If you play on Blackrock, which is a PVP only realm with no PVE content, you get instant 80 and up to Relentless (ilvl 258) gear for free. If you play on Icecrown (a PVE + PVP realm), you can pay for instant 80 but will not have any gear that lets you play competitively. For both of these servers, you can buy gear from the Warmane store (P2W). Lordaeron on the other hand is similar to Icecrown but without the P2W (you can't buy gear but you can still buy fully decked out toons) and has harder PVE content. I recommend Blackrock if you just want to try out Warmane battlegrounds. There are two gear brackets, and the starter gear of Blackrock will typically place you in the lower bracket so you don't have to face players with the best gear. Keep in mind, as soon as you earn or donate for a single piece of gear that's around or above ilvl 264 on Icecrown, you get permanently bumped up to the higher gear bracket, which will ruin your battleground gameplay until you manage to improve your gear. And also you have no easy access to Relentless gear from Icecrown without arena rating (unlike Blackrock where they get it for free).
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If you play on Blackrock, which is a PVP only realm with no PVE content, you get instant 80 and up to Relentless (ilvl 258) gear for free. If you play on Icecrown (a PVE + PVP realm), you can pay for instant 80 but will not have any gear that lets you play competitively. For both of these servers, you can buy gear from the Warmane store (P2W). Lordaeron on the other hand is similar to Icecrown but without the P2W (you can't buy gear but you can still buy fully decked out toons) and has harder PVE content.
I recommend Blackrock if you just want to try out Warmane battlegrounds. There are two gear brackets, and the starter gear of Blackrock will typically place you in the lower bracket so you don't have to face players with the best gear.
Keep in mind, as soon as you earn or donate for a single piece of gear that's around or above ilvl 264 on Icecrown, you get permanently bumped up to the higher gear bracket, which will ruin your battleground gameplay until you manage to improve your gear. And also you have no easy access to Relentless gear from Icecrown without arena rating (unlike Blackrock where they get it for free).