Blood Sport: What's your Arena resolution for 2008?
by V'Ming Chew 
Dec 27th 2007 at 2:00PM
Every Thursday, V'Ming - who thinks that gnome warlocks are travesties of nature and need to be KOSed - shares thoughts and ideas on becoming deadlier at the Arenas. He also dabbles in the dark arts in Blood Pact.
Aye, it's that time of the year again, as one year draws to a close, and a brand new year beckons. Have you made your New Year's resolution? Granted, resolutions have a knack of getting forgotten by the second week of the new year but I guess they do set the tone for what you'll like to achieve, at the very least.
Here in Blood Sport, even seasoned gladiators make resolutions for the new year. After all, one of the most important things in any competitive endeavor is to set goals for yourself and your team. What is your goal for the new year? Get four pieces of the Vengeful Gladiator set? Hit 2000 in team rating? Shoot for the 'Vengeful Gladiator' title for Season 3?
Whatever your goals, setting some is absolutely a must. Unlike some trivial PvE encounters where you can cruise (good opportunity to be well fed as you play), every Arena match absolutely demands your 'A' game as you progress.
My resolutions as a humble Arena PvP columnist:
- To see all classes enjoy good representation in the various brackets.
- To have Blizzard come up with PvP-specific armor models, instead of recoloring existing PvE ones.
- To kick ass, chew bubblegum and get Green Fire!!
Notwithstanding the fact that I tabulated these numbers today instead of Christmas Day, we see some interesting movement from last week's numbers (see below). Priests and druids seem to emerge as preferred healers to pallies in smaller brackets. Either that or paladins are taking a break from Arenas this holiday season.
Hunters improved on their 5% representation in the 5v5s from last week, which is good news considering that they never broke 5% in any bracket in earlier weeks. We see warriors, priests and warlocks enjoying even representation across the brackets.
Druids dominate the 2v2s in this week's numbers, with an overwhelming majority of resto druids. Only 2% of druids in high-ranking teams are ferals.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, PvP, Blood Sport (Arena PvP), Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ahoni Dec 27th 2007 2:07PM
My arena resolution ... to be a free HK while dancing for Welfare Epics!!!!
donoteatmikezila Dec 27th 2007 2:14PM
My "arena" resolution is to get the best of the non-arena PvP gear.
kuett Dec 27th 2007 2:36PM
get 2000 arena rate
got 1900 already
Callandra Dec 27th 2007 2:37PM
Warlocks and druids, OP'd in 2v2!
John Willoughby Dec 27th 2007 2:44PM
1440x900
Baluki Dec 27th 2007 2:45PM
I'd like to see that graph broken down by spec, to see how viable people find the different trees for arenas.
My 2008 Arena Resolution: Get on an Arena team.
YPEELS40 Dec 27th 2007 2:48PM
sell arena points on atleast 5 teams.
Iva Dec 27th 2007 3:08PM
My arena resolution is REROLL A ROGUE.
Drew Dec 27th 2007 3:22PM
Nice They Live reference at the end!
My goal is to build my 5v5 team to progress past the 1600 rating. We just started 2 weeks ago and are on our way.
Jared Dec 27th 2007 3:23PM
To completely stop caring about my rating since I regularly go up against teams that are in my rating bracket (1200) and are somehow duelists, rivals and gladiators. Im so tired of being mismatched and getting my ass handed to me completlly trouncing people. NO more fore me once i get my welfare epics.
Hoggersbud Dec 27th 2007 4:39PM
Play it?
Diaz Dec 27th 2007 5:00PM
My arena resolution is to submit to my overlords and start back leveling my resto druid for 2v2 and 3v3.
jamphat Dec 27th 2007 5:37PM
2480x1600
Zach Dec 27th 2007 7:47PM
The sad truth is, Vims, Paladins are by far the worst healers in 2v2 and 3v3 formats because of the lack of healing versatility. With no instant heals (except for the inefficient Holy Shock) and HoTs, Paladins are easily countered with proper focusing. 2.5 and 1.5 second heals are easily Counterspelled or Kicked, locking Paladins out of their only school of magic for a good duration -- locking out even bubble.
Druids rule because of their unparalleled mobility, HoTs, Nature's Swiftness, and one of the best CCs in Arenas: Cyclone. Not to mention Druids can easily go in and out of stealth during a match.
jlpknights82 Dec 28th 2007 1:41AM
I would like to get my Paladin to 70 and start him in the arena as a healer.
I would like to spend a solid weekend and get my hunter honor epics so he can have a chance in the low bracket.
I'd like my Warlock and Druid's teams to maintain a 1600+ rating consistently.
(As you can tell, I'm my partner and I are not the best PvPers ever. Haha. We have fun, and really that's all the counts.)