Hit 70 - now the long grind begins!

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03-04-2008, 10:05 PM
Stealthy

Hit 70 - now the long grind begins!

Hi peeps,

Finally hit 70 with my Shammy team last night and now the long grind for PvP gear begins! I got the 5 guys going engy for 5 x flying machines, the engy helments and the grenades & trinkets (cant wait to try out 5 x rocket launchers lol!)

The plan now is to set up an arena team for the obilgatory 10 matches each week while doing BG's to grab the honor gear and gear myself up.

I did have a few questions around Arenas & BG's:

1. I epxect to get beaten a lot intitially becuase of my crap gear. Will forming new teams every so often get me more points (lose less points?) since the team rating will get reset to 1500?, or will that negatively affect me since I will start off in the 1500 bracket again and most likely be facing S3 geared teams?

2. Is there any particular gear I should focus on getting straight away - or just stick to focussing on the particular piece that will represent the biggest upgrade for me at that time?

Here's a table listing the honor gear availble through BG's...It's shaman specific for stats, but the honor costs are the same for all classes. You might find it usefull...

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Name Slot Stam Int Crit Res SpllDam Mp5 Gems Honour AV AB EotS WG Note Vindicator's Mail Girdle Waist 43 30 29 27 35 0 17850 40 Vindicator's Mail Bracers Wrist 29 17 21 15 27 0 Y 11794 20 +2 res socket bonus Vindicator's Mail Sabatons Feet 43 30 29 27 35 0 17850 40 Vindicator's Band of Dominance Finger 31 15 0 22 33 0 15300 10 14 Spell Penetration Veteran's Band of Dominance Finger 27 12 0 22 29 0 11934 10 10 Spell Penetration Vindicator's Pendant of Conquest Neck 31 15 21 18 25 0 Y 15300 10 +3 stam socket bonus Sargeant's Heavy Cloak Back 33 12 0 16 26 7548 20 Gladiator's Mail Armor Chest 42 23 23 25 32 7 RYY 14500 30 +4 crit socket bonus Gladiator's Mail Gauntlets Hands 36 18 21 21 32 10500 20 Increases range of shocks by 5 yards Gladiator's Mail Helm Head 54 15 18 30 37 MR 14500 30 +2 res socket bonus Gladiator's Mail Leggings Legs 54 25 22 29 42 6 14500 30 Gladiator's Mail Spaulders Shoulder 33 17 20 20 22 6 RY 11250 20 +3 res socket bonus Gladiator's Gavel Weapon 28 18 0 18 199 0 25200 20 Gladiator's Shield Wall Shield 45 0 0 29 0 0 15000 20 Battlemaster's Audacity Trinket 0 0 0 0 47 0 30000 40 Increases health by 1750 for 15 secs Medallion of the Horde Trinket 0 0 0 20 0 0 16983 Removes movement impairing effects TOTALS: 529 247 204 339 621 19 250009 110 110 90 50

Cheers,

Stealthy
03-04-2008, 10:18 PM
Diamndzngunz

The grind will not be that hard. Alot of PVP changes in the new patch, alot more easy to get items.
03-04-2008, 10:20 PM
roddo

The grind at 70 for gear can be as long or longer than the grind getting to 70. I have a hunter that basically I stopped playing once he hit 70 and I dread having to gear him up after spending 4 monthes gearing my warlock. I'm thinking I'd rather just start over with my clone crew and level them to 70, to me levelings more fun than the 70 gear grind. Grats on 70, hopefully I'll have my 3 man crew to 70 by the end of the summer.
03-04-2008, 10:26 PM
Silly Gooooose

lol nice, it's the opposite for me.

I can't stand leveling, but I enjoy the gear grind.
03-04-2008, 10:38 PM
Mudd

If you can, try to play bg and arena matches very late at night or very early morning. The quality of the opposition is very poor at those times. I just started arenas on my 5 warlocks (no healers!) and ended up with a 7-3 record. My order of pvp gear acquisition is: Vindicator -> Gladiator Set -> S2/S3 and other PvP trinkets/weapons. You're going to have the vindicator gear for a while, and the gladiator gear will hold you over until you get some points for S2/S3. It is kind of too late but farming WSG marks in 60-69 bracket may save you a lot of headaches.
03-04-2008, 11:05 PM
Silly Gooooose

meh dunno, BGs don't matter.

Even if you do the games legit (i.e. don't AFK and watch a movie) how good the enemy is doesn't matter much for BGs.

Though for arenas, yes, que @ random wierd times for easy games.

Also, don't get S2. get Honor gear with honor, and S3 with arena points. Then get S1 with honor after you have all the other honor gear. Don't waste points on S2.
03-04-2008, 11:35 PM
Mudd

I find that it does help for AB/EOTS to run off hours due to the fact there are no premades. EOTS is normally 2000 to < 100 at the hours I play, and ABs are 5 cap steam rolls. So yea, if you have a team to go past 1850 then by all means skip S2 shoulders/weapon.
03-04-2008, 11:59 PM
Stealthy

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Originally Posted by 'Mudd',index.php?page=Thread&postID=40378#post4037 8

I find that it does help for AB/EOTS to run off hours due to the fact there are no premades. EOTS is normally 2000 to < 100 at the hours I play, and ABs are 5 cap steam rolls. So yea, if you have a team to go past 1850 then by all means skip S2 shoulders/weapon.

Actually this works well for me since I'm based in Australia and normally log on after work which equates to about 2:00 AM server time. Its looking better all the time! :)
03-05-2008, 12:15 AM
Stealthy

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Originally Posted by 'sensenmann',index.php?page=Thread&postID=40375#po st40375

Also, don't get S2. get Honor gear with honor, and S3 with arena points. Then get S1 with honor after you have all the other honor gear. Don't waste points on S2.

Yep this is what I was thinking as well, so the priority will be

Vindicators / Vetereans / Cloak ---> S3 Arena ---> S1 Arena (if still waiting for S3 gear)

The only exception - I might go for the S1 weapon earlier since it would be a big DPS upgrade.

Cheers,

Stealthy
03-05-2008, 05:44 AM
Shogun

Or just save all those points up for the gear coming in S4, only a month or 3 away now... Could save enough marks and honor to get the none-set epics you need, and get this seasons rings (so you have 1 of each next season) then buy all the new stuff the day it goes live ;)

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