BG tips

[mykei]

<p>anyone have a tip for battlegrounds for the conjuror? so far i have been doing well in the 80 BG. xp is about 2-3% per battle and i average about 2 tokens per run. i do think elemental blast needs a shorter cooldown, seems like other classes have shorter timers for their one-shot moves. pets do well, pathing and keeping them in range is a challenge. root is resisted a lot for me and i would like to see an additional AE with stun or knockback.</p><p>i'm trying to figure out how to set hotbar keys for BGs, this is not a class issue but seems to be related to the fact we are not on our home server at the time of the BG, but that is a guess.</p><p>overall at 86 my conjuror does well in BG, top 3 most of the time for kills, but depending on healer and tanks it i may have a ton of deaths.</p>

[Badmotorfinger]

<p>Pump 8 pts into 'pet taunt'.   It locks the opponent onto your pet for 2.5 seconds.  Spec for ET. Space out your controll spells.  Don't cast them one right after the other.  I rarely need root unless I'm fighting a tough tank.  I also bind my pet control commands, including 'translocate'; to my keyboard.</p>

[mykei]

<p>i havnt tried pet taunt but i will, sounds cool. i only root when i am on defense and someone grabs the flag...</p><p>i still havnt figured out how to set hotkey bindings for BG, it switches back to a default mapping when i enter. i didnt think it would be correct to change my binding keys during a battle but that seems the only time i can see the BG setup.</p><p>i also think it maybe worthwhile to switch to 100% aa and hang out at 89.9%, my guess is 90 BG is a whole different ballgame, but i could be wrong.</p>

[de lori]

<p>on your home server:</p><p>/save_keymaps home.txt</p><p>in BGs type /load_keymaps home.txt</p><p>i actually have a different one set up for BG...on home server i have nearest target set to mouse button 4...but on BGs i have it set to next hostile PVP target</p><p>on home server just set up your keys for pvp and ... /save_keymaps pvp.txt   then make a macro with /load_keymaps pvp.txt...just hit the macro when you enter BGs</p><p>there is some great info about the /alias command on the flames site in the BG section...cant link to it but the alias command lets you pick a target on the fly and assign them to premade macros you have....very useful in BGs for tagging healer or that annoying wiz/lock</p><p>Macro 1</p><p>/alias gdnukingwiz:target %t</p><p>(this gives your current target the alias gdnukingwiz and targets him when you type /gdnukingwiz)</p><p>Macro 2</p><p>/gdnukingwiz</p><p>/petattack</p><p>/useability Elemental Blast</p><p>Thanks to Nadjira on Valor for that info...read his post on flames for more examples about the /alias command</p><p>edit: I havent tested it but if you wrapped all that into a /do_file_commands you could probably add a /target_previous and drop the wiz without changing targets. Might not work as blast is dependant on LoS to pet etc</p>

[mykei]

<p>thanks for that, i'll set it up tonight, nice work-around.</p>

[Banditman]

<p>Root is such a long cast, I rarely use it.  If you are trying to stop someone with your flag:</p><p>WoV, followed ~5 seconds later by Calcify with the pet on them usually = dead flagger.  Fill in whatever other damage you want while waiting to cast Calcify.</p><p>If you are able to hang out in front of your base without being harassed much, that's the place to be.  Because you are in front, you have a little time to pre-cast Blazing Avatar when your flag is grabbed.</p><p>You can't one shot them, unless of course EB is up, but you can slow them down enough that they aren't getting away most of the time.</p>

[mykei]

<p>aye, root is almost useless. i like to hang out on the left aqueduct to have the high ground, but a lot of spells are out-of-range until the runner gets the flag and starts out. the left aqueduct is a good place to hold the flag also imo.</p><p>i noticed that i get hit with dispell sometimes, that's a pain. i was thinking about self mentoring down to 80 so i dont need to rebuff/pet when i enter but havnt tried that yet.</p><p> clicking the pvp box on spells in examine is helpful also, some nerfs/changes there.</p>

[mykei]

<p>i dont seem to see anything here posted by xalmat about BG specs, but i'm using a modified grouping spec based on xalmat's guidelines. it seems like everytime i look at the pvp version of the spells they are a little less dmg or duration. wish they would turn down the other classes also, but maybe they are doing them all.</p>

[Banditman]

<p>Everything in BG's is tuned downwards.</p>

[Carthington]

<p>I'm a necro but what works for me is I'll stun/root/fear my target and start casting encounter ae and blue ae first...  spread the damage out more but also wrack up a lot of damage + kills when targets go down...</p><p>Its hard if a tank locks you up but try and also focus your pet on the higher damage players to throw them off</p><p>Only other thing to worry about is the rest of your team, if you get a team that can't get a kill you likely won't either and makes it hard to do anything...</p>

[Riggly]

<p>I was the top pvp Conjuror in the world before I left for a year. In BG I NEVER root and in pvp I never do either. Use frigid winds on people running away and use BM and other prebuffs when you get a tank and healer together to help burn. Make sure you have people debuffing and attacking your target. I always end with most damage and most kills and I am lvl 80 atm. I am using TSO raid gear too. So my suggestion is to do what I suggest and a possibly not well known thing is that fiery annihilation cannot be resisted. Use it as much as possible!!! Goodluck -Riggly</p><p>Also..... Get on the stun stifle gear that you can find/switch in to balance out dps with attack. The ability to burn down a tank and healer is key to winning at BG imho.</p>