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Most Fun Class for PvP? Most Frustrating?
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Post by
marathonrunner
We all know that gear and knowledge of one's class really determines arena rankings. And there are several threads asking what class takes the most "skill".
But IMO such threads miss the point - we play the game for fun and for me PvP is the most enjoyable part of WoW (yes even world PvP).
So I would like to know what classes people find the most enjoyable to play when doing PvP, in BGs, Arena and World PvP.
I have a geared rogue but do not find it all that satisfying. My poorly geared resto druid is extremely fun - I find healing in PvP to be factor that can quickly turn the tide in a battle and I quite enjoy playing that role. A resto druid can't really kill anything and is quite weak in solo world PvP but nonetheless is quite fun overall.
My 70 mage is a big disappointment. Yes it is undergeared but frankly playing as a newly "dinged" mage in BGs is just a brutal experience - much worse than playing my rogue or druid at similar junctures.
So from a fun factor point of view I would rank 1) resto druid, 2) rogue and 3) ice mage.
What do others think? What class do you most enjoy in PvP? What class do you play that frustrates you?
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Post by
Lightrain
Hehe, try a holy pally. It usually takes 5-6 horde to kill me in bg with my full pvp and 1704+healing. And when they think they have me killed, Divine Shield. /lol with 2 holy lights and they have to start over again. With the new upgrade to holy shock, it's a life saver. I can holy shock, pot, health stone and be about 3/4 health. If I force that holy shock to crit, almost 100%. After all that, I still have LoH. The only downfall is if they know how to interupt your heals. I had a rogue on me that had the weapons and shoulders only from s1, and he was barely scratching me. He had me stunlocked thru all his C/D's, vanished, prep'd, and started over and still didn't get me below 3/4 hp at the end of it all.
For the ability to do almost everything in one spec. Holy pally. Not great on the dps, but good on the shock value against other plate toons. Top with crusader aura, and being able to tank drek in full pvp gear as a healer, you can't go wrong with that. But, against skilled toons, like in arena, holy pally rather sucks with the amount of cc you recieve. Kick, shock, CS, shield bash, intercept, kick, maim, kidneyshot, kick, oh, and that stupid BE racial.... It really blows when you actually can't do anything. The best description of a holy pally I ever heard was a cocroach(sp?). Harder then hell to kill.
My rankings-
Disc/holy priest- for heals and offense.
Resto druid- for overall talent and flexibility. Takes a lot of skill to play in arena tho, and is a lot squishier than other classes.
Holy pally- for tank and heals all in one.
Resto Sham- probably the hardest to kill. They can last forever if you kill the other team's toon that can dispel. But the least mana efficient I think. Kill their totems and dispell their shields and they are pretty useless. Same rate as a pally on interupt and cc.
For DPS-
MS warrior- Git 'er done! Just hope they heal you.
Ret Pally- Just because they are a lot of fun to play. Run down mounted toons on foot, and destroy resto druids.
Rogue- Leet dps in one of the cheapest ways imo. But they do their job well. =)
Lock- survivability and "Plate? They wear plate? /lol"
Shadow priest- Most damaging DoTs. Great for the horde running by on mount. A bit squishy with no escape tactics really. Rough to play, but fun.
Mage- it takes a lot of skill, but fun if you can do it right. Follow the rush and AOE the crap out of the other faction. They are great at raiding towers and flags. I can't output any damage as a mage. I don't know how to do it, but I've seen people that can.
Those are the ones I've played and researched. I don't know much about the resto sham tho. It's pretty complicated.
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Post by
Garan
Have you tried feral? You'll love it. ;-)
Unfortunately, as we know, they aren't very good in the arena. The viability and survability of them is amazing and that's why I love PvP action as feral. Sligtly worse healing power but that combined with rogue and warrior like abilities, few cc abilities... there's nothing better!
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Post by
reignofarrows
I've tried warrior, rogue, and druids at 70 and so far rogue is by far my favorite. I can choose my own fights to start, and when to end them. Personally, I've found healing to be unbearably boring.
Post by
2Fang
Are you ^&*!ing kidding? An affliction lock could kick a shadowpriest's ass in DoT damage. and
running down mounted toons on foot with a ret pally
? /lol
Ever heard of Judgement of Justice?
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Post by
Lightrain
Are you ^&*!ing kidding? An affliction lock could kick a shadowpriest's ass in DoT damage. and
running down mounted toons on foot with a ret pally
? /lol
Ever heard of Judgement of Justice?
Yep, I do it ALL the time. It's funny as hell. P1sses em off too, They are mounted and I'm hacking away at em in melee range. You can keep up with them as a holy pally, but you can actually run faster than them with pursuit of justice talented.
And shadow priest dots tick for more damage PER tick. I've never seen a lock tick a DoT for more than 500, which is rather easy to accomplish as a shadow priest(in pvp gear).
To Luraz, yep, I spec pain suppression for that very reason. Hopefully they are trying to purge spam me while my team is destroying them before it is up. But rogues are a royal pain to handle as a priest. And warriors do crazy crits on us as well.
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Post by
dronne25
Fun: I really enjoy my resto druid. Healing is not for everyone, but especially in arena, being the healer requires you to be aware of the entire battle.
Frustrating: In the context of arena PvP, I would say that shaman is the most frustrating. I'm a resto by trade so that mitigates it somewhat, but constantly being focused and with so little ability to escape/protect yourself is a frustrating feeling. Its even worse playing enhancement on a regular basis I'd imagine. Anyway, maybe I'm just spoiled by my druid.
Oh and Vuljatar, I have good news. Mages are far from utterly "bleeping" gimp as you said. Frost mages are fantastic, although in my opinion they probably require the most skill and coordination of abilities to be truly nasty. I'm no expert at them by any means - I don't play a mage and I'm not pretending to know everything about them. But I think it is somewhat laughable to characterize a frost mage as "utterly" gimp at PvP.
Post by
Twisteh
Most frustrating/utterly f***ing gimp: Mage. Any kind of mage, even frost. Half the classes in the game are designed specificly to kill mages, and the class mages are/were strongest against (Warriors) can still win at least half the time if they have half a brain.
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