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...

Code:
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