Hi! I have been playing wow very regularly since bfa (Around 4-5k hours, 2 of which are on DH alone) Could tell you nearly every talent on the tree, and could tell you most specs utility/abilities. (KSM on 10 different classes this xpac)
However, I’ve only played PVE. (Multiple KSH/AOTC/CE)
Is knowing the ins and outs of most specs, and knowing one really well a good blueprint for arena rating? Or am I a fool for thinking it’s possible to get 2800 in a season or two of practice?
This isn’t satirical either, I really am curious.
Impossible to say really, depends entirely on your skill and that of the people you play with.
DH is usually a pretty good bet for being on the OP end of things in any given season, so you’ve got about as good a chance as external factors can give you.
I see, I probably should have mentioned that it would definitely be with a party finder pug route.
And good to hear that DH is good in pvp somewhat consistently
I genuinely believe you can get Gladiator. As to how long, it does depend to a good extent your previous experience in PvP, your reactivity and skill and the effort you put in.
I have an experiment for season 4 for you, if you’re willing to try it out.
For the first 2 months of this new season, besides what is obligatory for crafting do nothing but PvP when you play be it RBGs, EBGS, Solo shuffle, etc. This will give you a scope of ‘what you are like as a PvP person currently’.
Then I’d revisit this question and see what sort of guidance you’d be after - be it tutoring, further class guides and so on.
Might just try that. I love having 1 or two alts, but I could lock a character only to pvp and not let it play any PVE - Thinking the DH which is normally my seasonal main.
I’m hoping during season 4 I can at least tickle the 2k mark. But thanks for your words of encouragement, at least glad seems somewhat realistic.
As far as reactivity/raw mechanics. I genuinely believe with rotation and speed I’m top 5% dh’s in NA. (PVE) I never play a class long enough to climb Raider Io though for it to reflect that.
However, I bet I’m slower than a sloth and more unaware than a squirrel when it comes to pvp reactions.
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A big advantage of that, is it lets you focus on what is needed for PvP first (best embellishment, hotbar keys, mental reaction on what keys to press and so on). I personally find that if I start on PvE first it somewhat dicates my actions on that character for the rest of the season (and comes with associated people whispering you for keys, guild wanting you for stuff, etc).
Well with that last bit, since I’m a lone wolf player, I wouldn’t have to worry about all the guild obligations or friends. Albeit sad, it’s the truth.
I’ve also kind of standardized my keybinds in a sense since I hop between so many specs. Ex. Interrupt is always S4, AOE stuns/cc is always s3 so on so forth.
The current season is incredibly deflated MMR wise so it’s extremely hard to gain rating compared to a lot of other seasons. Add that to a lot of the regular PVP people have quit this season for a multitude of reasons (DH being super OP, healer rating increase issues in SS, low population and super long queue times, etc.) it might continue to be the same come next season if some things aren’t remedied.
Blizz hasn’t really addressed these issues adequately, and if the low PVP pop and MMR deflation keeps up Season 4 might just be as difficult to really push rating as this season was.
Your best bet would be to find a Glad, with the same main class and spec as you, to take you under their wing and teach you all the best addons, weakauras, macros, etc. and then train you up Karate Kid style lol. If you’re going to go it solo with no prior experience, no you probably won’t be able to hit Glad next season - though 1800 could be pretty doable.
I see. Thanks for your words of wisdom. Maybe I’ll try to suck up to some dh’s i find in party finder and beg them to teach me the ways of the dark side!
I do believe playing with someone better is a golden ticket to improving. But it will be a hard task! (maybe, i don’t know how the pvp community is.)
The deflated MMR makes complete since though, and I’ve been able to tell with even M+ that the queue’s feel abysmally dead and dry. It’d definitely be something for me to push at the start of the season.
Maybe I put the pedal to the metal and see if I can hit 1200-1800 before the end of this season. But having 0 pvp gear makes that unlikely (i think)
It’s possible, but you will need many, many hours of practice. It won’t happen over 1-2 seasons for the vast majority of players.