Cataclysm

[Firewind]

Re: Cataclysm

Yeah Rogues suck at 1v1 at 85 really and pretty much rely on their target to panic like that . If a realise that someone is a panickier I WILL make their life hell

I would also consider when and when not to keep your Shadow Form on. You can't heal in that stance and smart Rogues will take advantage of that.

And yeah the reason why they always sap you is to wait for buffs like PW:S to vanish. It also stops you from running away or even better, makes you panic and use your Trinket.

Positioning helps too. Co ordinate with any Shaman, Warlocks, Magi and Hunters as all of them have great anti-stealth abilities. If you see a Hunter's pet suddenly turn to face behind you, a Hunter's Frost trap go off, a Mage suddenly Frost Nova or use Frost Armour or a Warlock Death Coil or send his Felguard crazy or hear a Shaman's damage totem go off, there's a Rogue about. Rogues are also less likely to attack you if you are with friends. Would you run into a 3v1 fight? Would you expect a Rogue either?

Honestly it's mostly practise. A good anything should always beat a Rogue 1v1. What Rogues do have is time and the ability to enter the fight when they can. We are most lethal when the battle has started and everyone is distracted. If you let yourself get too distracted with the fight going on in front of you, it's hardly surprising that a Rogue will pop up to say hi :3 . Being a Cloth wearer with tunnel vision is basically inviting a Rogue or Kitty to gank you.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

It doesn't help that Horde doesn't really enjoy working together in a lot of cases. I often end up alone in BGs for some length of time.

I was really proud of myself for solo taking someone else once, though. I can't remember what class he was, but he didn't have that much health so he must have been a fresh ding. I'll take what I can get though. If I'm an easy target then I'm going to pick on the easy-easy targets. XD

[Firewind]

Re: Cataclysm

To be fair in PvP, making yourself an easy target is just asking for it and any class will take the free kill so don't feel bad.

You do have an advantage though: intimidation. Shadow Priests are very powerful in PvP and from the sound of it, you just need some practise. Not only do they look intimidating but people will be cautious when approaching you due to the class being very powerful. I know that I tend to approach any fight with a Shadow priest like I'm about to go pop on a Plate wearer. I've actually seen a full group of 6 turn and RUN at the sight of a Shadow Priest before .

Honestly just practise and work towards getting your PvP gear and you will have people running in fear from your Shadow powers in no time.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

Yeah. And that's really all it is. That and knowing which classes have which abilities also makes a huge difference. I'm still pretty much a nub there. Lol.

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Ahh, corpse run, that's more like it. Feel like a zombie anyway.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

I think I'm going to ding 85 tomorrow. That'll be my Christmas gift to myself.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

^ I did indeed get 85 on Saturday, as well as Loremaster of Northrend and the "Chef" title. A good Christmas for my undead.

As I had said earlier, I really wanted to get into some BGs at 85 and get back into beating the crap out of Alliance (especially NE Druids, fuck those guys), so I did that. I thought I'd be just utterly demolished because I didn't have any of the current PvP stuff but I didn't do all that bad. Of course, I was running with about 101k health, and others had about 120k at the most, so in comparison to 30k vs. 22k, it's not such a big difference. Also, I apparently don't suck that bad, because I was really owning a bunch of SPriests this weekend.

I did take my little hunter into an AB this weekend (at 29, she's now 30) and now she got obliterated. I don't even have the slightest idea what hunters do in PvP to stay alive. Will have to research that and try again. It felt good being back on my Priest in PvP because I have a general sense of what I can do in different situations.

Oh, and conquest points suck. Because I'm not sure I'm up for attempting to be a part of an arena team, and my guild doesn't seem to want to do rated BGs yet. So I guess I'm going to be sticking with the honor blues for now. Since in order to get 2200 CP to get one item, it will take me 88 straight days of winning at least one BG per day. x.x

So weird that as someone who never had any interest in PvP ever (never even touched Ballista), I'm finding PvP to be more fun than PvE lately. Maybe after I get geared up I will seek an arena team and see if I can't melt some faces. Lol.

[DakAttack]

Re: Cataclysm

Hunters are one of the easiest classes to play in PvP. All you have to do is keep your target at a distance. Ice traps, Intimidation, Concussive Shot, Hamstring, Disengage, etc.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

Don't have a lot of that stuff yet. I'll try her again at 39 and see what I can come up with. Might even grab her some BoA gear since she was so squishy.

[DakAttack]

Re: Cataclysm

It should be easy to pimp her out in blues. If you don't have a lot of crowd control abilities and spells, yet, then choose targets that an ally is already picking on. They'll have to decide who to attack, and if you've put some distance between the two of you then they probably wont choose you.

[Luna Flower]

Re: Cataclysm

Not at all. I've been in the closed beta for months now, and it's not intriguing to me in the least bit. While I do find XIV to be quite ho-hum, it blows Cataclysm out of the water.

To be fair, though, I've disliked WoW ever since the first expansion. Totally killed it for me.

Yeah it's the same for me FFXIV blows any game out of the water atm even FFXI.

[DakAttack]

Re: Cataclysm

My Worgen warrior is level 53 now, so fun. Sometimes I get the blues and want to switch classes, but then I remember it's not FFXI and I don't feel like running through all the lowbie levels all over again. Plus, Archaeology is kind of a pain. It's fun when it's the first time you're doing it, but doing it for alts is a real hassle. I'm not even sure what the rewards are.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

I've barely touched Archaeology. If I'm questing in a zone (working on Loremaster) and there's a digsite, I'll do it, but as far as running around and doing it on purpose, haven't really done that yet.

I have been having so much fun. My Priest is most definitely my main and I work to maximum progress on that toon, but my other three (well, two, I seriously almost never touch my DK) are just there when I'm bored of PvPing. I think I started Sunday morning at 23 on my Hunter and got her to 30 by mid-afternoon, solo. That's something I sure as hell could never do in XI.

[DakAttack]

Re: Cataclysm

I looked up the rewards for Archaeology, and it appears you can get some neat loot, but that's about it. Whatever happened to Path of the Titans?

[Aksannyi]

Re: Cataclysm

I'm not the person to ask, lol. I'll do it for the achievements. If those happen to get me some cool stuff, then sweet. XD

[Firewind]

Re: Cataclysm

Just wondering, is the DiV guild still happening since everyone is being quiet about it.