Is it worth doing the 10 losses a week to get points these days?

[Stabface]

Or it can be the worst for queues, I know on my BG the day before reset it's not unusual to see 10-15 minute queues for 3v3 because so many people are trying to get games in.

[Maxion]

Or the first time i tried 5v5 with my 5 shamans at lvl 80 on the night before maintenance, there were only 2-3 other teams playing, so it was a long queue for fast losses. And the dang arena week reset when i was at 9 games.. *grumble*
Havent tried going there since, though i think i'll try again soon since i have a bit better gear and the points would indeed be handy to get gear cheaper.

[EaTCarbS]

hey, sometimes you will even win.

I was farming a terrible team once on my 5 shamans =P

Still lost most of the games though

[shaeman]

It's well worth the 10 losses in my opinion.

It accelerates your gearing up massively.

I would suggest at least trying to kill your opponents. Every fight is an opportunity to learn. You'll get to know what to expect, which targets to pick. Strategies to handle situational stuff.
Just don't let the losses get to your ego.

[Shonkey]

I have no pvp gear, I suck at pvp multiboxing - is it worth taking my team in the arena a few games a week? so far as best I killed 2 opponents, but lost 5-0 3 out of 5 games.

Last time I checked you can loose your 10 games by just not joining the arena. You queue up and don't hit accept. You still get points but don't have to step inside. Next week get yourself a new team. Granted you don't get a rating but you get the points for the lower unrated gear. You can even leave on toon in town to sign you up and your other toons can make there way somewhere else or do dailys.

[Perrigrin]

Well, I did 10 games, all I had time for - And got my points - Had a couple of situations where I think I could have made a win with a bit better skills - I really need to learn to take out healers I think - And I'm very sensitive to fear spreading me out :P

It's however surprising how often it works that the people go beat on the prot pally thinking he's the healer :P

[Ridere]

I may have to do this, as well.

I'm not that competitive of a PvPer, but since I'm not into PvE gear progression, I do tend to gear up for PvP related stuff. Sounds like it's a lot better to gear up via the option of Honor + Arena Points vs Honor alone. Especially since all of the extra pieces are honor only, and it'd be good to save up!

Good information in this thread.

Thanks, everone

[Perrigrin]

Yeah this is good indeed, 30 mins or so spent and all shamans had shoulder upgrades

[Moorea]

I did it for 4 weeks; got 40 losses and all the 5/5 hateful gear I could get (between that and the av weekend and WG honor) - I tried to kill people but I always get pummeled hard and the best I did was to kill 1 opponent (kind of sad) - since then I stopped but maybe should continue for training and to convert marks to honor as there are a few more pieces I can get with honor...

[Perrigrin]

what % of games must a toon participate in to get team points?