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geryon · December 29, 2007, 07:03 AM

Yeah, I have to agree with what everyone else has said regarding Illhoof and PvP. Have all dps (except the seed lock) create a macro /target demon (even the guy tanking the big imp) and you will find the chains don't take that long to burn down. They definitely should not be pointing the finger at a non-burster though (yourself).

As far as pvp goes, you just have to get used to it. I have tried FG, SL/SL, and my regular UA raid spec for pvp and I usually stick with UA. My arena rating blows (probably because I'm too cheap to spec into SL/SL every week), but I usually do fine in WSG,AB,EoTS (the ones where you actually have to kill people). Keep your felhunter out, develop a reflex for hitting ctrl-1, and try to focus on targets that you are meant to kill: spriests, mages, priests, some druids, shamans. Not a free kill by any means, but you stand a fair shot of burning them down before they can kill you. When you get a BM hunter or a rogue with all his cooldowns then just do what you can before they kill you. Non BM hunters are usually 50/50 depending on how long you have to dot them up before they notice you. Rogues with burnt cooldowns are actually very manageable. Plus you might have some bad habits you aren't aware of (I know I did and still have some): always run with the pack, don't be the first guy to burst into their flag room, stay at max range as you can to get your dots off, take advantage of obstacles that don't cause LOS problems to get your dots off. Little things like that can keep you alive longer. I dunno, i'm just rambling now. Hope you got an idea or two out of it though.

December 29, 2007, 07:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
geryon Lurker Character Info Geryon 80 Blood Elf Warlock Kul Tiras US PvE Guild: Game Over Talent Spec: 0/0/0	Re: How can an affliction lock speed up damage? Yeah, I have to agree with what everyone else has said regarding Illhoof and PvP. Have all dps (except the seed lock) create a macro /target demon (even the guy tanking the big imp) and you will find the chains don't take that long to burn down. They definitely should not be pointing the finger at a non-burster though (yourself). As far as pvp goes, you just have to get used to it. I have tried FG, SL/SL, and my regular UA raid spec for pvp and I usually stick with UA. My arena rating blows (probably because I'm too cheap to spec into SL/SL every week), but I usually do fine in WSG,AB,EoTS (the ones where you actually have to kill people). Keep your felhunter out, develop a reflex for hitting ctrl-1, and try to focus on targets that you are meant to kill: spriests, mages, priests, some druids, shamans. Not a free kill by any means, but you stand a fair shot of burning them down before they can kill you. When you get a BM hunter or a rogue with all his cooldowns then just do what you can before they kill you. Non BM hunters are usually 50/50 depending on how long you have to dot them up before they notice you. Rogues with burnt cooldowns are actually very manageable. Plus you might have some bad habits you aren't aware of (I know I did and still have some): always run with the pack, don't be the first guy to burst into their flag room, stay at max range as you can to get your dots off, take advantage of obstacles that don't cause LOS problems to get your dots off. Little things like that can keep you alive longer. I dunno, i'm just rambling now. Hope you got an idea or two out of it though.