MMO and Game Industry Related blogging
Posted On Friday, June 27th, 2008 By Jay
Previously I have written about the ESA and its departures. Today Gamasutra, one of the leading game industry websites wrote a story concerning ESA its role.
It seems we’re in for some interesting news. I for one am following this story.
Posted On Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 By Jay
I’m sitting here listening to DJ TeeBee & K – The Deeper Side of Drum & Bass. The remaining posts are very difficult to write. Warlocks, Warriors, Shaman, Hunters, each and every one will feel like the rock to your scissors.
Defeating a Warlock as a disc priest is alot like defeating a shadow priest. The main difference is the shear amount of running and line of sight you’ll have to do. I think defeating a warlock 1 on 1 is a trial and error training. At worst you’ll learn to not freak out at the shear amount of fears that will hit you. At best, you’ll pull out on top every once in awhile.
I had the privilege of having an affliction lock friend to practice with. He later went SLSL for spell eating puppy(SEP) goodness and the duel dynamic changed. All my old tricks for survival are nearly useless against a SEP. Here are some pointers to help keep you, and your team alive against warlocks.
Shield and Renew only before engaging. Any buff will be useless against the SEP target. He’ll just eat it, you’ll waste the mana and Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, June 16th, 2008 By Jay
Rogues, the bane of our pvp existence. Fighting and defeating a rogue in 1 on 1 combat will possibly be the toughest battle in your pvp career. Because it is the toughest, you’ll also jump for joy when you finally defeat one 1 on 1. Here is a small list of pointers for 1 on 1 fights. There are very few instances where I take on rogues one on one. I am closer to 30% success rate 1 on 1 versus rogues.
Be ready for a 5 point combo hit. You must do your best to maintain shield and renew on you at all times. Rogues are burst melee dps and as such can deliver multiple 1000s of damage in 2 seconds.
Reflective Shield, Focused Will and Blessed Recovery all help. BR returns critical damage, FW reduces damage taken. Reflective Shield when properly geared will return 1000 points of damage back to the rogue.
Use Fear every time you can. While feared heal yourself with flash heal and reapply renew and shield if down.
Try to keep power word pain applied. Your key to defeating a rogue is to outlast them. Remember they can’t re-stealth if dotted.
Above all, keep moving, try your best to Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, May 12th, 2008 By Jay
If you are wondering why I’m not healing you in a BG its probably for one reason:
1. If you are a DPS class and you have lower honor then me on the BG stats page, you’re wasting my time. I’m looking at you folks out there in FULL GREENS that can’t be bothered to buy the FREAKING ALMOST FREE blue pvp set that you earn by QUEST GRINDING to hit 70. You’ll notice I am criticizing your gear and not your skill. You can’t learn to get better if you are constantly eating dirt. O rly? Ya srly! Believe me, I want to heal you. I really really do. Its why I’m a disc priest. What I don’t want is to use half my mana keeping 6k hps from the dirt while that alliance rogue that you can’t see is stabbing out my kidneys.
Because of the above, I’ve resorted to improving my own game. The reason I BG is to compete in the arena. That’s my motivating force, my raison d’etre. As such, I’ve found I REALLY like beating paladins, especially Retadins and tankadins. By improving my 1v1 skills against priests, I’ve learned how susceptible I am to eating dirt. Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, April 21st, 2008 By Jay
Really started to mesh with my teams this week.
2v2 ended 7-3 for a 1612 rating.
3v3 ended 16-4 for a 1750ish rating.
I have lots of work ahead of me. I’ve managed to capture 22 of the matches. My reactions to DP SLSL and RMP to follow in the coming days!
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