Julep goes to War- Again

So, in looking at what I want to do in the next few weeks for playing, I'm not all that enthused about grinding reputation just for gear that's going to be obsolete in the next expansion.


My son and his friend recently transferred their main characters, who were alliance, to the horde side, and onto a PvP server, so they could play with friends.  I don't really know a lot of people on my current server, Steamwheedle Cartel - even my guild is just acquaintances.  I'd love to be able to play with my son, as he's in another state, and I don't get to see him much.


I took my level 80 gnome warlock, Julep, and shuttled off to a new home, and a faction transfer, and he's now a level 80 female Orc warlock on Archimonde - a PvP server.  My friend Ron also plays there, but as Alliance.  Maybe I'll get to take him out in Wintergrasp.

Now, I've never gone very far on a PvP server.  I tried some leveling, and got tired of being ganked every few minutes.  Now that transfers are opened, I have a chance to do it as a level 80, so we'll see how it goes.  My son is having trouble getting his Internet in his current room situation, so he's not online much.  His buddy is kind of hanging in the breeze, so if I make the commitment to play there, maybe we can survive.  We're both warlocks, so I'm not sure how much instancing we'll be able to do, but I'm willing to give it a shot.


I'm pretty good in Battlegrounds.  I know my class.  I dabbled in Arenas, and did very poor.  I have no idea how I'll do in dailies and rep grinds on Archimond, but I think I may give it a serious try.  I still have Skulfrak on SWC, as he's paired up with my wife's toon, and even though she's not playing much at the moment, I'm not going to split those toons up.  Julep was created to play with a buddy on Proudmoore, and he quit the game, so I had moved him to Runetotem to play with a guild made up of podcast listeners.  He was actually my first 80, but I never did much with him past leveling. I geared him up at 70 in PvP gear, so he's earned some chops.  I feel bad that he didn't level in the PvP environment, so I'm keeping that on the down-low there. So, he's had a re-fit, and now he's a she.  I couldn't do another blood elf, so I chose Orc this time.


I have a gear set in mind, and he's already got a start in the Sons of Hodir grind.  Wintergrasp would be easy for some gear.  Julep's hit and spell damage are way below what Skulfrak is doing, but I don't think it would take me all that long to bring it up if I resist the temptation to chase achievements and just focus on gearing up enough to survive the ganking.  I'll let you know how it goes!