Venting thread

PVP Arenas
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Only recently started PvPing. Trying to reach 1400 rating because apparently that’s the number to get if you want anything… Got all the way up to 1360, and It just crashed back to 1260 and I am just angry.

Why are Ret Paladins able to just crit for 25k? (Legit watched one of my 2’s partners just disappear from a Ret paladin, and the log said they took 25k from a judgement)

Why does mind games even exist? By far the most annoying stupid thing in my PvP experience. Priests don’t need more help than they already have, bloody things are nearly impossible to kill, even if you purge the few buffs your allowed to purge.

Why is the arena so buggy that people cannot join, and I get stuck losing rating in a 1v2 as a healer, or the game randomly decides my nightfae pod doesn’t work, and I get to die while the animation plays, but the enemy team both get theirs to go off and revive them?

How does convoke the elements on a boomkin delete 90% of someone’s HP in like. 1 second’s time, even if I manage to get out of their stupid solar beam and drop a grounding totem? Literally they root me and solar beam me, and in the time it takes me to trinket and move two steps out of the solar beam, convoke’s been going for almost no time at all and people are just nearly dead. (So much fun they can do this out of stealth.)

Just so many frustratin’ things to run into, and I’ve got next to no ability to do more, I’ve got the PvP trinket, I’ve got 23% bloody versatility, my item levels pushed all the way up to the edge of 200 as close as I physically can, feels like all I can do is just beat my head against this wall of obstacles and just hope I get lucky? I’ve still got a higher than 50% win ratio, but it doesn’t feel like I’m getting anywhere.

Anyways… this is just a venting thread… ignore it if you want, I’m just frustrated, I’ve probably lost 100 rating tonight just to people DCing or not being able to load into the game or soul bound abilities bugging out and not working properly.

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Keep your horns up bbygurl you got this :cow: :kissing_heart:

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I feel you. I went on a losing streak last night cause my 2’s partner could not understand good positioning @ all.

Tuesdays its rougher to queue then most other days, just cause thats when everyone queues to cap.

Try on mondays right before reset.
Most people queuing on mondays are desperate to hit cap or get games before reset so they can fill their vault.

This results in a lot less cohesion on teams on the ladder.

ASt least in my experience, monday has been the best way to rank up imo

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Perseverance is OP, even if you feel that things are against you. Most of your concerns are valid, but you gotta overcome those and show that you don’t need any kind of cheese spell or spec to push cr. This is even coming from a Venthyr Priest lmao you got this fam.

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priest is one of the squishiest targets in the game

I see you’re a healer, so just dispel it? Mindgames could use a slight nerf maybe but it’s not a gamebreaking or non-counterable ability by any means.

You do know enemies can kill your pod right? and you should kill theirs. When someone “dies” and has nightfae’s pod pop up, you have to target it and kill it, that kills the enemy completely. That’s what they’re doing to you and reason why you don’t revive, I guess you don’t kill their pod hence why they revive.

I agree that convoke is stupidly broken and a dumb mechanic, but when you’re cc’d it’s your partners job to stop it since you can’t. That’s a communication issue.

200 ilvl is still pretty low, most casuals are already nearing the 210 mark, with high end pvpers and raiders already around 220-225, you will get destroyed with that ilvl.

A lot of things that you mentioned are either dumb mechanics or incredibly broken, but most stuff looks just like a skill issue, and I don’t mean to bash you or belittle you, but rather to tell you you have to improve a lot, that most things that are bothering you right now are due to the lack of experience, game knowledge or skill, and you’ll overcome them with time and practice. Don’t let this discourage you, keep going if getting that 1400 goal really means something for you! You will get it with time and patience for sure, even if sometimes this game makes us wanna throw the pc from a 10th floor down.

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Its not from a single judgement, its when you win the lotto and your divine toll get 3 judgements on main target and probably 3 of them are crit too.

every healer can dispel it, there’s outplay potential to it.

If you think thats its only for boomy lmao, wait till you face a rdruid with boomy affitiny, they’ll do the same kind of damage with it launching starsurge and full moon.

Overall a lot of specs right now have oneshot stuff.
But you and your partners are supposed to peel each other, and use cooldown accordingly.

Also im seeing that are you using the riptide legendary, you should probably be going for the earth shield one.

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There’s the problem, you’re new. I don’t believe that soul binds bug out and people not being able to load or DCing seems to be a problem on their end.

Arena is learning, learning what you can do, and what the enemy can do. It is wholly different from PvE where everything is predictable. I too only started doing arena this season (as a healer as well). But you can’t expect to get a high rating the first time trying it.

I’d advise you to watch streamers play, see how they play (even if they dont play your class) so you can learn. Either what an enemy might do or how you can improve. Try to line things as a healer. Use the pillars to block line of sight for casters, run around a pillar if a melee is chasing you. Hex the healer when your partner has CD’s up. Comps matter as well, some classes synergise better with others. Try to guess what others might do and play accordingly, be strategic. And most importantly: Don’t simply blame x is broken and it can’t be helped. Try to look at ways you can prevent getting damaged by x ability, everything is strong right now but nothing is painfully broken that there’s no way to win against it.

Also if you struggle to see your mistakes, try to record your matches. It’s easy to spot mistakes that way.

Also why are you using a PvE trinket? Get another PvP trinket for the vers bonus buff.

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What do you mean you don’t believe the soul binds bug out?

You think I’m lying about it? Because I’m not, and it’s kinda a bit over the top a bit to accuse someone of lying for no reason.

I’ve had it happen a few times when the bulb should have procced, but instead my character dies, and the bulb still spawns, completes it’s channel, and then I’m still dead.

Also 1400 isn’t a high rating. It’s literally the first rank out of unranked. :expressionless:

I’m not expecting to be 2000 rating out of nowhere, I’ve just been trying to reach 1400 to be able to upgrade a few items. I don’t know why you seem to think I’m expecting to be a bloody top tier PvP player already.

I also shouldn’t need to bloody waste time watching streams or getting software and equipment to record matches to get literally entry level rating just to upgrade some pieces of gear, because the other options is one peice of gear a week from Mythic+, or Heroic raiding to get past 200. :roll_eyes:

I’ve got a positive win/loss ratio still so I’m not doing that badly. :\

Literally cannot afford another legendary gold wise. It’s 100,000+ Gold on my server to get a 210, 180k+ to get a 225.

The riptide one isn’t the worst, even if it’s not ideal it’s still not the worst.

I highly doubt casual players are item level 210… seeing how unless you are spamming Mythic+ in high tiers, or heroic raiding, your not getting past 200 this expansion. Unless your idea of a “Casual” player is significantly different than mine. Covenant Hall gets you 197, conquest gear unranked is 200, honor gear gets to 197, normal raid is 200 (And most of it doesn’t have verse on it).

The whole point of wanting to get 1400 rating is to be able to get several pieces of gear to 207.

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lol what? no its not? are u high?

MAybe if u can spam purge them with an MS as well. If ur runnign Turbocleave priests aren’t that scary but brah… priests are tanky af.

Like, there is absolutely NO WAY I can kill an equally geared priest in less then 2 openers on my rogue.

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I’d say casuals are more like 204-206

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You’re night fae, save your trinket and use soulshape instead to get out of rootbeam if you know they still have convoke available. If they don’t have kill pressure then ofc don’t soulshape, but its way faster to just soulshape out and start healing after the gcd

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I’m pretty sure I cannot soul shift out of a rooted solarbeam. Like 99% sure, but I will attempt to do so next time it happens, and we’ll see if that works.

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I’m a night fae paladin, I guarantee you that you can. You will soulshape with the root still on you but you’ll be moved out of the beam

The only issue you’ll have is if you were casting when you got beamed then that counts as an interrupt and your spell school will be unavailable

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Mmm, I just always assumed it was a spell just like the transfusion, might just be me assuming my ability is unusuable while silenced, since it’s a spell. Will have to give it a go. A small bonus at least.

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Well, that’s how the game is designed, no one should die in the opener ever if played correctly.

Besides that fact, priest is one of the squishiest targets once you get past fade and disperse which are pretty easy by just ccing healer, if you’re an rmp it’s an easy kill after 2-3 set ups if played properly, but as any cleave they can mongo tunnel vision the spriest and will probably end up not letting him do any dmg and killing him.

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It’s still pretty bad and holding u back. That and the fact that you’re night fae and not necrolord, necro is the strongest for rsham by a LOT.

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Yeah, but legendary base items are extremely expensive and I cannot afford them.

Also I hate necrolords with a burning passion, I knew nightfae was not the best, but I cannot stand necrolords, but thanks to blizzard I’m stuck being subpar to pick something I enjoy more. :woman_shrugging:

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What class/spec do you play?

Rsham?

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Yes.

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