Q1. - "Are you a Resto Druid, or a Feral, or a Boomkin?"
A. All of those are -technically- correct. :) For PvP, I've played all three specs to 2k to 2.1k+.
For Season 1, 2, and the beginning of Season 3 I ran as Feral or Feral/Resto in the Arena before trying out PvP Resto (and promptly falling in love with it). I made the transition initially because I thought it would be fun to try out the healer + dps combos for 2s, and since my friends mostly played DPS... well... it was logical for me to try the healing role.
In PvE, I have always been drawn to both tanking and healing (I'm in a guild that cleared all of the Wrath of the Lich King contest thus far within about two weeks of it coming out, and have always been an active raider and participant of progression-focused guilds), so the transition to PvP healing wasn't TOO bad when I initially tried it midway through Season 3. But depending on when I log out, you might see me in one of many, many possible specs, and who-knows what gear-set. As of early September, 2008, I also transferred servers from US-Proudmoore (PvE) (BG9) to US-Tichondrius (PvP) (BG9), so I'm still trying to find my "niche" on that partiucular server and it's populace. I also tend to play (Group-Hop) on multiple 2s, 3s, and 5s atm, so you will see a wide range of teams and ratings depending on when you catch me on, who I'm playing with, and how often WoWArmory is actually updating:
Season 3 was the first season where I was able to really "push" rating, and I ended Season 3 at 2024 in 2v2s (let's not talk about all the times we went over this number, only to suffer a loss and be farmed by Rogue/Restokin teams, shall we?), which put us ranked #621 of teams on Bloodlust (including inactive teams), and #6 on Proudmoore, my then-server (excluding inactive teams). To give you an idea: there are over 53,480 2v2 teams on Bloodlust. So #621 / 53,480 teams means we made it to the top ~1.16% of BG9 / Bloodlust, the most competitive battlegroup in the world. As for Proudmoore... I'm torn between "Yay! Omg #6!?" and "........Proudmoore and PvP....? It exists?"
Why yes, yes it did! (Well, a little!)
In addition we also believe this also made me the only female player in Proudmoore's top 10 2v2s for Season 3 (take THAT female gamer statistics!).
Apparently while I was sleeping on S3 calculation night, some numbers shifted around, and we likewise ended Season 3 as the #2 Druid/Warlock team on Proudmoore (we were #1, but apparently the other team got in a "win" right before the servers went down that week).
We managed to hit "Duelist," (a title awarded to the top 0.5%-3% in each BG), so while I still would hardly consider myself "pro," (I repeat: I am NOT "pro"), I hope I can offer some help to others out there, especially those jsut starting out.
During the latter part of Season 3, I arenaed primarily as Resto, but in the time since, I've been playing as a variety specs. I enjoy playing with different partners and different compositions, but Druid + Warlock remained one of my favorites for quite some time. Sadly: my primary S3 Warlock partners have opted not to continue arenaing at a competitive level, so I have been, instead, playing with a variety of other teammates.
At the present time on Tichondriud-US, I am intending to try an initial "push" for Season 5 as Balance with a rogue partner in twos.
And thankfully: I am still pushing onward, and having fun. :) I've played various comps with a great number of players, but here are just a few of the highlights since Season 3:
~ Season 3 "Peaks": ~
2v2:
- Resto Druid + SL/SLWarlock : Around 2061. (Ended Season 3 as #6 on Proudmoore, #621 / 53,480 on Bloodlust)
- Resto Druid + Mace Warrior : Around 1930.
- Resto Druid + MM Hunter : Around 1850 (before both of my Hunters retired).
- Feral Druid + Rogue : Around 1830.
- Balance/Dreamstate Druid + Frost Mage : 2020s
- Balance/Dreamstate Druid + Rogue : 1926
2v2:
- Dreamstate Druid + Rogue : 2127.
- Resto Druid + Warrior : 2114.
- Dreamstate Druid + Warrior
: 1953.
- Dreamstate Druid + Discipline Priest : 1916 (That's right: Two Healers :) )
- Resto Druid + SL/SLWarlock : Around 1980 (During week 3 of Season 4, before one of my Warlocks Retired and the other stopped playing competitively, so this number is unlikely to change, as I am now trying different class combos).
- Feral Druid + Rogue : Around 2060.
- Feral Druid + Dreamstate Druid : Around 1750.
- Balance Druid + Frost Mage : 2076
- Balance Druid + Feral Druid : 1896
3v3: - Dreamstate Druid + MM Hunter + Disc Priest: 2014 (Ended Week as #2 on Proudmoore, ~#320 on Bloodlust)
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Resto Druid + MM Hunter + Disc Priest : 1849
- Resto Druid + SL/SL Warlock + SL/SL Warlock : 1886
- Resto Druid + SL/SL Warlock + Rogue : 1756
- Resto Druid + Warrior + Disc Priest : 1781
5v5: - Resto Druid + MM Hunter + Frost Mage + MS Warrior + Disc Priest: 1951
Q2. "Omg I saw a video and you're a CLICKER!” Also any variant of “Omg you SUCK!"
A. I've seen this sort of comment on many of my 8-12+ month-old 1500-1700s videos. And yes: you probably will see me clicking a decent amount as I slowly made my way through Season 3, becoming ever-more keybind-dominant as time went on (thank goodness!). I started the season as 100% Feral, so there was a lot of learning on the way to really “meshing” with PvP Resto-Druid play.
But see, here’s the thing: I ended Season 3 as a 2k+ rated Duelist on BG9/Bloodlust (#621 out of over 53,000+ teams). I got there with a lot of practice and dedication, and I simply do not believe that "old" videos have no value.
My older videos are clearly labeled in their respective tiers for a reason for a reason: that was what it was recorded in, and that was my skill level at the time it was recorded. Like many of my "old" videos on YouTube (including 1500-1700s rated matches), I do not intend to pull them down because I think a lot can be learned, especially from more inexperienced players, by seeing the good and the bad along the way of what ended up being my personal quest for 2K+. It took a lot of work, and I certainly didn’t get there overnight.
Half the reason I improved at all to where I am now is because I FRAPsed my own matches, the wins and the loses too, to figure out how I could improve: where I went wrong and the other team went right. By watching these strengths and weaknesses in each match I was able to (hopefully!) improve my own game in future matches. So if people are watching going “Oh MAN you screwed up when you spammed like 8 Moonfires and used half your mana bar!” or "Man, it took FOREVER for you to click your trinket! The fear was almost over by the time you did!" Believe me: I know those weren't my prime decision-making moments, and well, hopefully those are painful lessons you can learn by watching rather than doing yourself. ;)
So if some trolls aren't interested in seeing this older matches and the commentary I put to it, no one is forcing you to watch it. I started putting up videos for the fun of it and to get feedback, and lately I’ve been trying to give back to the Arena community at-large.
I don't pretend we're top-notch, but scathing, trollish comments because it was old footage seem tremendously misplaced to me, especially comments from people too cowardly to post their own server/character name and put up their own videos for people to dissect and tear apart. ;)
And to those that will complain that I still occasional click my targeting and a few spells: I'm thankful to say I'm still working on keybinding those suckers, but it takes time to learn said keybinds and put them into practice in the heat of battle.
I hope others can learn from the tactics seen in my videos as well as my own mistakes.
Q3. "I'm having trouble in the Arena / just starting out, what general tips do you have?"
A. Variants of this question are one I receive frequently, and they are some of the hardest to answer because there is just so MUCH that I could say. Here are a few things:
- Start keybinding, and learn to mouse-turn as soon as you can. I had an incredibly late start in this (I only started midway through season 3), and it has helped me IMMENSELY. Try to learn 2-4 keybinds a week if you can and experiment with them. Force yourself to use them. If you have to: put the spells off your visible actionbars and "hide" them so the only way you can possibly use them is to key-hit them rather than click them. And if you really want to test yourself: play with your UI entirely off so you can see what spells you crave so frequently that they just SHOULD be keybound (for me: the first spells I keybound were my cyclone, root, heals, then my shapeshifting forms, followed by dispells).
- Gear up. If you are just starting out, snag the Reputation-Bought PvP Blues, and/or if you have spare gear laying around, socket for high resil/stamina. Grind those Battlegrounds and be active in Arena each week so you can start getting the top-of-the-line gear as soon as possible. You'll find once you start hitting about 300-400+ resilience, you can start re-gemming for other stats (Mp5, Healing, etc.) rather than pure survival. But first: you have to survive.
- Watch videos, read forums, interact with other users. There are TONS of websites and forums out there to help you (ArenaJunkies.com, for one). Watch good videos, bad videos, and try to pick out the good and the bad to help you better understand not only your pairing of choice, but how OTHER pairings tackle YOUR pairing. Learning to anticipate the other team's strategy is really key the higher up in the arena you go.
- Record your own matches. Even if you rewatch wins and loses, you can inevitably learn areas where you/your teammates might be able to improve, and if you got "ROFLSTOMPED!" (Hey: it happens), you can review the footage to see just how the other team pulled it off, so hopefully you can avoid it in the future, or, better yet: make their tactics your own!
- Use LoS to your advantage. Always be looking for a better spot where you can have the advantage over your opponents. Also: if things are looking grim, don't be afraid to dodge out of LoS and play defensively until you can regain/stabilize yourself/your teammates.
- Look for opportunities to "control" the other team and make them go where YOU want them to go. You might be sick of chasing that druid around and around pillars, but if you move across the map and put a lot of pressure on his warrior, the druid will have to come out to heal him eventally. :)
- PvP as regularly as you can. Unless people are wanting to maintain their rating, or possibly "inch" it up, I do not think 10-15 games a week is helpful. At all. The statistics of such a short session are vastly against a team's favor for various reasons.
You have to hope you get purely lucky with teams that are (entotal) not only generally less geared than yourself (which gets harder as you go up), but less skilled, and with group combos that don't stomp you. If you play only 10 games a week, the odds are against you to inch up the arena ladder past a point simply because your team will lack one crucial ingredient: experience.
10 games a week is not "experience" to me. It's something, like dipping your foot in a pool of water where you get a visceral reaction, but only 10 games means you a missing out on really learning to coordinate as a group, and you learn that from repeatedly refining strategy, and most importantly : failing.
Failing is a huge part of the arena. And I mean HUGE. And I don't mean that in the negative snarky pointy-fingery way either, I mean rather that the more you arena, the more you and your teammates are able to pinpointed exactly what went wrong, and the circumstances that led up to that, and are able to prevent that from happening again (or at least, that's the hope). You have to learn how to control the match.
Whether I'm in 2s, 3s, or 5s, after each match, we talk for a little about what went wrong and what went right, even if we win. People mess up, it happens, and being part of teams where people take personal responsibility and criticism in a good manner is really integral to working together "as a team." Be supportive or your teammates! Compliment great plays/reactions! it helps wonders!
One of the problems I had with 5s during some of S3 is we had 2 or more "Alpha Dogs" that would get angry, raise their voice, etc., and I learned that that sort of environment just isn't for me. I really enjoy myself in arena a lot more when I'm among people that are even-tempered.
Also remember: "balanced" teams and gear do come into play the further up you go. So keep that in mind when you are creating teams. While, for instance, Anirul and I went "ohhh, maybe ShadowPriest+Feral Druid = win..." we found that really didn't seem to be the case. That didn't mean we both were horrible, it just meant that our class/spec talents didn't "mesh" well together against a majority of other pairings.
Anyway, that's a little off-topic, but getting back to topic: I am a firm believer in the more practice the better. Yes: your rating will wobble. It might even wobble within about 100 point margin, but the more you play, the better you will get.
People who get into the "high end" stuff, I've found, are far from perfect. I used to say that in the 1800s, the first person to screw up would inadvertently lead to a loss, but I don't believe that anymore. I believe the best teams are the ones that are the quickest to adapting to situations thrown at them. That level of heightened response can only come from one thing: practice.
To give you an extreme example of "practice" when Anirul and I first started arenaing together, it was for fun in 2s. We ran 120+ games in ONE DAY, and then another 100-200 that week, I believe. And in the end: we were still in the 1600s, but I learned a hell of a lot from it.
When I started running with my lock, I also had a two week period where I was on a horrible connection. As in: every 1/3 games I would DC, thus tanking our rating. He and I ended up laughing about it, and we preferred to get the experience working together for those 2/3 games, and I don't regret a bit of it. It certainly wasn't IDEAL, but we got to practice coordinating ourselves and working together with out worrying "Omg but my rating!? NUUUUUU!"
I also prefer not to play once a week. Not only do things come up, but people can be tired/out of it/busy with RL. I think it's much nicer having fun in arena a few times throughout the week. Some days you will find your "groove" easily, and sometimes you will end up going "you know, we are 1 for 7, why don't we try again tomorrow? The same warrior + druid is point-farming us... :( " More times a week is also more practice.
Far as AVERAGE numbers go, I would say that when I'm not locked down by work, I probably run 20-40 2s a day, about 3-4 times a week (some days there are multiple sessions). 3s, it is probably about 20-30 a day, about 2-3 times a week. 5s was twice a week for 20-30 games as well. On top of that, I do Arena skirmishes for fun, variety, and to work on new keybindings about 15 times a day about 3-4 times a week. In addition, of course: countless BattleGrounds. I would guess about 5-15+ a day if I'm online/bored.
So, you're looking at a combined total of well over 200+ rated and unrated games most weeks for me. Considering the queue times, it's really not that time-intensive either (maybe a couple of hours a day a few times a week).
I don't have alts. PvP is what I've thrown myself into headfirst, so if I'm not raiding, that's what I'm usually up to, and I've been really blessed to have found compatriots that are tolerant not only of my schedule, but are interested in playing a lot, communicating, helping each other, and just... well... doing all they can.
Question - "I'm thinking one of the reasons so many of us can't break out past 1600 and keep climbing is that we play 10 games once a week and then quit. Or maybe 15 and we're up a couple of games and call it quits."
I agree. I also think that starting out, I remember at least for me I was so worried about points I didn't want to "risk" losing, so I'd kinda hover around some nice-sounding number (say 1600), and not want to keep playing if I dared drop lower. But really: if you are a solidish, say, 1550-1650 player, you won't dip THAT far. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt and keep playing if you feel you are still on top of your game, and win or lose: learn something. Trying to walk away from every match MORE knowledgeable. That knowledge right there is more invaluable than any point loss. You will see so many different combos, and many playstyles. Watching videos, reading strats, and recording your own glories and failures also helps as well (I learned one of my moves from a video I reviewed where a team with a druid slaughtered me and I wanted to know how the heck that HAPPENED.... and now I do it myself!)
Over 1800, my partners and I have had some incredible "dips." One night, we went from 2000 back down to the 1800s, and we decided to take a couple hour break and then come back. Within about 2 days, we were back over 2000 again. It sucked to drop like that, but it happens. The investment for time might not have been ideal, but we learned along the way. Especially when there are counters for nearly every team out there.
Question - "On the other hand, last time I put in 20 games in a row we lost the last two due to stupid mistakes because I was just plain tired and losing focus. How do you prevent that or recognize it before it ruins your rating?"
You can't really prevent it. Honestly. Mistakes happen, even if you are alert, or if you are playing a 2+ hour match (oh god no more of those please!). For myself, at least, I try to figure out if the mistake was just a boo boo or miscall in judgment, or if it's exhaustion setting in. If I have 2x exhaustion-suspected errors, I'll usually ask for a break. At least for me, I can tell the difference just because of the nature of the mistake, if that makes any sense. Luckily too: the more you play, the more you learn how to instinctually recover from mistakes. It's that instinct you are fostering more of when you play more frequently. The arena isn't about points, or "welfare epics," it's about improving your reaction time, situational awareness, instinct, communication, coordination against living, breathing, foes. It's not a scripted counter, which is why I'll forever be more breathless for PvP than PvE. They are vastly different beasts.
I also will say this: the more you do Arena, the higher your stamina seems to get. Just like raiding (at least for me), when I started way back, I remember going: "Two HOURS doing ONE thing?!" but now it isn't so bad at all. :) Just try to feel yourself out. If you had a long/stressful day, maybe Arena isn't the best idea on a certain night. On the other hand: maybe it's just what you need to relax (I find it soothing because I love that "in the zone" feel). Don't push yourself so hard that you aren't enjoying yourself, and certainly don't look at ratings as an and-all gauge. They will work themselves out over time.
Enjoy the experience. That's really the bottom line. :)
Q4. "What mods do you use? Do you have a UI pack? Can you help me troubleshoot my mods?"
A. The mods I now use have stabilized a bit, and when I posted my WoW UI Mod Power Auras Mini Discussion Part 1 and Wow UI Mods for Resto Druid Power Auras BGs and More videos I detailed a bit more about Power Auras, Xperl,
SpellWatch, and
AlarBGHelper, but below is my full, ever-changing list. I looked these mods up simply by Googling them, so you might be able to find newer versions elsewhere. If you don't see a link listed, you will have to search for it on your own. :) Also keep in mind: as time has gone on, Blizzard has made it so that some of these will show up in BGs, but not in Arenas (CowTip no longer mouse-over displays an enemy's default "Spec" in the Arena, for instance):
Be aware: None of these links have been updated since before Patch 3.0.1 launched.
- Afflicted - Monitors enemy cooldowns.
- AlarBGHelper - Assistant for Battlefields. Displays a small window with status information. - Antagonist
- Antagonist is a lightweight, easy-to-setup enemy cast bar addon utilizing Ace2.
It tracks enemy cast and channeling times, buff durations and cooldowns. - Bartender 4 - Bartender4 is an Ace2 AddOn to provide more flexibility and functionality to the
Action Buttons. - BigWigs - Boss Mod. - Capping - BG Timer mod.
- Cartographer - Cartographer is a modular, lightweight, and efficient framework for manipulation
of the world map. - ClassTimer - This addon creates timers for buffs and debuffs. - CooldownCount - Display Cooldown Count of Spell Icon and Items. - CowTip - Tooltip of awesomeness. - CT_BuffMod - Personal Buff and Debuff Monitor.
- DruidBar - Druid Bar is a movable mana bar that keeps track of your current mana, even in a shapeshifted form like bear or cat. - Fubar - A panel that modules can plug into.(ArenaFu (Displays Arena info and Honor info), BagFu (Keeps track of space left in your bags), CharmsFu (Shows the lucky charms raid icons on Fubar. Includes an auto assign feature), ClockFu (A simplistic clock), NetStatsFu (A lightweight and minimalistic latency monitor)) - HearKitty - Plays soothing but distinct orchestral sounds when you gain and spend
combo points. - ItemRack - This is a mod to make swapping equipment easier through popout slot menus, equip slot buttons, gear sets and automated swaps. - Informant - Enemy information mod. - Kgpanels - Panel mod.
- Omen - A threat meter. - OmniCC - Personal ability cooldown counter.
- oRA2 - oRA2 is a lightweight alternative for CTRaidAssist. - Power Auras -This addon provides visual cues (auras) when you gain buffs, debuffs and many more. - Proximo - Simple enemy unit frames for Arena matches used for identifying and coordinating
targets - Quartz - Quartz is a modular approach to a casting bar addon. - QuestHelper - Quest helper. Very awesome. :) - RangeDisplay - Distance from yourself to enemies/focus targets displayed in numbers. Very helpful. - Recount - Damange/Healing/etc. Meters. - SCT - A fairly simple but very configurable mod that adds damage, heals, and events
(dodge, parry, windfury, etc...) as scrolling text above you character model. - SCTD - A mod that adds your damage to SCT. It provides a way for you to see your damage
in a static location. - SmartyCat - Keeps track of your Druids mana when in Cat or Bear form. - SpellAlerter - A basic spell alert mod based off the original SpellAlert mod. - SpellWatch - Customizable Spell Timers - SW_Stats - A damage/heal (and more)
meter addon designed to be very customizable in what you want to see with a
built-in Sync channel that is running in the background. - Xperl - A complete replacement for Blizzard's default unit frames, including raid frames
and raid tools. -
ZMobDB Advanced5 - Animated 3D Models for UnitFrames and User original view Database (I also use this to "see" what gear people are wearing from far away).
Additional Mods I used to use but are now sadly broken include:
- Don't Mana Burn Me, Bro!*Broken* - Warns of incoming mana burns with an audio and visual cue. (You also used to be able to rewrite it so you could be warned of incoming cyclones, fears, etc.). - EavesDrop*Broken* - A simple combat log that displays events similar to how SCT/D would in a log,
using icons to display spells/skills. It seperates incoming events (left side)
from out going events (right side) from misc. events (middle). - SpellAlert*Broken* - Spell Alert is add-on that alerts the player when hostile players or mobs start
to cast spells. The alert will be shown in big font in the center screen. Player
then have the choice to break the spell or avoid the spell. This claims to be a refurbished version but I have not tested it yet.
I do not have a UI pack out, and built my own UI from the ground up through a heavy amount of experimentation. One of my big suggestions is play around and see what works best for you. :) For instance: the beautiful little 3D portraits Xperl offered were really distracting to me, so I ended up turning them off.
If you are having problems with a particular mod, I would suggest clicking on one of the above links or Googling the particular mod to see if you can find the answers to your question.
Once I have been Arenaing in Rated matches at Level 80 for awhile, I will post my specs of choice. Right now, it's all experimentation.
As far as keybinds go, my movement keys are ESDF (rather than WASD), with E being forward, D being backward, S being strafe left, and F being strafe right. My push to talk for Ventrilo is my left Alt button. On my mouse, I have the two "thumb" buttons bound to Rejuv and Lifebloom, and the middle "button" to Swiftmend/Mangle.
From there, you have pretty much left the realm of the sane keybindings. Everything else, about 95% of my keybindings are set up with multiple premises/modifiers. And the main "issue" I have with them, and why I wouldn't really recommend them, is because as I began learning keybinds, I would try to learn about 2-4 new ones a week, and some of them aren't as comfortable as they should be. Mostly: I would recommend comfort above all else. Experiment and see what works best for you. Since I'm a petite female, I've had to cram a lot together on the left side of my keyboard and mouse, and I am STILL working on fine-tuning things.
Some of my keybindings are fairly simple, for instance: clicking my A key alone is Regrowth, while clicking it + any modifier (shift, control) is Abolish Poison. My Entangling Roots (V) and Cyclone (G) are set up the same way: pressing them alone is the spell itself, and with a modifier, it's something different (Focus target and the said spells).
F1 - Target Myself
F2 - Target Party Member 1 (two clicks for their pet, if applicable)
F3 - Target Party Member 2 (two clicks for their pet, if applicable)
F4 - Target Party Member 3 (two clicks for their pet, if applicable)
F5 - Target Party Member 4 (two clicks for their pet, if applicable)
Tab - Target Nearest Enemy / (modifier) Target Nearest Friendly Player
Q - Full-Rank HT / (modifier) Fairie Fire.
W - Bear Form / Quick-Shift Bear Form Macro / (modifier) Feral Charge (if in Dire Bear Form)
E - Move Forward
R - One-touch Nature's Swiftness/Healing Touch, and with a modifier it's NS/Cyclone.
T - Bark Skin / (modifier) Nature's Grasp
Y - Shadowmeld
A - Regrowth / (modifier) Abolish Poison
S - Strafe Left
D - Move Backward
F - Strafe Right G - Cyclone / (modifier) Focus-Target Cyclone
Z - Travel Form / Quick-Shift Travel Form Macro / Seal Form if in Water / Flight Form if in Outland
X - Medallion of the Alliance / (modifier) Totem-Killing Macro / Moonfire Rank 1
C - Cat Form / Quick Shift Cat Form Macro / (modifier) Prowl if in Cat Form and out of combat, Shadowmeld if a Night Elf and out of combat
V - Entangling Roots / (modifier) Focus-Target Entangling Root
B - Remove Curse / (modifier) Dash if in Cat Form, Frenzied Regeneration if in Dire Bear Form
Control+I - Show/Hide Nameplates
NumLock - Auto-Run
- - (numberpad "-") Use secondary trinket (usually Battlemaster's Perserverence)
+ - (numberpad "+") Starfall ~ OR ~ Use Healthstone
9 - (numberpad "9") Use Secondary Healthstone
Mouse Wheel Up - Wrath Rank 10 (Night Elf Form), Lacerate (Bear Form, no Modifier), Demoralizing Roar (Modifier: Shift & Bear Form), Maul (Modifier: Control & Bear Form), Shred (Cat Form)
MouseWheel Down - Cyclone Focus Target
~ OR ~ Growl (Bear Form, no Modifier), Frenzied Regeneration (Modifier: Shift & Bear Form), Swipe (Modifier: Control & Bear Form), Claw (Cat Form)
I'm sure there are a few more I'm forgetting, but those are the main ones. I am still working on keybinding my weapon-swaps and innervate, as well as a few odds and ends.
As far as what macros I use....
If you can't guess by the above "Key Bindings of Ultimate Crazy", I use alot of stuff I wrote myself, and many bits and pieces "Frakenstein-ed" together to suit my purposes. They run from simple, to more complex:
So just... play around and see what works best for you. :) I'm not going to post every single one of mine (especially since I think I OVER-macroed), but there are tons and tons of great forums out there to help you along the way!
Q6. - "So what is coming up for Season 5 / Where have you been?"
A. - I've been quite busy IRL, and that, combined with work, social activities, and then the clumped up 1.) Push to farm Kil'Jaeden (pre 3.0.1), 2.) Server transfer to US-Tichondrius, 3.) New guild on said server, 4.) End of Season 4, 5.) 3.0.1 hitting, 6.) Achievements, 7.) 3.0.2 hitting, 8.) Wrath of the Lich King launching, and then achievements, leveling, gearing up, tons of raiding (Naxx 10/25 clear, Sath 10/25 clear, Malygos 10/25 clear), and ever-more achievements, reps, and testing out specs and gear-itemization, well... it's kept me quite busy. ;)
I sort of figured that once Season 5 hits, I'll hae more to offer in my videos since the face of Arena/PvP is really continuing/due to change on the whole.
But for starters:
- I achieved Realm First 450 Cooking on US-Tichondrius - I achieved Realm First/Second 450 Fishing on US-Tichondrius (though apparently it was within seconds of someone else, and was removed a week later, so the "first" was removed)
- I achieved the Alliance's First "Salty" Title.
- To date, we believe I achieved US-Tichondrius' first Alliance-side 4 piece T7 bonus (working on my 2nd and 3rd set now).
But fear not! I've been PvPing a ton, so once Season 5 starts and I get in my groove, I will have more to offer both here and on YouTube!
Q6. - "Can I contact you in game or out of game if I have a question?"
A. - You are more than welcome to! :) If you drop me a line via YouTube (username: Dreamspirit) either in a private message or comment on a video, I will try to get back to you as soon as I can. I try to respond to ALL comments in depth as appropriate, so it sometimes takes a little while for me to respond, but I am currently working through my backlog, so fear not!
Again: please be patient, I'll get to all of your questions eventually!
You are also welcome to track me down or make an alt on the US - Tichondrius server to get in touch with me in real time. If I'm arenaing or raiding or otherwise busy, I might need to take a raincheck for another time, but I'm more than happy to yap if I'm available. If you don't see me online, you can always drop me an in-game mail or poke one of my guildees (in <Evolution>). I've likewise been asked to talk with some people on Ventrilo about Arena-stuffs, so I'm more than willing to do that too. I'm extremely approachable, and it's really humbling when people want to "talk shop" with me.
