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The Highmaul Coliseum
“GUGH NGNUMPH AAUUGG!” – Cung Le’s post-fight interview.
PVP is fun. It’s even more fun when it’s in-game, due to the lack of broken things like skin, teeth, and bones. The level of brain damage that can result is arguably comparable.
Master Rokk here. The Highmaul Coliseum is a PVP feature that is unlocked when you reach Level 3 with your Gladiator’s Sanctum. Basically you’re thrown into a big pit with a bunch of other players and have to fight it out, “last player standing” style. There’s thrills, gear, titles, achievement, and all types of wonderful violence and mayhem.
Zumio, he of my last couple of posts (so click there to get to his Youtube channel) has created yet another helpful video. This one outlines a strategy for winning the Highmaul Coliseum. “Easily” win it, he claims. I don’t see it as easy, but it is definitely doable and will not cause me to suffer excessive blood loss. Therefore, I am down with his line of thinking.
So try this out, and post in the comments if you have a strategy of your own that might help, uh, other people. Not me because Master Rokk is a master in fist-to-face combat. But, like, maybe other people who may read this blog and say “Hey, I wonder if someone has a great strategy for winning the Highmaul Coliseum. Also, I am not Master Rokk.”
Be that guy (or gal). Be the one to help me someone else out.
Garrison Building for PVP
Back in November (last Thursday to be exact) I took my passport and my wallet for a little trip to America. There was Christmas shopping to be done, and oddly enough I found some excellent Black Friday deals on Thursday night. Needless to say, by the time the feeding frenzy of Black Friday shopping began at six a.m., I was still in bed sound asleep. Why? Because I had decided that I would rather sleep in than get up at 5am, hover around the four Monster High Doll Houses (or whatever the Hell that thing was) that went on sale at 6am, and fight a bunch of rabid parents just to save twenty bucks. Besides, the thing was already cheaper than I could have gotten it for back home (even with the exchange rate.) So, yeah. Go me.
Go go me.
Work smarter, not harder. Determine just how much your time is worth. For some people, twenty bucks might have been worth the effort of getting up early and fighting the masses for the CHANCE at getting what they wanted. I opted for settling for a good deal and spent my day not fighting any crowds while I finished up my shopping. At some point I ended up in Las Vegas for some reason and tweeted about it (#WarlordsOfVegas). I chose to enjoy my time. Can’t put a price on that.
Speaking of Black Friday Shopping and burying hookers in the desert, The World of Warcraft’s PVP season started today. Bring on the rated BG’s and arenas and such! If you are one who enjoys dabbling in the digital violence, you’ll probably want to make sure you have plenty of honor and gear to get yourself set up. Maybe some gold too because why not? Bajheera discusses the WoD Garrison building that is a must-have for anyone who enjoys PVP – the Gladiator’s Sanctum. This is a building that will help get you set up for PVP quite quickly by providing honor, gear, and gold. Not to mention some potential epic titles and gear in the Colosseum. Enjoy your time while getting max gains from it.
The Gladiator Sanctum – It’s like Black Friday shopping in Vegas!
Patch 6.0.2 Prot Warrior
Gold is a necessary part of my playstyle. I need plenty of cash because I tend to rack up repair bills. I’m the perfect formula for it – I love dealing damage, and I’m that special type of crazy who will dive headfirst into a woodchipper if I thought it’d kill it.
Special, is what I’m saying here.
So when Bajheera released a PVP video reflecting the insanity of a Warrior Protection spec in 6.0.2, I was intrigued. And by intrigued I mean my warrior started passing the hat around. I aim to write cheques that his armor can’t cash.
Patch 6.0.2 Fury Warrior
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you may notice that I often defer to Bajheera for his Warrior knowledge. The man is a gladiator-ranked arena machine. If there’s one thing PVP folks know, it’s how to squeeze every drop of potential out of a toon. He communicates this knowledge very well, in a language that is easily understood by PVP and PVE folk alike.
Violence is a universal language.
He stepped out of his normal comfort zone (ie Arms Warrior) to drop some knowledge about the new changes to the Fury Warrior in patch 6.0.2. He discusses stats, gems, glyphs, rotation, aka “Everything you need to know about playing a Fury Warrior”. Yes, there is a PVP slant to this but generally speaking it should help those who are wondering where all their buttons went.
I just may dust off my Warrior and give this a try.
If Blizzard Made Me An NPC
Because fantasy games need more Canadian content.
PVP is no joke. Most people know this, given the amount of folks who actively avoid getting involved with it if at all possible. I dabble in the digital violence now and then, but I prefer to watch those skilled at it while they do their thing. Two such individuals are PVP icons Bajheera and Swifty. As recognition for their contribution to the World of Warcraft community, Blizzard will be giving them their own NPCs in Warlords of Draenor – Jackson Bajheera and John Swifty.
It made me consider the question – if Blizzard turned my character into an NPC for Warlords of Draenor, what kind of NPC would they make him – not what I would make him. The NPC would reflect the character’s in-game activity. Auction House vendor? Pet Battle Trainer?
I had a couple of thoughts. Maybe he could be a quest hub NPC, but that role is already taken.
If you smell what we’re cooking.
There’s not really one thing I do in-game. I can’t pigeonhole my playstyle. I quest and PVP, I run dungeons and scenarios. I play the Auction House and pet battles. I do everything but raid, and that’s due to a mix of inexperience and having a computer that probably would drop a big poo as soon as the boss was pulled.
So my NPC would probably be a rare spawn mob. He’d walk alone, but he could show up anywhere. Silver dragon elite, and his drop table would be extensive and random. You’d loot “Rokk’s Box” and there could be anything in it – from gold (reflecting the AH and gold farming aspect) to dungeon/pvp gear (that would reflect the iLevel of the applicable unlocked dungeon given the level/zone he’s found in). He could also drop a rare battle pet which would be a miniature version of himself called Smackdown.
It’d definitely be a hoot to go one-on-one with the Main Monk in WoD. I think a therapist could clarify if that would make me suicidal or just “a little off.”
What kind of NPC do you think your character would be?
Rokk Talk 