So I did my first arena

[crebble]

heres a link for those that wanna see
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2...rrecordgn8.jpg

saw it on EU forums earlier 8)

[Electrissy]

well I have made this 5v5 team to get some points. 260 or so pts is better then nothing

what do you guys think about getting for honor rings and some other jewelry over a1? and use points on armour

I just hit 70 last week on my shammies and I went with getting 2 pieces of s1 first for the awesome +35 resil bonus, then got my weapon+shield. I'd also recommend doing some halaa and getting the pvp belt there. That way you can hold off on the vindicator belt and improve your other pieces first.

Right now I think I have s1 chest/shoulders (get the shoulders first), weapon, shield, vind boots, and trinket. My next pieces are going to be the vind neck and both rings before finishing off my s1 set.

Basically try to improve your worst gear first, and get the biggest bang for your buck.

*Edit
Crap Season 4 already >< does that mean it's time to start hoarding arena points?

[Vyndree]

Heard a rumor on my vent last week someone from Europe grinded out 66,000 Honor in a 24 hour session of Alterac Valley pre-mades during the double honor weekend.

*whistles*

I did AV all weekend (keep in mind I'm on stormstrike where alliance always loses with ~0 bonus honor) and only made it to 26k...

Got a ring and bracers and have been buying points for some starter arena gear (pacific time zone = great late night queues). It's a LONG, SLOWWWW grind though. The AB token pieces are going to kill me. AB and a 5-person team really screws over my team's mobility.

[thinus]

The AB token pieces are going to kill me. AB and a 5-person team really screws over my team's mobility.

Would splitting up your group be an option? In other words 2 and 3 box AB or maybe 3 and 3 splitting the healer between the two groups.

[Ellay]

If he was able to shave it down to 10 minutes a game it'd totally be doable. I could see a well made team just simply rushing to the boss room have a couple tanks offtank the adds and burn down the boss. I've seen AV's done in 4 minutes. Overall though a rumor is just a rumor... :P

[Vyndree]

The AB token pieces are going to kill me. AB and a 5-person team really screws over my team's mobility.

Would splitting up your group be an option? In other words 2 and 3 box AB or maybe 3 and 3 splitting the healer between the two groups.

You split up your group, you lose the benefit of focus damage, you have to potentially rebuild your macros and keybindings, and it's almost a new playstyle.

For example, I KNOW when I go up against a warrior I can down them with a FS + nova + FS. With 2 or 3, I will not be able to do that. With 5, I KNOW I will not be able to be feared out of /follow range if my tremor totems are down. With 2, I'm not so sure. With 5, I know I don't have to bother interrupting a spellcaster since there's no way they can chew through my groundings before I 2-shot (well, 2x4-shot) them.

I'd rather lose with the entire group and waste less time figuring all these different scenarios, macros, and totem bindings.

[Suvega]

If he was able to shave it down to 10 minutes a game it'd totally be doable. I could see a well made team just simply rushing to the boss room have a couple tanks offtank the adds and burn down the boss. I've seen AV's done in 4 minutes. Overall though a rumor is just a rumor... :P

I think its photoshopped. Look at the total honor and arena. Doesn't even have ROOM for teh number (if he did white them out, which I Don't know why he would)

[Electrissy]

I was lucky enough to be in a Drek rushing premade for 3 games this AV weekend and made about 1200 honor in 15 minutes (my earth elementals helped tank the first drek + 4 WM and weren't off cooldown by the last game). But I can't see how you could keep that up all day.

[Jaws5]

66000 honor in 24 hours is doable. I played over the weekend for about 6 hours per day at 8-11 k per day. I did that 4 days so thats 44k in 4 sessions at 6hours each. I did take breaks and gold grind some. If a person was only playing 1 toon you could do 15-20k per day in 6 hours. I have to make sure all 5 toons get into the same av game. Also Friday appreared to be bugged, (more honor that day) toons are now all 69 with most of their pvp set , thank you AV

[Osium]

Heard a rumor on my vent last week someone from Europe grinded out 66,000 Honor in a 24 hour session of Alterac Valley pre-mades during the double honor weekend.

That is pretty impressive with the way AV Q's are these days.

However back in the day when AV Q's were less than a minute I'd do 30k+ a day on double weekends playing like 12 hours or so.

Bloodlust has like hour long AV Q's so that won't happen this time ;p