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ceasefire · 06/09/08, 6:27 AM

As a Warrior who is forced to spec Arms every time to arena, and switch to Fury or Prot for PvE, I find the notion that your class is hamstrung by "non-ideal specs" laughable. This excuse would have credence if the entire class (all specs) was bad at Arena, but Blizzard has done a generally fantastic job of making every class viable.

If you can't PvP as a Feral Druid or Holy Priest, respec and learn how to play your "PvP spec". I understand class loyalty, but castrating your play experience by refusing to be disloyal to some spec (like Shadow, or Fire, or Destruction) is ridiculous. We all have preferences for specs, but you just have to accept the fact that PvP requires certain commitments. When people point to the fact Blizzard included offset Arena items (Shadow sets, Feral sets, Enhancement sets) as a reason for those specs being made viable for Arena, it reeks of ungratefulness. I would love a Fury or Prot Arena set that I could use for PvE on my Warrior. Guess what? We get one set.

If you're playing an MMO, you should be prepared to socialize. Unless you're a farmer who wants to be guildless, with an unused friend list (which makes no sense and fits no rational profile of a non-Third World country player). And seriously, why cry about 1600/1700 personal requirements on gear. This is Elitist Jerks, not WoW General. Nobody comes on to this site to see carebears whine about not hitting 1550. It is easily, easily, easily doable. Yes, I realize it's a zero-summy game and some players have to lose to ensure others win. But as a general community, we're not the bottom feeders.

If I compare the percentage of people who will have S4 Helm/Chest/Legs/Weapons versus the people who have the Sunwell equivalents, I'm sure the Arena pieces will be more common by ten to even a hundredfold. This just seems ridiculous, and again I think the PR requirements should have been even higher for those items.

Let's stop the dumb devil's advocating (people want to just solo, people hate vent/social interaction, people will stop going to both bg's and arena's in droves). I learned this driving force behind WoW a long time ago:

Never underestimate the extent to which people will go to improve their gear.

06/09/08, 6:27 AM	#476 (permalink)
ceasefire Metagame Metagame Gnome Warrior <BlitzKrieg> Dragonmaw	As a Warrior who is forced to spec Arms every time to arena, and switch to Fury or Prot for PvE, I find the notion that your class is hamstrung by "non-ideal specs" laughable. This excuse would have credence if the entire class (all specs) was bad at Arena, but Blizzard has done a generally fantastic job of making every class viable. If you can't PvP as a Feral Druid or Holy Priest, respec and learn how to play your "PvP spec". I understand class loyalty, but castrating your play experience by refusing to be disloyal to some spec (like Shadow, or Fire, or Destruction) is ridiculous. We all have preferences for specs, but you just have to accept the fact that PvP requires certain commitments. When people point to the fact Blizzard included offset Arena items (Shadow sets, Feral sets, Enhancement sets) as a reason for those specs being made viable for Arena, it reeks of ungratefulness. I would love a Fury or Prot Arena set that I could use for PvE on my Warrior. Guess what? We get one set. If you're playing an MMO, you should be prepared to socialize. Unless you're a farmer who wants to be guildless, with an unused friend list (which makes no sense and fits no rational profile of a non-Third World country player). And seriously, why cry about 1600/1700 personal requirements on gear. This is Elitist Jerks, not WoW General. Nobody comes on to this site to see carebears whine about not hitting 1550. It is easily, easily, easily doable. Yes, I realize it's a zero-summy game and some players have to lose to ensure others win. But as a general community, we're not the bottom feeders. If I compare the percentage of people who will have S4 Helm/Chest/Legs/Weapons versus the people who have the Sunwell equivalents, I'm sure the Arena pieces will be more common by ten to even a hundredfold. This just seems ridiculous, and again I think the PR requirements should have been even higher for those items. Let's stop the dumb devil's advocating (people want to just solo, people hate vent/social interaction, people will stop going to both bg's and arena's in droves). I learned this driving force behind WoW a long time ago: Never underestimate the extent to which people will go to improve their gear.