Ok guys so its week 4 of season 13 and I thought I'd give my impressions on
arenas so far and some general advice and discuss the upcoming pvp changes in
patch 5.3.
For the most part 2's will result in either a drawn out game where neither team
loses a player or where a double damage team just quickly gimps you. So far this season I've played with a death knight, warrior, hunter, shadow priest, and wind walker monk . Of all of these characters I would say that the warrior or dk seem to pair best with a druid healer. The
problem with the two classes however is that sometimes neither is capable of putting out too much crowd control so it can often end with the above mentioned "gimps". Overall however, if you are able to keep yourself alive both of them bring strong damage and tons of pressure. Hunters provide a good amount of cc and good damage without being too hard to heal. They're somewhere between the classes able to deal heavy damage and pressure and the others that deal mediocre damage but put out pressure with constant control over the enemies. Spriests bring
a lot of utility with less damage when compared to the other three. As far as
being viable for 2's I think that a warrior or dk would be the best options but if you
know a good player who knows how to play well then a priest or hunter can be
used. In threes I've played with a spriest/unholy dk, spriest/rogue, unholy dk/
warrior and monk/unholy dk. Of the above listed comps the priest brings a ton of
utility with good damage and cc potential. If you can find a good spriest or
warlock along with a dk or warrior you can make a strong team. The problem is that the warlock or priest have to know what they are doing and play their class very well because much of the game is based on what decisions they make. I've only played up to a rating of about 1700 so hopefully when I get the chance I can share more detailed information about what does and doesn't work on the different comps. Rbgs have been good for resto
druids. They tend to perform very well overall and Ursols vortex allows for a
lot of control options on some maps. I've reached a rating of 1100 in 2 hrs of
doing bgs and given the chance I will detail the higher brackets and some
general advice if I feel I have anything helpful to really say about that.
So, Blizzard has announced in patch 5.3 that all characters will have a baseline 65%
resilience. Pvp resilience will also be removed from all pvp gear. Gems and
enchants will be the only way of gaining extra resilience. Also rated bgs,
arenas and random bgs will scale item levels to a maximum of 496. Tyrannical
gear will be upgraded to lvl 496 and elite tyrannical will be purely a cosmetic
improvement. Since pvp power will still exist it will make pvp the better choice
for pvp combat compared to pve gear. This is a very exciting change that will
hopefully make it easier for characters to compete based on skill rather than on
gear which has plagued newcomers to the game for a long time. Overall it should
make it to where many more players are choosing to use pvp gear for pvp and pve
for pve. The items scaling to 496 means that having a more powerful pve weapon,
as an example, will give you no benefit because the damage and stats will be
decreased to the equivalent item level in bgs, arenas and rbgs. Here are the
official notes by blizzard.
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/7892888/53_PTR_Patch_Notes-26_03_2013
Ok so time for a little advice. Recently this week I was introduced to an addon
named oqueue. This addon let's you look for other players on other realms that
are looking for players for rated battleground groups. The addon collect your
character info and allows you to join other people's groups based on your stats
and what the raid leader is looking for. It can also be used to find groups for
questing or random bg groups. I've used it for roughly a day or two and it has
been very easy to find groups for what I want and I would highly recommend it to
anyone who plays on a server that makes it hard to find rbgs groups. Here's a
link to the addon.
http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/oqueue
I intend to get some videos of me doing some rbgs and arenas up soon and talk a little about talents and play style. Check back soon.
