01-18-2007, 02:06 AM
I think the warrior/priest situation is a good example where the relatively gearing of the characters makes all the difference.
I have a warrior mostly equipped in the low-level pvp gear. Weapon-wise he switches between an Iceblade Hacker/Warblade of the Hakkari off-hand, and The Unstoppable Force. I generally prefer dual-wielding against casters for more chances to interrupt their casting.
I've had one-on-one battles which I had no chance of winning, because I simply couldn't do enough damage. A priest can shield themselves every 15 seconds. So my effective damage time was 15 seconds minus time taken to break the shield. Your Tier 3 warrior probably breaks through it seconds. Against a well geared priest I'd be lucky to have 5 seconds of "damage" time. Then they re-shield and can heal themselves back to up full with nothing more complicated than a Renew. Meanwhile even Shadow Word: Pain will kill me eventually.
Chris
I have a warrior mostly equipped in the low-level pvp gear. Weapon-wise he switches between an Iceblade Hacker/Warblade of the Hakkari off-hand, and The Unstoppable Force. I generally prefer dual-wielding against casters for more chances to interrupt their casting.
I've had one-on-one battles which I had no chance of winning, because I simply couldn't do enough damage. A priest can shield themselves every 15 seconds. So my effective damage time was 15 seconds minus time taken to break the shield. Your Tier 3 warrior probably breaks through it seconds. Against a well geared priest I'd be lucky to have 5 seconds of "damage" time. Then they re-shield and can heal themselves back to up full with nothing more complicated than a Renew. Meanwhile even Shadow Word: Pain will kill me eventually.
Chris