Comments on: Hunter PvP 101!

By: robert

robert — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:04:40 +0000

we need more updated info here i am not sure the 2010 and older posts quite map out the same now

By: Paladin PvP Guide

Paladin PvP Guide — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:31:59 +0000

Thats great! I think that is what my cousin really needs. Gemming is an important part of the game to enhance his stamina. I bet this would enhance his skills as a newbie. Thanks for the tips!

By: Throkwa

Throkwa — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:02:03 +0000

One question. Do I still need to get to spell penetration 75 with Cataclysm. Or do I need more?

By: Hothunterzz

Hothunterzz — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:33:59 +0000

Hey, experienced Raider and Pvper here..
read about the gemming part, people who preffer MM spec and are BGing and hoping to enter Arenas should stick with Agility = Red, Agility+Crit = Yellow, Agility+Stamina = Blue.. at the moment i have my gems maxxed out with these and i have around 27/28k health unbuffed!

These gems really help with a AP and Crit which will create a better nuke..

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:40:16 +0000

actually both portions of chimera shot are 100% nature damage

75 spell pen is generally accepted as the number to shoot for as it allows you to ignore other players’ improved motw. Remember, spell pen is absolutely useless in pve.

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:15 +0000

~~Half of chimera shot~~ [edit] all of chimera shot [/edit] is nature damage (and is thus affected by spell pen) and all of explosive shot is fire damage. So for players with a little resist (mage armor, druid buffs, whatever) getting a little spell pen can help cut through that.

By: Aldax

Aldax — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:24:43 +0000

Are explosive shot/chimera shot spells? I thought they were physical damage and thus, they dont benefit from spell penetration gems.
please confirm that they are (or not) spell that benefit from spell penetration gems.
Thanks

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:26:51 +0000

relentless earthsiege

By: Beruza

Beruza — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:04:59 +0000

What meta gem do you suggest for PvP?

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Heh, this is all Jurgwena, not me :) I wish my theme was clearer about that, but I make a point of trying to make sure all the posts are at least tagged in the text itself.

By: Thionis

Thionis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:18:43 +0000

Euri you settle down or I may just make you do some BG’s with us one day. Earth, Wind, and Fire coming soon Euri, (hunter’s) mark my words. :D

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:24:03 +0000

Woot!

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:19:29 +0000

I’ll do a write-up on all the diff bgs in a few days, how about that?

By: Bristal

Bristal — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:45:54 +0000

Awesome post. I have just recently gotten into BG’s with my 80 hunter, and an alt priest I am leveling. Prior to this Summer, I had never even walked into a Battleground. Now I get itchy if I miss Wintergrasp and I like to do each BG at least once a week. Holy crud they are fun.

I have had little luck searching for basic strategies on battlegrounds. WoWiki is not terribly helpful, and most Blogs focus on specific classes.

Any suggestions?

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:33:53 +0000

well like i’ve been saying the casual pvper can cobble a decent pvp set together just by subbing out his/her extra hit gear for resil items and using a WG pvp trinket. it’s not too hard and there are phenomenal returns if you can stomach a little grinding

By: Kataron

Kataron — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:09:15 +0000

I really need to get a pvp set put together, but I’m oh so very lazy. And I mostly just do the occasional BG or some world pvp with my guild, so my raiding gear is generally just fine.

I may not have the resilience to live that long, but I go out with a bang. Literally. :D

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:13:22 +0000

you could also dump piercing shots to get any of the aforementioned talents, and you could choose to put a couple points in imp barrage instead of any of the ones I mentioned, also

By: jurgwena

jurgwena — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:52:43 +0000

i would check this post of mine for more detailed info

http://outdps.com/2009/08/19/hunter_and_pet_arena_specs/

but you can get the jist of it by looking at this spec i whipped up really quickly:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#cZ0eAcRhdGIoguVoe0obob:0Ik

you can move 3 pts from imp HM or imp arcane shot around to whatever else you prefer, like survivalist or deflection if you do BGs with a 2her and don’t like getting disarmed for 10 seconds.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:56:50 +0000

I’m a long time raider, but just getting interested in PvP.
I’ve been doing BGs every so often and I do fine with my raid gear/spec, but I’m really curious what a good spec would be for pvp, and what talents would be better for a pvp environment as opposed to in a raiding environment.
Is there anything you can refer me to, or do you have any intention of addressing this in a future post?

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:20:47 +0000

You can mouse over a frame, and if you’re in arena, you can mouse over your opponents’ frames too. The UI post linked to in the post has an addon which helps with that.

By: Kheldul

Kheldul — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:03:37 +0000

I don’t do too well with mouse-over macro’d abilities.

They’re great for healing and raid-frames of course. But they get awkward for some things. Could you provide some?

I have one for mouse-over tranq-shotting. It’s a hold-over from Sarth, where I want to keep the boss dps’d but mouse-over tranq the enranged. That’s great, but it sucks for other situations where I only care about my main target. It’s then costing time because I need to mouseover my target.

For using mouse-over macros on defensive-reactive abilities (like Master’s Call and Roar of Sacrifice) do you hold your mouse over the team members in the field, in raid-like frames, or in party-icons? I like to move the mouse over the large visible field and have all actions as buttons, so moving the mouse to a teammate raid frame on the side is extra time. But doing mouse-overs of teammates is more tough.