So I'm riding my way to Thunderbluff on the flight path from Moonglade, about to get my level 69 skills. Kenpachi sorta took a little break, although I did find another interesting aspect I can add to his arsenal :) Anyhow, I made the decision to get my alt druid to 70 before the expansion hits, and based on leveling, I think I picked the wrong class to play. The druid is so versatile, just like my EQ shammy, so most likely I will use the druid as my main come the expansion, and have Kenpachi as an alt. I'd still like to release a video for Kenpachi, just getting my druid ready. After that, I'll give a run on his new arsenal to see how well it works, recording too!

So its been awhile since my last blog entry, real life gets busy sometimes, but some good news. I've finally configured my UI to match the proper recording resolution, since im going from 1920 x 1200 to 1280 x 1024. I realize the expansion is a few months away, but I'd like to create a PVP video before then, so in the next few weeks, I'll be recording clips to create my very first video! To give you and inside scoop to what you might see, I've posted some old screenshots before the 2.4 patch. Click read more to view them.

So from reading various wow sites, it's expected that Season 4 will hit around June and July, maybe longer if they don’t want to interrupt Blizzards Arena Tournament. So I have finally finished up grinding my Shattered Sun Offensive reputation just from doing dailys to get the neck piece, Shattered Sun Pendant of Resolve. Finally, I was able to get some expertise stats to my gear, and a bonus with me being exalted in Scyer reputation, so it procs +100 expertise for 10 secs, not bad at all. I believe with the proc, I get a bonus of -7.5% to dodge and parry, and if you learned the mechanics of how melee works in WoW, it’s a significant bonus to move them off the melee table. Search on wowwiki if you have no idea how melee mechanics work.

Anyhow, my plans for playing in S3 sort of fell through. People began to lose interest after playing through Season 1 and 2, which I understand. As people get closer to the 2k rating, competition is heavy and 1 single mistake can bring your team down, and if this continues to repeat itself, then the game isn’t fun anymore. But as long as there is still AV, I can still enjoy PVP in the battlegrounds. So since my reputation is done, you will start to see me more in the BGs, then maybe I can start recording some pvp action for a video, so you can finally see what I see. Until next time, sayonara!

My love for procs started when Everquest Shamans received a new spell called “Spirit of the Panther”, which basically was a short timed buff that proc a 400 damage spell, and the proc rate was crazy high, it would go off every few seconds, and was also crittable. At first, they let the buff to be castable on anyone, so I remember when the spell was first release, my guild was at the final boss of Uqua, and we pretty much killed him in half the time of our normal kill, just cause of this one spell! It was later nerfed to group only, but it still remains one of the best spells of all time.

Anyhow, here are my analysis on different enchant procs and a few items that are able to produce a proc. I wish Blizzard would give us additional trinket slots to use, there are so many useful trinket to mix and match with, but with only 2 available slots, a lot of these other trinkets rot in the bank, 2 more extra trinket slots please! Also remove the 30 sec global cooldown too.

Recently I’ve had the chance to run some test with Soullesone, a warrior friend of mine equipped with S3 sword. To my findings, the resilience rating overwhelms my Darkmoon Card: Wrath, giving me those unlucky non crit strings and without crits, my flurry it not constantly up. I’d lose to him having under half HP, but both wars were deeply affected with lackluster crit strings. Given this state, there was no way I can take down an equally geared warrior in a one-on-one situation. But the game wasn’t meant to be played dueling, and that’s why I feel my character shines in group action. Previously, when I played as a 2H warrior during arena, I played as a 1 minded warrior, kill your intended target or you fail. I would need to conserve rage for the timed burst, and there didn’t seem like a means to help out my teammates except for the occasional hamstring.

Purpose of this blog:

To truely see if a dual wielding MS spec warrior is viable in Arena.  "WHY! Its been shown on the warrior forum how it seriously fails!" Yea, I've read the numerous forum post filled with laughter. "Try using a 2hander you noob!" I've been using the Merciless 2H sword throughout the 2nd half of Season 2. Although it was great seeing those big number crits, the class felt boring to play. Probably due to the slow rage gains a warrior gets from using a 2H, which limits the amount of skills one can use, because your saving that rage for when your team calls burst on a target. I remember a few times when there was a hairline of health left in target, but no rage left to finish him off.

So here is the deal, IF there was someone capable of pulling this off, I believe its me! I am recruiting an Arena team for 5s (Sargeras Server),  only requirements is that I would much prefer someone full Season 2 gear, but if you think you got what it takes, I'm open to hear your story. I have a set team in mind, but I don't mind trying other setups too.

All class are open to the team, but I'd love to have one of the following:

Druids (Never played with one on a team but I've seen what you can do, bastards!)

Resto Shaman

Ele Shaman 

Yes, I know there will be many questions, but its late and I want to sleep =p I will provide more comments on my spec/gear etc as I'm still need a piece or two to complete my gear. Check back at a later date!