There has been much speculation about the objectives and layout of the "Battle for Gilneas," the second of the new battlegrounds being introduced in Cataclysm.

There's a new map out that shows a much different picture than was expected. Originally all the speculation and crumbs of information pointed to a battleground setup that would use the terrain from the actual city of Gilneas that functions as the Worgen starting area. Now it seems that the battle will be focused on an area on the north end of the peninsula.

The new zone will still (as far as we know) be home to a 40 player raid battleground, though given the downsizing of some of the other battlegrounds to be more manageable in the rated bg format it could go down to 25 players.

Given the asymmetrical design of the map, we can make a few guesses about the nature of the format. This could likely be some sort of king of the hill area-control map similar to Eye of the Storm. This is all speculation however. We won't know until more details are released or the zone becomes playable in the Beta!