Earnings on Small ServersEdit
It is possible for a server to have an NR too small to support even a single Rank 14 player in a given week.
If NR < 250, the Rank 14 bracket will contain NR * 0.002 < 0.5, rounded to 0 players. In that case, the top scoring player for the week will earn 12000 RP (top of bracket 13) rather than the usual 13000 RP.
This was observed over multiple weeks, including the week ending 23-May-2006, on Muladin/H. NR for that week was estimated to be 207, and the WS=1 player earned 12000 RP.
Theoretically, if a server has NR < 71, then the Rank 13 bracket will also contain no players. In that case, I expect the top WS=1 player will earn 11000 RP (top of bracket 12).
So as long as there is over 250 players in a given week ranking (more than 15 HKs) there will always be a rank 14. Source:
http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Honor_sys ... 0_formulas) (Hint: this site also explains honor bracket "cap" just depends on the honor gained. Less people playing, the lower the honor needed to rank, unless you have a neckbeard PVPing 24/7 getting 500k honor a week, then that is the number to beat to get WS 1)
Edit: after checking realmplayers, it looks the bar is set for 400-500k honor weekly to get WS1.
http://realmplayers.com/CharacterViewer ... yer=Niella