critics pleaseFollow

Just hit 70 and want to start pvping for gear rather than raiding a whole bunch. I figure pvping will take less time and i can still get into SSC with arena gear. anyways i am BM build and thinking about respeccing to this for BG/arena. i wanted to include SS and wyvern but also wanted pet to be a bit viable so threw in a lil mix. suggestions please.

Trust me, you wont get into SSC if all you did at 70 is pvp.
SSC requires more then just good gear, namely Raiding experience.
Also, if you cant be bothered with raiding Karazhan for a few months because it takes to long why do you think SSC will be that much better?

Also getting S3/4 gear takes quite some time too, and S1 wont be enough to raid SSC.
It simply lacks intellect and attack power.

im going to raid KZ. and gruul and everything up to SSC. i just dont want to have to repeat all of those for gear. exp? hell yeah. i need it and i know i need it.

as far as the build goes. i wanted to get wyvern sting and SS primarily for cc. and with some "extra" points i wanted to get imp. AotH and focused fire.

i just wanted to try something outside of cookie cutters

PS bravefenceralucard: your link takes me to the same build i just posted.

Edited, Feb 15th 2008 11:00am by holynazzi

and i never said all i was going to do at 70 was pvp. dont put words in my mouth. i said i prefered to pvp over raiding KZ over and over because i honestly wanted to mess around with builds a lil more and get some more exp with pvp as a hunter. granted i need exp raiding too, but i can get pvp in when guildies arent around.

Edited, Feb 15th 2008 11:03am by holynazzi

this did it for me i guess, it really looks like you dont care much and just want gear fast and easy.

And technically, you can get gear a LOT faster through raiding then through PvP ;)
If you have good gear for pre-raiding you can probably join a guild that has kara on farm and wants to start up a 2nd team/needs more people for Gruul.
Those guilds generally have members that only have a few pieces from kara that they still need, giving you the opportunity to get multiple epics in 1-2 nights of raiding.

That way, you'll also skip a lot of the grinding and wiping on karazhan and you can continue on to the grinding and wiping on gruul ;)

Though if you want to get into a guild that is at that stage, you'll need some nice gear too.
For that check the gearlist ;) stuff like the Ravenclaw Band and boots from Sethekk halls, Hellfire repspear, felstalker bracers, chestpiece and trinket from Black Morass should all be very reasonable to get and are some of the best pre-raid items.

Edited, Feb 15th 2008 7:06pm by Aethien

Depending on the amount of play time you have each week, your best bet is probably a combination of Arena, BGs, and raids. Run the daily BG, form an Arena team or three and run those weekly, and run Kara weekly. If you do these consistently for 2 months you'll be dripping in Epics. The Arena will give you 1-2 Epics, depending on which items you chose to buy and how successful you are. The BGs will give you 1 Epic, and 2 months of Kara should give you a few, depending very much on what loot system your Guild uses and how well you contribute. If you can also spend about 2-4 hours per week running the weekend BG you can add 1-2 Epics from BG Honor.

All said and done, 2 months might see you with very few blues left, if you plan your time carefully.

As far as spec goes, I suggest you speak to some Guild mates and find out what spec they need. And speaking to them about your gearing strategy might be a good idea also.

Edited, Feb 16th 2008 8:23pm by Kompera