Are you prepared for Wrath of the Lich King? WoW Insider has you covered!
Posts with tag raid-specs

Ask WoW Insider: Is there a class/spec truly viable for both PvP and PvE?

Welcome everyone to this week's edition of Ask WoW Insider, where we throw your questions out to the wisdom of crowds. Last week we looked at how to approach PuGs when everyone can see your spec in one click, and this week we have another talent-related question. David wants to know if there are any truly great builds that are highly viable in both PvP and PvE:
I'm on my second re-roll and finally have my character to 70, fairly well geared and have found myself in the exact same position as before... My PvE 5-man spec is entirely unsuitable for raids, or PVP, my raid spec is unsuitable for soloing or PvP, and my PvP spec is useless outside of BGs and Arenas! I was previously a Warrior, who needs to be Prot for tanking but Arms/Fury for Arena and I at least only had to bounce between two specs. Now I'm a Mage, and I have to consider bouncing between THREE specs to be what everyone expects me to be if I expect to be competitve!

I know the common answer is "suck it up and pay to respec whenever you want to do whatever you want to do" because dailies give out so much free money, but this doesn't work for my mage with however many hundreds of gold and hours of work put into getting my Frozen Shadoweave set. The problem is, I rolled a mage for the exclusive purpose of not HAVING to fill two roles with one character and not having to respec every time I wanted to branch out and experience multiple aspects of the game.

So, my question is this: Is there any class+spec out there, that is equally effective and in demand for 5-man instances, raids, solo play and PvP?
You heard the man -- what's your answer? How do you find a balance between PvP and PvE-oriented specs, and how do you maximize your ability to enjoy all the types of content you want to enjoy without spending a fortune respeccing every 5 minutes?

We know you've got questions, and Ask WoW Insider wants 'em! Send us your queries at ask AT wowinsider DOT com.


RESOURCES

Blizzard Events
BlizzCon (240)
Worldwide Invitational (118)
Class Columns
(Death Knight) Lichborne (9)
(Druid) Shifting Perspectives (54)
(Hunter) Big Red Kitty (56)
(Hunter) Scattered Shots (32)
(Mage) Arcane Brilliance (56)
(Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It (59)
(Priest) Spiritual Guidance (38)
(Rogue) Encrypted Text (40)
(Shaman) Totem Talk (64)
(Warlock) Blood Pact (37)
(Warrior) The Care and Feeding of Warriors (68)
Gameplay
(Arena PvP) Blood Sport (33)
(BG PvP) The Art of War(craft) (33)
(Casual) WoW, Casually (24)
(Guild Leadership) Officers' Quarters (75)
(Professions) Insider Trader (75)
(Raiding) Ready Check (34)
(Roleplaying) All the World's a Stage (56)
AddOns and UI
AddOn Spotlight (98)
Reader UI of the Week (29)
The Creamy GUI Center (20)
Lore and Stories
Around Azeroth (614)
Ask A Lore Nerd (21)
Barrens Chat (22)
Know your Lore (67)
WoW Moviewatch (602)
Features
15 Minutes of Fame (36)
Ask WoW Insider (70)
Breakfast topics (812)
Forum Post of the Day (60)
Guildwatch (93)
It came from the Blog (29)
Phat Loot Phriday (104)
The Colosseum (8)
World of WarCrafts (37)
WoW Crossword (9)
WoW Insider Show (93)
WoW Rookie (42)
[1.Local] (21)
Classes
Death Knight (208)
Druid (388)
Hunter (385)
Mage (229)
Paladin (380)
Priest (313)
Rogue (212)
Shaman (339)
Warlock (242)
Warrior (285)
News
Account Security (36)
AddOns (286)
Analysis / Opinion (3965)
Blizzard (1930)
Bugs (233)
Burning Crusade (407)
Contests (283)
Economy (209)
Events (532)
Expansions (961)
Fan stuff (1079)
Features (745)
Forums (357)
Guilds (542)
Hardware (65)
Humor (944)
Interviews (198)
Lore (395)
Mounts (180)
News items (1858)
NPCs (257)
Odds and ends (1888)
Patches (1264)
Podcasting (92)
Ranking (57)
Realm News (323)
Realm Status (268)
RP (197)
Rumors (78)
Virtual selves (777)
WoW Insider Business (347)
WoW Social Conventions (180)
WoW TCG (66)
Wrath of the Lich King (1153)
Strategy
Achievements (45)
Alts (142)
Arena (322)
Battlegrounds (197)
Bosses (415)
Buffs (167)
Cheats (83)
Classes (410)
Enchants (43)
Factions (193)
Guides (465)
How-tos (456)
Instances (768)
Items (1005)
Leveling (378)
Making money (234)
PvP (891)
Quests (418)
Raiding (887)
Talents (242)
Tips (647)
Tricks (243)
Walkthroughs (97)
Media
Comics (113)
Fan art (69)
Galleries (305)
Machinima (691)
Podcasts (55)
Polls (79)
Screenshots (779)
Races
Alliance (143)
Draenei (76)
Dwarves (29)
Gnomes (63)
Human (31)
Night Elves (64)
Horde (147)
Blood Elves (77)
Orcs (39)
Tauren (66)
Trolls (33)
Undead (36)
Professions
Alchemy (95)
Blacksmithing (81)
Cooking (88)
Enchanting (92)
Engineering (130)
First Aid (20)
Fishing (70)
Herbalism (60)
Inscription (46)
Jewelcrafting (103)
Leatherworking (77)
Mining (55)
Skinning (35)
Tailoring (87)
Retired
Pimp My Profile (1)
(Engineering) Hoof and Horn Research and Development (17)
(Raid Healing) Raid Rx (20)
(Raiding) Raiding 101 (2)
About the Bloggers (29)
Azeroth Interrupted (24)
Azeroth Security Advisor (4)
Back In The Day (3)
Build Shop (37)
Gamers on the Street (25)
He Said She Said (5)
Hybrid Theory (25)
Illusionary Tactics (3)
Macro Anatomy (15)
New Players' Guide (4)
Reader WoWspace of the week (32)
Tales from the Lion's Pride Inn (14)
Tank Talk (10)
Two Bosses Enter (61)
Well Fed Buff (31)
World Wide WoW (8)
/silly (14)

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Featured Galleries

Phat Loot Phriday
WoW Minis
GotGame beta in World of Warcraft
World of WarCrafts: Alliance Tissue Box
Popcap Games' Bejeweled Addon Preview
Pirate's Day
Halloween Costumes
Wrath of the Lich King: Motorbikes
World of WarCrafts: Horde earrings

 

Most Commented On (30 days)

Recent Comments

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in: