I’m on a 2v2 arena team with my brother who is a hunter.  Neither one of us have exceptional gear, nor are we very skilled in arena, but we enjoy the competitive nature and thus take a few hours a week and try our luck.

Our rating is a poor mid-1400’s, typically.  Right now we’re sitting lower at 1405. We seem to have a few great matches, but then get our asses handed to us, most of the time by 2 dps classed teams. At week’s end our record is usually 5-5.

Last night we had a good chance at going 7-3.  One match I made the terrible mistake of trying to take iceblock off of the almost-dead mage and let my team mate die in the process. The other match my brother couldn’t target a rogue properly and wound up getting killed in a 1v1 situation. It’s a fight that we both know he should have won.  But we’ll chalk it up to experience.

Right now I’m running with a disc build and about 320 resilience. Tomorrow I’m going to purchase the blue arena/honor gloves which gives +30 resilience, plus a gem slot where I can add +20 more resilience, plus a 2-piece set bonus which offers ANOTHER +50 resilience. With one piece of gear I’m upgraded by 100 resilience and a bit of stamina. If I keep grinding honor I should be able to nab the ring or necklace by next weekend.