2v2 Tournament (previsionary thread )
- Thread starter AlbinoCow
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Lanky
meraki
Hey Kincaide, as of right now i have a partner and we'll try mage/priest since its our most experienced comp, but the likelyhood of him playing might be low due to the time difference to US. If he can not play i'll PM you if you still don't have a partner. 
Hey Lanky, you and me, Kincaide and Aaryaa, what do you say?
LennywBT
SpeeDIO
I can assist in that, but thing is -- we do need to practise , I have you on BTag, ill try to get someone to invite both of us and do some skrimishes.
Kincaide
Legend
Bop
Remember the Treeline
I can help you group with Goohd if you want to practice with him, just message me on skype.
arms warrior + rsham?
If you don't have luck finding someone on this thread, I can definitely find you a partner from my Skype connections, haha.
This thread is just preliminary - in fact there isn't even a guarantee that this will happen. But I wholeheartedly support it and will do whatever I can to help out [MENTION=18878]AlbinoCow[/MENTION], should he decide to go through with this.
That being said, practice (in skirms) makes perfect, even if it is against 29's.
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AlbinoCow
Vaco Del Blanco
Support for this is really growing, not only in this thread too. So i plan on holding a tourney within the next 2 weeks. I will make teh signup in a few days or more from now to allow players to get their teams assembled. The rules will most likely be that u cannot change chars throughout the tourney, only specs. Games will be series of best out of 3s. While within a series u cannot change roles, but once finished with that series u are able to. It will be round robin. 1 BM, 1 Feral, and 1 healer max per team. Ferals are not able to use FB ( this is still up to debate but i like water's idea)
Bop
Remember the Treeline
What do you think about banning out Tiger's Fury instead of Ferocious Bite? Or Savage Roar.
If we're going to ban out specific parts of the Feral's kit, it should probably be the damage buffs rather than the actual spell.
YungDaddy
Legend
If your like me i don't really mind the 500 crit shred with tiger fury and savage when ur running with a healer but i know it can be a huge problem with 2x dps without a off-heal. But u can just kite/LoS the tiger fury which is 4 or 5sec and plus without bite that mean u can use RIP which is useless in this expansion but with those buff it can pressure the enemy so u can get a kill.With that being said if your running a healer or off-heals feral should be able to use the buff and if your just running 2x dps don't allow it. (water opinion) =)
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AlbinoCow
Vaco Del Blanco
They can still do major dps with savage roar tfs and shreds, like ww dmg burst. removing tigers fury only will only make the it a little longer till a 3k bite, but its a possibilty. I wasnt thinking about banning any moves until ppl starting talking about it. I was jsut thinking vs feral teams run higher mitigation / stamier sets and itll be ok, but maybe some comps just get trumped. At the same time tho thats what makes arenas what they are, comp dependent. Its round robin so losing a series vs the 1 or 2 feral teams i could even see coming isnt the end of the world
Bop
Remember the Treeline
Fair enough. Keeping Ferocious Bite, but banning Savage Roar would probably be too far - and banning Tiger's Fury might be too little, as you've said.
What about for other Druid Specs?
For example, Rdruid's only compensation for shoddy heals is threatening a Critical Bite.
Guardian has no viability regardless, but certainly the only potential it has is based around Ferocious Bite.
Boomkin seems to be the most in-line with Feral, where some combinations with DB FB can be extremely overwhelming and not fun to play against.
Kincaide
Legend
I think if I were a feral and I were seeing all these debates going back and forth about exactly how OP I am, I would rather the spec just not be permitted, and I'd play a different character. I think that might be more palatable than rules-lawyering the spec to death. Just my opinion.
puffyniples
Legend
i ar interesteed
Hue
Legend
keg smashes and fero bites oh my...
2s are simply unbalanced 3s are the way to go.
That way fotm comps can be played and still be countered by good ol team synergy, whereas in 2s you're more likely to be punished for small mistakes while playing a caster vs feral'x resulting in quick 15 second games due to broken class mechanics
2s are simply unbalanced 3s are the way to go.
That way fotm comps can be played and still be countered by good ol team synergy, whereas in 2s you're more likely to be punished for small mistakes while playing a caster vs feral'x resulting in quick 15 second games due to broken class mechanics
Bop
Remember the Treeline
My experiences with arenas in this bracket have been the complete opposite - I've found 3's tends to amplify broken numbers from FotM classes and spiral them out of control. They're still much more skillful than Pug battlegrounds, but they're fairly mindless from a DPS standpoint. Unload damage into one person. Profit!
2v2 on the other hand relies heavily on the coordination between partners. Comps are also an important part of it, but I've found that there is much more variance in 2's than in 3's at this bracket.
Wizkidone
Started from the bottom
While I agree 3s is probably better, we have never been able to succeed in hosting a 3s tournament. 2s will probably be easier.
Actually a really good idea to balance the spec
McBro
Legend
No feral actually likes FB anyway, it's just overtuned right now. Bleeds are infinitely more fun...
While I can see the issue with 3s at this bracket, the lack of CC would make healers pretty potent. I don't think it would be quite as bad as you think, but participation numbers are probably the main issue.
Wizkidone
Started from the bottom
heh