Out of the Comfort Zone and Into the Arena
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Juggynaut on Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 20 Comments Tags: 2v2, 5v5, Achievements, PvE, PvP, Raid, achievement, arena, comfort zone, new things, player vs player, trying new things, world events
Juggynaut on Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 20 Comments Tags: 2v2, 5v5, Achievements, PvE, PvP, Raid, achievement, arena, comfort zone, new things, player vs player, trying new things, world events 
I'm not much of a PvPer. Sure, I play on a PvP realm. I hate the Horde (or Alliance, depending on which character I'm playing). I dabbled in battlegrounds. But in MMOs in general, I have never really gotten into the Player vs Player aspects of the game as much as I have the PvE ones. Over the past couple of weeks, I've had the chance to step into the arena for a few games each week and I can confirm that I am not an elite player in those situations.
Both in the 2v2 bracket and the 5v5 bracket, my teams have lost more games than we've won. So we need to get some more practice. That is beside the point, however. The past few weeks have given me a lot of useful experience as a healer (my chosen arena spec) as well as a lot of good times. The times we have won, though, have been a lot of fun. Even some of the losses were entertaining. And ultimately that's the point of WoW - to have fun.
After participating in a few arena matches, I feel like I've been missing out on a huge opportunity for fun in World of Warcraft just because I was afraid I might be bad. Well, I am bad. At least, I'm not as good as I wish I was. That's OK though, because with each match, I feel like I am getting better. I find problems with my game like focusing too much on what opponents are doing and not being aware of my teammates enough. That's a lot different from DPSing in most boss fights where maximizing DPS and staying out of fire/void zones/clouds is all I need to worry about. Of course, I have spent a lot more time facing bosses than I have in arenas, so it all feels like second nature now.
I used to avoid world events. Now I go out of my way to complete them. I used to rarely raid. Now I love fighting those skull level enemies. I was wary of stepping foot into arenas. Now I look forward to the virtual beat downs. Of course, all of those achievement points waiting for me to earn don't hurt. I wonder what other fun activities I've been missing out on in Azeroth. Any tips on where I should look next?
Reader Comments (20)
Get some premades going. Good fun those are, especially as a guild.
2ND!!!!!!!!!
one sugestion i have for you is probably something you allready know go to wow wiki and learn about the warcraft lore blizzard done a nice job composing a story for wow before WOTLK i didnt follow the lore but when dowloading the expenchion and reading the lore i wanted to know more about arthas lordearon and the warcraft chacaters i spent allmsota week learning about warcraft history in my opinion makes the gaming experince taht much better. all i am saying that learning warcraft back story has opened up a new world for me
For Arena I still think the 3v3 scene is the "best", as in it has the balance of pace, especially for healers. 2v2 got murdered by WLK's burst damage and 5v5 take too long.
For fun stuff, maybe get the Totally Rad Guild(s) to launch raids into enemy cities. There are always a ton of shennanigans to pull off when you get into a city of the opposing faction, e.g. Orgrimmar fishing, kiting Battlemasters, traps, etc.
dude juggy gets yourself a warrior and start destroying!!!
i have been playing with my shaman friend ever since TBC came out.
its a good team because no one know the tactic against it, because it really rear, and you can kill every clother there is with WF totem.
so go fine your self a warrior and dont for get to go round the corner,
i also suggest to watch some athene clips.
BTW we got to 2050 rating so we know its a good team.
or your opponents just suck, like athene
As for following on for WoW missed features.
Go enjoy the most overlooked of all.
Roleplaying.
Guys, i know its the wrong post to talk about this, but please be careful on your accounts and computers, me and 3 of my friends have just been hacked by the same person, changing our accounts to battlenet ones, the email address was x***@hotmail.com, i am from england, i want you guys to know about this, i lost 3k gold, and a 80 death knight, good post otherwise juggy, your my fav PL guy :D
Juggy. This may be because I'm a lil jealous, but looking at your armory, Id suggest taking a break from WoW; your far far far ahead of everyone in your guild, as well as in others^^
Now, for your question:
For PVP, the best way to learn it is by doing it a lot. You'll get it. For missed features, YES ROLEPLAYING.
Come on over to Earthen Ring. We could be buddies^^
No one RPs on RP realms =p bar a few RP guilds, the majority don't. (MJ Jokes in trade chat are so RP?)
WOW goggins is still 70
@cocopuff: NO KIDDING? ¬¬'
@juggy: Yeah man, arenas are a whole different world, but I suggest that you do the 3v3 arena matches in the next patch, since there will be lots of advantages of doing so (3v3 and 5v5). Go 2v2 for now, get yourself a good rating and the itens you get for it, as well as some titles.
A good pair for shaman healers are warlocks (!)(in my opinion), warriors, Dks and Pallys. Hunters are not that good, but do the job well, you'll just have to move a little more. And there are always the lovely rogues and mages, that can dish out some serious dps while you're healing. But try to do a Warlock/Shaman, it's cool ;)
@Mcloud
They same thing happened to me also:(
@Mcloud
The same thing happened to me also:(
@adam I'm glad someone already mentioned roleplaying because that's what I was going to suggest. Also where @cocopuff was going with learning more about the lore. There are some awesome stories out there in the Warcraft universe. Plus it would help your roleplaying. :}
I can and will never get into the whole role playing thing. Some buddies wanted to switch servers (back in the day when you had to queue when logging on) to a RP server, and I said no thanks. I also haven't tried arena teams, cause, truthfully, I sort of suck as it is. :)
juggy i know that this shouldnt be but im a lvl 80 shaman but i still have 1 lvl 70 item that i cant get rid of its the totem of healing rainsany upgrades for me as a healing spec...
@ Zafirius, do u know if we are able to get our accounts back ?
In regards to lore, this game has invigorated me to do something I havent done in well over 10 Years: Pick up a book. In the last 2 months I have finished the first 6 books and am nearly finished the 7th.