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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-04-2010 @ 10:58PM
MusedMoose said...
Hmm. With a bunch of other alts already rolling, I've been hesitant to roll a warrior; I can't even decide between Arms or Fury to start. I'll have to read through this again later and give it some more thought. Thank you for the excellent analysis.
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12-05-2010 @ 11:47AM
fridaymacfay said...
I'll make a pitch for Arms! :)
Arms is a very conditional spec. Where many times a spec is like "234 234 234, oh this happened so press 5, now 234 234 234, etc.," Arms is a much more active spec. It's a lot of "Okay, so I want to do x, so press y... ah so z happened so press w, now press x again because r happened, and so on." It's not terribly complicated, but it requires a lot of awareness of what procs are popping, forcing situations to line up to your advantage, and reacting to what's going on in the fight. It's a very tactical style of playing.
It does have downsides, of course. There's plenty times where it's frustrating because some RNG didn't proc. And on an off day, there's a lot of "Great I'm dead... oh dammit I should have pressed this instead of that. gah!"
Still, none of the downsides really matter if you love the play-style. I've played a LOT of different classes and specs and none are as active as Arms. It really gives the feeling of being in a real fight and using everything to your advantage to win.
So do you like to play Parchisee? Or do you prefer Chess? :)
12-06-2010 @ 10:38AM
Alexa said...
I'm currently leveling up my 2nd warrior at the moment as Arms/Protection (for instancing) and my other max level warrior is Protection/Fury.
I can't believe how much I'm enjoying Arms. You have mobility, flexibility, an interesting rotation (not to mention fantastic DPS).
I know it was touched on here, but as soon as you get Juggernaut - your game totally changes (in both PVE and PVP). It has made questing much faster!