Season 3 started on November 27, 2007 on the North American realms and November 28, 2007 on the European realms. Season 3 introduced the new personal rating system, which is a rating unique to each player in addition to their team rating. You must have a certain personal rating as well as team rating in order to purchase some of the Season 3 rewards.[1] However, you do not have to maintain these ratings to continue use of the item. Season 2 items were made available at a 15% discount, while Season 1 items were made available for Honor Points and Battleground Tokens.