Taking One for the Team

Nuramoc

Ironic huh… Only a few short weeks have passed since I swore off Beast Mastery, yet here I am returning to my beloved PvP spec.

This time’s it’s business though. A few guildies and I started a 3s team mainly for fun, but after getting our asses handed to us the other night, it wasn’t so much “fun” for me anymore. My healer is new to arena, and is still working on his game and his gear. Meanwhile, he’s been having a terrible time trying to keep me up, as I’m the opposing team’s focus-fire target about 99.9% of the time.

I tried Marksmanship out for about a dozen matches and had similar results to that of Survival. My survivability was about the same, burst and Readiness were awesome, but it didn’t really seem to be the answer for us. If I were an elite Hunter I suppose I would be able to lead us to 2200 and beyond, but “elite” I am not. I’m pretty good, but unless I have fairly strong teammates, I’m not going to be able to do anything spectacular.

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Good Intentions

I had every intention of sitting down last night and doing some power posting, but my wife was getting tells asking that I log on and help out our 10 man group in Ulduar. Having had a big time raiding jones lately, along with the need to put my new 212 DPS weapon to work, I answered the call. Following that, I spent about 2 1/2 hours in arena. I’ve been jumping at the chance to get some playing time …

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