WOW Blue PvP gear is nice. Statistically of course, it's a huge downgrade from my T4/5 stuff, and when I work with the sockets they're going to get cheapo gems =p, but the resilience really does make up for it somehow. Those little numbers are magical. I bought a couple (the ones that were handy) before doing some lousy arena matches tonight, and this being my first time *in* the arena, I wasn't sure how much of a difference they made. On the other hand, just two pieces (plus the S1 gloves I got a while ago, Medallion of the Alliance, that trinket from Heroic Black Stalker and the Dagger from Thorngrin) made a huge difference, it seemed to me.
Of course, I still didn't win any, because Ruin Alliance are not very good on the whole. In fact I've been wondering, have horde been buffed a lot in AV or do people play even worse now? In 2.3 I had >50% wins in there...since 2.4 I have been in one victory, and that was reinforcements-based (we didn't even capture all the towers...)
I went back to Magisters' Terrace, on Heroic this time. It's pretty fun on heroic, with better difficulty balancing in my opinion. I still died on Kael though...didn't heal myself at all during the first Gravity Lapse. Excellent! Not to mention the pull right before him. Arcs and I went down twice.:)
While I was there, I got <span style="color:purple">[Vial of the Sunwell]. I'm wondering if anyone else has any experience with this trinket, since I'm really torn on whether it's good or not. Certainly, I love the mp5, as my gear and gems are tweaked much more toward +healing in general, and I tend to use Elixirs for another +50, at the cost of some potential mana regen in Flask of Mighty Restoration. The Use effect though...I haven't been able to get much out of it aside from another Healthstone for myself. It's a little awkward to use in raids on other people, from what I've seen so far, because odds are if they need it that badly somebody else is about to land one on them anyway. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a guy who tries to not stand in fire and presses the Chain Heal button a lot.
I am jealous of Druids and Priests though. Everything I've been hearing about their regen...is insane.
Void Shatter is dumb, you can learn it at 360, but it requires the 375 enchanting rod. Thanks for that one Blizzard. <_<Doesn't seem to have affected the price of mats much either, for the better anyway.
Of course, I still didn't win any, because Ruin Alliance are not very good on the whole. In fact I've been wondering, have horde been buffed a lot in AV or do people play even worse now? In 2.3 I had >50% wins in there...since 2.4 I have been in one victory, and that was reinforcements-based (we didn't even capture all the towers...)
I went back to Magisters' Terrace, on Heroic this time. It's pretty fun on heroic, with better difficulty balancing in my opinion. I still died on Kael though...didn't heal myself at all during the first Gravity Lapse. Excellent! Not to mention the pull right before him. Arcs and I went down twice.:)
While I was there, I got <span style="color:purple">[Vial of the Sunwell]. I'm wondering if anyone else has any experience with this trinket, since I'm really torn on whether it's good or not. Certainly, I love the mp5, as my gear and gems are tweaked much more toward +healing in general, and I tend to use Elixirs for another +50, at the cost of some potential mana regen in Flask of Mighty Restoration. The Use effect though...I haven't been able to get much out of it aside from another Healthstone for myself. It's a little awkward to use in raids on other people, from what I've seen so far, because odds are if they need it that badly somebody else is about to land one on them anyway. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a guy who tries to not stand in fire and presses the Chain Heal button a lot.
I am jealous of Druids and Priests though. Everything I've been hearing about their regen...is insane.
Void Shatter is dumb, you can learn it at 360, but it requires the 375 enchanting rod. Thanks for that one Blizzard. <_<Doesn't seem to have affected the price of mats much either, for the better anyway.