As I mentioned in my last PVP update, I decided to stop using a scorpid in battlegrounds. The real power of the scorpid is the ability of Scorpid Poison to hide Viper Sting from dispells. My experience in battlegrounds is that the strategy is more related to burning down individual targets rather than the more meticulous mana draining strategy of the arena.

So, in response to that, I tamed a (now) level 68 Felsworn Daggermaw. I’m still working on leveling him up and increasing his loyalty, but I already feel like we’re doing more damage as a team.

Finally, I’ve decided to keep my 11/41/9 for now. I had previously considered switching some of those Beast Mastery talents over to Survival. Although I feel like this spec is better suited to the arena, I’m still getting used to it and don’t want to give up on it so quickly.

I’ve been using my new 11/41/9 PVP spec for about a week now, and things are finally starting to gel. As with anything, it just takes practice to get a feel for the limits of the new build, and the timing of new shots (specifically Scatter Shot and Silencing Shot).

One thing I’ve noticed, is that this new build is probably better suited to Arena combat rather than battlegrounds. Since the fights in Arenas are longer than the individual skirmishes in the BGs, things like Improved Revive Pet are more important. Or, maybe I just stink and die too much in BGs!

Since I’m not on an Arena team, I’m considering dropping some of the Beast Mastery talents and moving those points into Survival. If I do this, I would probably stable my Scorchshell Pincer in favor of a high-DPS pet with Dash. A Felsworn Daggermaw or Blackwind Sabercat seems like good fit.

Which would you choose?

Images from Petopia.

Unfortunately, my new spec is wreaking havoc on me!

Last night I made the executive decision to only PVP with Hynjoku, and use my original hunter for farming. I spent 1 gold at the trainer to unlearn all my talents and redistributed my points into a 11/41/9 Marksmanship build.

I’ve been playing a 41/20/0 Beast Mastery build for well over a year, and I feel like my unfamiliarity with this new build was really evident. I’m determined to not let these early struggles get me down and focus on learning the nuances of my new shots and deadlier stings.

As I said not too long ago, I’ve felt like I was in a rut lately. Since I haven’t been playing with my regular group for nearly 6 weeks, the daily grind of PVP and daily quests is starting to drive me a bit wonky.

In the interest of my own sanity, I’ve picked up an old warrior alt named Fengdu (that’s his ugly mug to the left). My plan is to treat Fengdu quite differently than Hynjoku. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you probably know that the point of Hynjoku was to experience as much content as possible. After leveling 2 other toons to 70, I felt like I had skipped a lot of the game for the sake of leveling quickly.

That’s not the case with Fengdu, though. My plan is to get this guy to 70 as quickly as possible and to focus on PVP entirely. If I never tank an instance, I don’t care. If I don’t max out all the reputations, no big deal.

Fengdu is all about the PVP. Let’s see how it goes.

One of our regular (Alliance) group members has been on something of a sabbatical for the last few weeks. This seemed like a golden opportunity to jump back on my Horde Hunter and start grinding gold for that epic flyer.

Unfortunately, I’ve fallen into a bit of a rut with this. Every night I usually do the daily PVP quest, daily Cooking quest, and the Skyguard dailies.

This leads to an interesting tangent: Why do the Sha’tari Skyguard daily quests?

The most obvious reason is to gain access to the [Skyguard Silver Cross], which would be tons of fun in PVP. Other than that, though, I’m not too interested in the other rewards. I’m not a big fan of the flying nether rays and probably wouldn’t ride one, given the opportunity.

For me, the Skyguard dailies are a nice source of income. I especially like camping one of the Skyguard Prisoner spawn points, and keeping the area clear until he shows up. Just doing the Skettis-based Skyguard daily quests can easily result in 50+ gold.

Anyway, the original point of this post wasn’t to talk about the Sha’tari Skyguard, but I guess I’ll have to get back to my rut discussion next time.

Happy Hunting!