Originally Posted by Tszyu
On a slightly different topic, I was wondering how many of you do arena as protection?
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I've got some silly arena teams with PVE focused friends just to get our 10 games in. The difference between fielding a balanced group when I respec MS (which I've only done a couple times) and my usual protection build is pretty astounding. We all enjoy PVP, but only have enough play time to really focus on one or the other.
Usually I strap on fury gear and try to lock down a caster or a healer, or I'll bodyguard one of my healers with PH / stuns, fears, intervenes, etc. Dual wield for a little extra damage & rage, and I can always turtle up if they decide to attack me, which is pretty rare. Occasionally when we're playing another similar team of PVEers I'll have enough time on one target to sunder it up and devastate. When you stack block value for a crazy shield slam build, you loose a ton of white damage, unless you've got more good block gear than good fury gear. It's also harder to build rage for pummel's, PH, hamstring, etc.
I won't pretend it's effective, and they probably do a lot better when they've got a balanced group with out me in the line up. We could respec, and stack groups, take it seriously, and do much better if we put the time in. But since the rating system keeps us up against teams that play at our level it's still fun and we get a few points out of the deal.