterac Valley. They will rise two minutes into the battle.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.9.3 (2006-02-07)
Alterac Valley
[li]The default graveyards in Alterac Valley for each side were moved further up the tunnels away from the battlegroud exit. This should prevent accidentally leaving the battleground.[/li]
[li]The chokepoint building leading to the towers in the Horde base in Alterac Valley will no longer dismount players.[/li]
[li]Multiple Battlegrounds Queues
Players will be able to enter multiple battleground queues. No longer must you make the hard decision of which queue to join -- when queued for all three, you can join the first one available or hold out for that particular battleground which you've really got your heart set on. Should a queue open while you are already in a battleground, you may switch to the new battle or remain in the current on.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.10.0 (3/28/06)
Alterac Valley
[li]Flavor items from player loot in Alterac Valley will now stack and can be sold for a small value. These are items like Documents from Boomstick Imports, Worn Running Shoes, etc.[/li]
[li]Players in Alterac Valley will no longer drop Darkspear Troll Mojo, Dwarf Spines, Forsaken Hearts, Human Bone Chips, Orc Teeth, etc. and the quests have been removed for these items. Instead when a player is slain in Alterac Valley, any enemies that were in that player's threat list will gain 1 point of reputation with either the Frostwolf or Stormpike factions.[/li]
[li]Frostwolf and Stormpike faction will now be gained by killing players of the opposite faction. Reputation will no longer be split up among the entire raid group.[/li]
[li]Tower Banners in Alterac Valley can no longer be used through walls.[/li]
[li]Korrak the Bloodrager and his band of trolls have packed up their bags and left Alterac Valley for greener pastures.[/li]
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.11.2 (7/11/2006)
Alterac Valley
[li]Most of the NPC guard units have been removed.[/li]
[li]Players now drop more quest items.[/li]
[li]Creatures that remain in Alterac Valley have had their hit points reduced.[/li]
[li]The buff that is periodically cast by each faction's Captain has been changed to a flat 20% hit point buff.[/li]
[li]Upgrading troops through armor scrap turn-ins will also now result in your team's General enabling a periodic buff to your melee and spell damage.[/li]
Which version of AV will be present on Kronos? This is a huge deal for me actually, because i consider 1.7.1 to be the last great installation of this battleground.
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