Originally Posted by panny
I did 2v2 with a Combat Swords Rogue for while. I would hang back a bit till he got into position for a Sap. We'd then focus down the other player with cooldowns, using Blind if we still needed time after Sap ran out. Between Grounding Totem, Poison Cleansing Totem, Earth Shock, CloS, Tremor/Earthbind, we could avoid being CCed during the burn down time. We had a few problems with multiple classes in a team that could break Sap like Warriors, Frost Mages, Paladins with BoSac, but for the short time we played, it worked well. With the trinket changes however, everyone can break Sap, so it's probably not so great anymore. A ret pally sounds like a great partner.
Malag: I don't see a 2h working out great to be honest. Granted, I had sub-optimal 2h gear, but it seemed the burst I had wasn't enough to offset the loss in sustained damage. In addition, 2h Shaman burst isn't great, because it's uncontrolled. I think you're better off doing sustained damage, and relying on an Earth Shock/Fire Nova and your partner to finish a target off once you've brought them low.
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I'd imagine grouping with a 'rushed, 'lusted rogue would be devastating to some teams. Truly "I pop - you drop", but honestly, I've tried playing my rogue in arenas, and with so many people able to break sap, avoid sap by healing/buffing a warrior, or sending their pets on someone... and the trinket taking people out of blind... it's just so damn random.
I agree on many of the points about DW vs. 2H, but I don't bring out the "oh shit" feeling in my opponents when I land my attacks. And I really miss that feeling where I could jump a warrior or paladin and make him go "crap, what to do?". Now they just go "a-ha! I'll smash his face". A wf-procc, although more rare, with a heavy hitter would still play mind-games with the opponents, as opposed to more sustained damage - which should be easier to handle and predict. And besides, my hit-gear is starting to suffer from the PvP gear I buy anyway. I am under no illusion that a 2H can compete with DW in PvE though. I saw the post where you described trying to use the 2H Kael weapon.
Heh, I'm advocating the choice I didn't think I'd made yet. Oh well, I guess it just got decided... I'll grab a biggun and try it out in practice.