Hello all.
Ive been 70 for a few weeks now, and have just realized that the game does not even start until you reach 70. I'm currently 17/0/44 frost pvp spec, with my intent for the long run being arena. Ive been doing a good bit of reading on the various forums and such, but i have some questions specific to frost pvp mages that im sure many people would benefit from seeing the answers to. I would greatly appreciate it if any of you experts could bestow some of your wisdom upon me :).
Ive got all level 70 blues, plus the frozen shadoweave boots and shoulders (not enough shadowcloth for robe yet). +574 frost dam, no resil, 12%crit.
First off, would my best bet for gear be to grind bg's to get s1 stuff, then join an arena team? should this set also be matched with the vindicator's set? I'm also not really sure what order to buy the pieces. i was thinking staff first, then just progressively replace the worst piece of gear i have left.
what bg's would be the most efficient for grinding honor points? ive been doing mostly AB just because i like the layout of the map.
this may be a really stupid question, i dont know. are you supposed to actually click your spells on the hotbar while fighting? ive been pressing the numbers on the keyboard, but ive noticed in some of the videos that people are just using their mouse to click spells.
also, what type of gems should i be using to socket my gear? atm ive got some +spell dam, +crit, +stam, and +spell hit.
my last question is for any input on general pvp strategies for the frost mage. like a said earlier, ive been watching some videos to try to pick up some strategies. what ive learned so far is counterspell casters, especially if they're casting a heal, frost nova then ice lance and CoC, use the water elemental for extra dps and frost novas, and Ice Block if you get into trouble. The problem for me is that most of the time i just dont do enough damage. after my frost nova, the WE's frost nova, coldsnap then more FN's, and ice lance/CoC while they're frozen, my enemies still have health and my death is imminent. will this change when i get more +dam and +resil with better gear, or do i need to change my strategy?
Thank you for all input and advice.