Right off the top i’m not asking for a change, i just noticed this and wanted to acknowledge it. Aside from racials for horde being generally better for pvp, it just occurred to me that the pvp rewards favor horde as well or at least one pvp reward.
There is a shortage of epic 2h weapons available and a lot of warriors to split them up between, so the Unstoppable Force being a relatively easy to obtain 2h weapon is a no brainer (especially since all warriors are gonna be grinding AV exalted anyway for the ring). Except its proc is a stun and the problem is Orcs have a 1/4 chance to resist the proc (25% chance to resist stun is crazy good)… which makes Unstoppable Force a better weapon for Orcs to use than to use against them.
That wouldn’t be so bad, I’m not really concerned about the weapon proc, but the warrior arms talent for maces is also a stun, and this annoys me because, had the AV reward been an axe or a sword then in the hands of a warrior it would be equally effective against all races, but because the weapon is specifically a mace it is an advantage to the horde.
again, i’m not asking for changes, and i certainly don’t expect any, just wanted to note what had occurred to me. And even with all of the above said you’ll almost definitely see me in BGs swinging the unstoppable force, because with its dps, speed, and stats it’s still probably the best option for me. (honestly BRE is the best best option, bug a couple of bad pug raids have killed my will to raid)
Would if i could, I prefer the horde side, i just never noticed this before because i played an undead, and i didn’t really start pvping in 2020 until i had Ashkandi
People make all sorts of claims, but I have always maintained that anybody who believes that any class, race, or faction has an advantage should play that class, race, or faction.
oh sure i could, but that would be starting out with nothing, and all my friends on the opposite faction deleting the character and rerolling is technically possible, but not realistic
Orc stun resist is broken and will not be changed, nor should it. The thing about the stun resist that Orcs have is that it is pure RNG. You could resist all the garbage stuns being thrown out in a game and none of the critical ones - when and what you resist when is not up to you.
That doesn’t make it not broken/awesome/amazing for PVP but I’m a utility racial guy and it is one of the reasons I go Tauren in spite of the “theorycraft” people like to do on racials.
2-H Maces are the meta PVP weapon in Arena for Arms Warriors (unless something is wildly different than when I played). The stun effect is actually good/decent in Vanilla too. The Unstoppable Force is a decent weapon if you don’t want to or cannot raid. Axes are the “meta” more so because of the 5% crit chance which is awesome and availability in PVE, but Sword and Mace spec are slept on in PVP by a lot of Warriors who haven’t actually tried it for themselves.
imo, don’t ask for balance in the game. Blizzard has a twenty year history proving they don’t know how to do that.
The bis 2h for pvp this phase is Earthshaker. Maybe it doesnt do as much damage as bre or spinal reaper, but oh my, the proc is so damn good. Earthshaker over unstoppable force if you can get your hands on it. Funnest proc in the game for pvp.
