If you look at his rating progression history, you can clearly see that he broke through 2200 and has been skyrocketing up since.
Weapons make that much of a difference, eh?
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If you look at his rating progression history, you can clearly see that he broke through 2200 and has been skyrocketing up since.
Weapons make that much of a difference, eh?
I would assume it's because others had the weapons and were keeping him down. Now that he leveled the playing field from a gear perspective, and they no longer have a decent advantage, he's tearing through them.
This is extremely impressive. I think many of us hope to find a winning multiboxing combination that others haven't found success with before (aka anything but shamans) but Krom is taking it to extreme levels. I understand why he won't make videos, but I hope to someday see what is going on (maybe once he's bored or wants to try something else he'll make a video for everyone to see what his system is).
You'll have the mana for it but it's not very effective vs. wizard cleave cause they're always on the move away from you. I use it situationally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zugdud
Thanks David, I didn't know about that calculator on arenajunkies. I guess I have to go for broke, but I could fall really fast with a few bad losses. We'll see.
The ratings always get inflated at the tail end because teams trade points to boost one team up into the threshold. I would say guess what you think you need and get 30-50 points higher than that to be on the safe side. Ultimately if you want the duelist title as well mark where your threshold is that you can't fall below. It's pretty much gambling at it's finest :)
Also any value that you see in Hysteria or Vampiric Blood, with your spec you could drop points from the additional snare to grab these, but I'm not sure how crucial that extra snare component is when your already chains of icing.
Unless the calculator was updated it has last season's rating that you need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromtor
You need top 5% for glad... so might have to do the math for your BG. Usually top 3. Honestly if you want glad you might have to win trade unless you are confident you can beat the top teams continuously. You need almost 200 more points for glad, thats if the top 3 don't win trade to the moon when they see you coming for the title.
I would hope that they do win trade and then just report them for cheating. Make it easy to be number1 team, lol.
Top 0.5% mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Shodokan
You cant bet on the past 4 seasons that top 5 will get you glad in 5s. Any lower and its a flip of the coin on blizzard inactives and new teams racing up the charts to get in range or to make sure their "mains" get glad/R1 the last weeks of the season.
Rest assured also that is common place for all the teams in range for rank 1 to report all the other teams.However, with that said there is an art to wintrading and people are getting damn good at it. Edit: When I say art I mean not getting caught/disbanded i.e. still receiving Rank 1/glad. Its more common in 5s since there are fewer teams receiving end of season awards.
Teams are close, real close. 50-60 points means spot 4 or 5 if i`m correct. CBA to recheck atm.
lol, i tried win trading with 2- 2v2 teams I created and it sucked. Was very rare i'd ever get my same team, eaven at off hours its' like 1 in 4 games max. I was gonna try to get one of them to 1500 lol.
I'm not buying the whole "don't want my opponents to see my tactics" spiel. Your opponents can record the fight themselves and watch your tactics over and over, it's kind of silly to think you're hiding anything from them.
I'm going to go ahead and say what everyone else is thinking. You're probably not posting any vid's because you're hiding something about your gameplay setup other than strategy. Something you don't want us to see.
edit:
either way, of course you're not required to post videos, but you posted your success knowing full well that it would bring massive curiosity. You've been playing 1dk-4pally for a loooong time, so it's not hard to see that most of your success comes from experience. But, when you say you can't fraps due to performance issues it perks suspicion. I mean, you could fraps from a completely different pc. Hell, you could fraps from a piece of junk t-21 calculator on the side and not effect performance. I think people here have even offered to cover expenses for you just to see. Then came the excuses about not wanting to expose strategy to the enemies you play, the same enemies most likely frapsing the matches themselves.
People are curious, and there really isn't a good reason not to show some footage.
I think its fine he if doesnt want to share his secrets as long as there are no cheats involved.
For me, I think its great that he has sparked some curiosity with the rest of the community and now many are trying his team setup and exploring tactics around it.
btw, great work kromtor I think I can say for most of us - we truly hope you gain that gladiator title this season.:D
O-daniel-son( my best karate kid mr.miyagi voice)Quote:
Originally Posted by outdrsyguy1
You have much to learn :D
I'm a bit concerned that I'll accidentally record the 10 nimble hands of my 5 indonesian houseboys that I'm yelling orders at and my secret will be revealed.
But my framerates have been horrible since about 2 or 3 patches ago... I can't even do AV without it dropping to 3 FPS on my main comp and i've had close calls in arenas where it starts struggling but I've turned off projected textures which seemed to help but it sucks not being able to see hunter frost traps as a melee team. I'll make a tips and tricks thread though and I do plan on posting videos eventually.
This may seem obivious, but I had the same issue a while back and once I upgraded to the lastest videos drivers my fps was all good again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromtor
Edit: There is some irony in this thread now for some reason. I remember getting my ass reamed for not showing proof of my teams. In kromtor case its tip/videos. Hell I could post a tip/tricks post to outdrsyguy1 post but I dont think the mods would like it or some other members who play wow with high moral ethics.
Some say toe-may-toe and some say toe-mah-toe, just like some say 5 indonesian houseboys and some say 3rd party programs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromtor
nevermind haha.
If all it took were generalized playstyle, houseboys and an uber aura trick I think alot more people would be in the 2k range.Quote:
Originally Posted by Naysayer
Me and Void have talked a ot about this in-game Fat Tire and we've come to the conclusion that it's mostly due to the point we're at in the arena season. Even the scrub 1k-1200 teams have full Relentless from 3's or whatever.
I gained 250 rating this last Monday and I beat a couple 1700 and 2k mmr teams. The comp obviously works but takes a lot of patience and skill--Kromtor *did* say he had over 300 games played before he moved over to his new BG.
Ya you can't come into a season 3/4's in with a new team and expect to do well. I gave up on these team when I was at 2kish for a couple weeks cause I thought I hit my ceiling. You just gotta get full relentless it makes an enormous difference.
Absolutely, I agree and kromtor's post above hit on it. Sarcasm on the internet is sometimes difficult to detect and my humor is pretty dry making it almost impossible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mosg2
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...sid=1&pageNo=1
Kromtor you have fans on the forums. :P
just got beat by a good team... unfortunately they were only using 4 characters
that's nothing though i've been beaten by a team of 3 before.. after killing 2 off my guys were still all pretty high health but you can't kill what you can't hit and a smart team will tear you apart no matter how fast you're cleansing. and then there's blades edge arena... i think i hit the real ceiling this time.
lol I hope so, 2500 is pretty much THE ceiling haha =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromtor
I love how ppl complain about boxing when one boxer is doing well..... most of use are not nearly as high, and they are ok with that as long as it doesnt hurt their ego... I think that Kromtor is just really good.
Dont get too sure of your ceiling again, the ability to go 44-1+ above 2200 pretty much means there is no ceiling. No other team can do that. Best teams have a 80-85% win ratio and pray just to get 10-0 each week. Blades edge sucks the big one for melee boxing. IWT frenzy movement causes tons of falling off edges if they are nearby, and my rogues are really hard to control especially when sprinting around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromtor
However, the trick to beating heavy LOS teams is sometimes to be defensive yourself. Pick a new spot, LOS them, heal up etc. As long as you are no more than 4 seconds from being able to corpse camp your kills, you're ok. Try new shit, you'll get em.
Note: My rogues are amazing and they kill very quickly, but I'm dealing with the undergeared issue still as I continue to slowly move them to relentless... and I can't kill everyone until I max out the gear. (Their results, however are very good fyi) BUT, because of your numbers and record the last few weeks with this team, I have also set up RAF and rolled a pally team. Obviously you are among the higher skilled pvp boxers, and I am excited to take my arena experience to enjoy some of your results as well. I plan on playing Rogue, Ret/DK next season since they will all be caught up on gear, and having a blast with 2-3 2000 rated teams :) (Affliction locks are so incredible if you can survive the initial melee charge/cleave/stun on your main, and they will be even more powerful in cataclysm)
Keep your chin up! ;) You WILL think of new ways to out-fox these smart teams. It just requires different ways of thinking.
Thank you, Kromtor, for your dedication and unveiling of a new movement in arena boxing. I support your success and wish you the best with titles this season. You're up for some stiff competition for highest rated boxer next season :)
Don't give up Kromtor! Everyone loses sometimes and sometimes wierd shit happens. I"m totally amazed at your win streak at that rating.
I lost to 2 people once. It started as 5v5, i killed 3 and the 2 left proceeded to los me around pillars and stay on opposite sides of the arena rezing. I couldn't cast due to the los and if i spent more than 4 seconds on one side of the arena they rezzed another. Eventually it was back to 5v5 but I had very little mana.
I wish i could find a good reliable partner though. I know i don't have the skill to get 2k+ but I think i could get to 1800 which would be a real accomplishment for me someday :)
2500 is really amazing, my 4ret dk team is now also 80, let's see how this shit works :>
Could you please post your teamname Krush? So i can watch your progress? My 3 Retpallys are only level 25 at the moment.
See his sign.
which his his shaman team. might be in the same guild though =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Seldum
i'm guessing it's this, sorry for snooping Krush, was just curious about your arena stats too, but i see they haven't started yet ;)
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sh...h%C3%AEn%C3%AA
^ jep you got them^^
but first of all i have to get 2,2k with shamys :p
lol http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...18852448&sid=1
kromtor's 2nd fanboi thread :D
Finally some insights from people who got pwned by Kromtor lol.
"We were, at the time, playing Holy Paladin (me) / Destro / Frost / Marksman / Elemental. "
"And we never even got CLOSE to killing anyone on that team."
Wooooot!?
warlock, mage, hunter, and shaman not close to killing any1. Did they all get repened or something ?
No the real funny thing is the 7 page thread on arena junkies. "I have no friends cleave"Quote:
Originally Posted by Kruschpakx4
http://www.arenajunkies.com/showthread.php?t=143195
All these QQ posts remind of ellays quad shaman days.
yeh finally a name for my pally-dk 5v5 team xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Fat Tire
And don't forget to read his team message board on AJ
http://www.arenajunkies.com/team/5v5...ZOMG_REPORTED/
whoops double post
I love nerd rage. I always try and bait trade chat for QQ..... wow nerds are goood pickings for some RAGE lol
I didn't think about it at the time, but I should have screenshotted bg chat. I was in an AV with you on my DK/Paladins (Skippys), and you should have seen all the crying about the multibox shaman team destroying everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by daviddoran