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"Salty" Duelist Dreamspirit's PvP/Arena FAQ : Q1

 
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Q1. - "Are you a Resto Druid, or a Feral, or a Boomkin / What is your Arena/PvP History?"

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:

Armory : "Salty" Duelist Dreamspirit of <Evolution> US-Tichondrius, Bloodlust BG (BG9)

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

3v3:
- Resto Druid + SL/SL Warlock + Shadow Priest : 1821
- Resto Druid + Mace Warrior + Rogue : 1842



~ Season 4 "Peaks" ~

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)
- 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

~ Season 4 "Post 3.0" "Peaks" ~

2v2:
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Balance Druid + Rogue : 2042
- Balance/Dreamstate Druid + Arcane Mage : 2016

~ Season 5 "Peaks" ~

2v2:
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Balance Druid Druid + Frost/Arcane Mage: 2026 (Peaked #514 on Bloodlust)
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Feral/Resto Druid + DK : 1815 (Peaked #396 on Bloodlust)
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Balance ~OR~ Feral Druid + MM/BM Hunter: 1768 (Peaked as #313 on Bloodlust)
- Feral Druid + Holy Paladin : 1812

3v3:
- Resto Druid + Survival Hunter + Unholy/Frost DK : 1896 (Peaked at #194 on Bloodlust).
- Dreamstate ~OR~ Feral Druid + BM Hunter + DK : 1729.
- Feral/Resto Druid + BM Hunter + DK : 1742.

5v5:
- Balance Druid + Survival Hunter + Unholy/Frost DK + Holy Paladin + Resto Shaman : 2061 (Peaked at #12 on Bloodlust, #4 on US-Tichondrius). *This Bracket is my Main Focus at the moment*
- Balance Druid + Survival Hunter + Arcane/Frost Mage + Holy Paladin + Resto Shaman : 1966.

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