lol then that explains alot if ur one of those ret pallies goin into arena with blue weps/gear. And ur rating is 1050? Damn dude... your team must suck balls. Well i know u still get SOME pts for losing 10 matches, so i guess continue what u do till u get some gear.
But as for epics being hard to get nowadays, dude, where have u been? Yes i do agree that fighting in blues in arena = PWNED... unless ur fighting othe blues, which may be the case since ur 1050 rating. When i first tried arenas, i went in almost all blues, same for my 3v3 n 2v2 teammates. We sill managed to hover in the 1400-1450 with very minimal resil ratings. But in time, and a TON of BG's, u save up honor n guess what, get epics! If youre saying its tough to get "epics" then oh my... id hate to be u. And if ret is hard, maybe its not for u.
I understand what u mean by READ, but paragraph 2 says what exactly? - "I have a ret pally and i would not take this over a warrior or a hunter who this is def for (actual hunter weapon for once...) " All i get out of that is "im a ret pally n ill pass on that wep". Plus, if ur all blues, or mostly, do u look at these drops and gear n day dream? Sur eu may pass on this wep, but in all honesty, do u think u'll ever get into this instance any time soon? If so, do u think ull get to this boss? lol... I raid with a pretty decent guild, downed everything up to kael, and hope to have him down this week. As i dont raid with my ret pally, i do see that other classes with same t5 gear equvilent blow my ass out of the water in DMG. Example? warlocks and rogues fuk me up. I do manage to get top 4 tho... as well as increase their dmg output. But yea, back to how its so tough to get a high end epic wep... you do know that there are 4 BG's right? Minus arena. If you cant do them and get honor just like anyone else, then again, maybe ret isnt ur thing. Or maybe even pvp in general. The s1 wep can be bought from honor and even though its almost crap, its still better than that blue ur carrying. Maybe u shud spend some time pickin that up...
As for ur reply on wht dmg being mitigated by armor vs holy dmg, yes u are right. I mentioned that they were SIMPLE calculations, not some detailed shit like u find at ELITISTJERKS.com. But ur comment on the wep was that u wouldnt pick it up simply because u have a less than 1% chance more to proc ur SoC vs a slower wep. Well if im mistaken, that <1% chance is nothing at lower gear lvls. And also, wht dmg for W/E wep ur using will be negated by armor. So if u are using a grey wep, a green, blue, or any epic, you will STILL lose that dmg, understand? And again, unless all u care for is BURST dmg, then the 41% proc chance means crap since the DMG done FROM the SoC is based on wep dmg, and still has the same PPM as ANY wep spd u choose. So again, you want that <1% more to get that extra bit of dmg in? Go put a pt in imp SoCru, theres ur 1% burst in the form of a 1% crit.
Stormherald is tough to get but in time u will, uh, ur kinda right? This is ONLY if ur in a progressing PVE guild. If not, then ur hopes are limited to BUYING vortex's. You do know that to get these, you will need to run SSC n TK right? And if you ARE buying them... ud need to more than just blues to come close to surving in there, unless all u do is sit n watch.
And as for my calculations, they are all mathematically correct. If u want, ill give u the formulas. And i hate to go back to ur "epics are hard to get comment", but heres another calc that shows how EASY it would be to replace ur nub blue wep.
27000 honor = S1 2h wep (NOT ARENA PTS)
AV win/loss avg is roughly 300 (depends on ur battle group, win = more ofc)
27000/300 = 90 Games
90 games @ 20 mins = 1800 mins
1800 mins / 60 mins = 30 hours
1 hour per day for 30 days = 1 month of AV @ 1 hr per day
This ofc can be done even faster depending on how often u play and for how long. The 20 mins and 300 HP avg mark is a rough estimate of both wins n losses. My fastest match was just under 14 mins with roughly 500 pts. If you do other BG's, this 300 mark can be higher or lower depending on how many caps/flags and pts gained/flags capped.
If ur bypassing s1 gear to try to get s2-s3, then ur obviously not experienced in pvp. Either way, ill be waiting for ur response.
But as for epics being hard to get nowadays, dude, where have u been? Yes i do agree that fighting in blues in arena = PWNED... unless ur fighting othe blues, which may be the case since ur 1050 rating. When i first tried arenas, i went in almost all blues, same for my 3v3 n 2v2 teammates. We sill managed to hover in the 1400-1450 with very minimal resil ratings. But in time, and a TON of BG's, u save up honor n guess what, get epics! If youre saying its tough to get "epics" then oh my... id hate to be u. And if ret is hard, maybe its not for u.
I understand what u mean by READ, but paragraph 2 says what exactly? - "I have a ret pally and i would not take this over a warrior or a hunter who this is def for (actual hunter weapon for once...) " All i get out of that is "im a ret pally n ill pass on that wep". Plus, if ur all blues, or mostly, do u look at these drops and gear n day dream? Sur eu may pass on this wep, but in all honesty, do u think u'll ever get into this instance any time soon? If so, do u think ull get to this boss? lol... I raid with a pretty decent guild, downed everything up to kael, and hope to have him down this week. As i dont raid with my ret pally, i do see that other classes with same t5 gear equvilent blow my ass out of the water in DMG. Example? warlocks and rogues fuk me up. I do manage to get top 4 tho... as well as increase their dmg output. But yea, back to how its so tough to get a high end epic wep... you do know that there are 4 BG's right? Minus arena. If you cant do them and get honor just like anyone else, then again, maybe ret isnt ur thing. Or maybe even pvp in general. The s1 wep can be bought from honor and even though its almost crap, its still better than that blue ur carrying. Maybe u shud spend some time pickin that up...
As for ur reply on wht dmg being mitigated by armor vs holy dmg, yes u are right. I mentioned that they were SIMPLE calculations, not some detailed shit like u find at ELITISTJERKS.com. But ur comment on the wep was that u wouldnt pick it up simply because u have a less than 1% chance more to proc ur SoC vs a slower wep. Well if im mistaken, that <1% chance is nothing at lower gear lvls. And also, wht dmg for W/E wep ur using will be negated by armor. So if u are using a grey wep, a green, blue, or any epic, you will STILL lose that dmg, understand? And again, unless all u care for is BURST dmg, then the 41% proc chance means crap since the DMG done FROM the SoC is based on wep dmg, and still has the same PPM as ANY wep spd u choose. So again, you want that <1% more to get that extra bit of dmg in? Go put a pt in imp SoCru, theres ur 1% burst in the form of a 1% crit.
Stormherald is tough to get but in time u will, uh, ur kinda right? This is ONLY if ur in a progressing PVE guild. If not, then ur hopes are limited to BUYING vortex's. You do know that to get these, you will need to run SSC n TK right? And if you ARE buying them... ud need to more than just blues to come close to surving in there, unless all u do is sit n watch.
And as for my calculations, they are all mathematically correct. If u want, ill give u the formulas. And i hate to go back to ur "epics are hard to get comment", but heres another calc that shows how EASY it would be to replace ur nub blue wep.
27000 honor = S1 2h wep (NOT ARENA PTS)
AV win/loss avg is roughly 300 (depends on ur battle group, win = more ofc)
27000/300 = 90 Games
90 games @ 20 mins = 1800 mins
1800 mins / 60 mins = 30 hours
1 hour per day for 30 days = 1 month of AV @ 1 hr per day
This ofc can be done even faster depending on how often u play and for how long. The 20 mins and 300 HP avg mark is a rough estimate of both wins n losses. My fastest match was just under 14 mins with roughly 500 pts. If you do other BG's, this 300 mark can be higher or lower depending on how many caps/flags and pts gained/flags capped.
If ur bypassing s1 gear to try to get s2-s3, then ur obviously not experienced in pvp. Either way, ill be waiting for ur response.