Thinking about trying out Arenas for some change of scenery, and need some advice.

[Toned]

Tripple Dps 3s teams can blow people up with unhealable damage still.

3 Frost Dk's works to 2kish.
Tripple warrior works

5's can be easier in a sense that you can land a kill with 4 dps on some one fairly quick, but there is more going on. I'd say if you are just starting go with 3 DPS in 3s. Like 3 Frost Dks, 3 Wars, 3 Ele Shams, 3 Boomkins, 3 Mages... etc That way you can perfect your setup. I'd suggest leveling 4 of whatever you do decide on. This way you can just add your 4th toon + a healer and start on 5s. Perfect your CC setup using focus targets / gladius and @arena# macros.

Check out the 2 links in my signature even though they are Shaman / DK specific you can get the general idea of what kind of macros you need. The shaman setup has a "new to pvp" mindset when I wrote it.

[Littleburst]

You see, now you're actually providing me with some hints and tips.

I'll head back over to arenajunkies and see if I can find some vids that aren't of the stroke my epeen type(ie. see me obliterate x teams to some black metal/electroica tune).

I guess that a good idea might also be to solo PvP with the classes a bit first to learn a bit more?

Some things that can be helpful, it's mainly aimed at solo play though. But most things are basically the same for any team/comp/bracket.

A warrior explaining every move in a replay of an arena match. Switches are key.
http://warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=190183

Besides arenajunkies http://www.skill-capped.com/ could be nice aswell. You need a registered account to gain acces though, haven't made on yet.

[Toned]

Skillcapped isnt free

[Littleburst]

Skillcapped isnt free

LOL. Ok that's new. That explains all that skill capped spam in warcraftmovies video's. They probably get payed. That's sad.

[Atrocious]

I decided to follow the advice of someone here and do more BGs to get better gear and experience. So far it's been fun, but I hate that people assume that I am botting and/or won't pull my wight in a BG. This is probably just stupid me using the sameish name on my shammies which makes it easy to spot. In general I feel that I perform better than you're average PvPer as so many of them just want to get the kills and not do the objectives, or in general don't play that smart(never attacks the healers, etc.) In the last BG where someone complained, Two of my toons where in the top five for killing blows and honorable kills.

How do the rest of you deal with the hate? I try to stick to the 15+ BGs as it's harder to notice me there.

[remanz]

ya. i actually made my names different this time lol. not liiikllllii and liiiliklll anymore. They look like completely different normal characters.

speaking of arena, it is just a meta game that gives imaginary rewards. no need to hang yourself over it. An arena match is no different than a DOTA match, a Call of Duty ranked match, or a street fighter 4 ranked match. Nothing special, except it is NOT as fun as those matches because it was way too short! We've come to far and spent way too much time to get frustrated by a 30 sec match. if you see past the reward, it is merely normal pvp. With the right mind, the matches go easie. and you perform better too if you are not under pressure. When too much is on the line, most ppl just lose.

as for the BG hate, most of them AREN"T even ppl playing. PVP bots are crazier than ever. They have no rights bugging you when they can't even kick the DK that runs the same route every match. Nowadays, the outcome of a BG is determined by which side has fewer bots.

if it bothers you still, try box 3s in bgs for starters. queue with 5, if WSG or AB pop, only 3 go in etc.