Starting out in arenas, on a 2v2 team with Wichita was like pulling teeth. I hated it !! I had to warn my wife that an hour of cursing was coming so I wouldn't get in trouble, lol. Needless to say after a while I just didn't want to do it, and I wouldn't. When I started on the 5v5 team, MewMew PewPew & Bubble, it was more to hang out with friends than to actually enjoy arena battles, although I did assume that it would be more fun than 2v2, and it was ... barely. I have documented already previous battles where Rhubarb was less than spectacular, I have gotten better and better (I think anyway) and total noob moments have decreased. Slowly I have realized that I do not dread arena night. In fact I am actually looking forward to this weeks installment.
Part of that is the fact that Rhubarb has respecced to Holy and I am intending she stay there, our guild is in need of healers and I don't mind filling that role one bit. Part of the arguments healers have is that they have a hard time doing anything solo, grinding for mats for instance. This is made easier for me because Brambles is a mote farming machine, makes it much easier. Anyway, back to arenas.
Last night Honorshammer & Jagdelf joined the team, although we lost Regolas, who hopefully fits in well with the Pants team. We went 8-4 last night and it was a lot of fun. Honors is a lot more vocal than we are used to and I liked it a lot. He would point out when a different aura would be better, and when someone was getting low on health he would let me know. Many times I would be in the process of healing them, but not always. It was really nice and very effective. Jagdelf made a big difference too, with his high damage and his pet he fit in nicely and we did quite well with him on the team.
Our team is in a really good position right now, we have several damage dealers, some good CC, and now 2 healers. I think we have a good chance to improve upon our new record rating of 1508.
