The two players did not end up running any games with me, so gave up on them after the Tue maintenance; a week lost.



I did find a PvE geared gnome mage.
iLV 349 (DK's were 350, with PvP gear) so comparable gear level.
He had the Conquest wand, the rest of the gear was PvE entirely.
Frost and Fire dual-spec, no wins as Fire though.

The DK's ended up close to 50% win rate.
We disbanded the team, when we reached 800 rating.
And disbanded it again, at 600 rating.
For easier opponents.

I believe week one results (with the mage) were:
DK: 5 wins, 5 losses
DK: 4 wins, 4 losses
DK: 5 wins, 5 losses
DK: 5 wins, 4 losses
Pally: 5 wins, 3 losses

He's interested in running games both next week and the following.
Definitely offering gold per win, is a good approach for entering arena mid-season.
With random players, the 4W/4L DK is 1W/20L, with four different partners, only one with comparable gear (1W, 8L, with a 3.6k res Aff-Lock).

At this point, DK's are 3,173 Res and Juds is 3,196 Res.