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So Dominion has recently hit level 25, and also had a successful guild party two weeks ago and we're ready for more festivities! So here I am introducing the legendary dueling disc priest: Pacifika. For weeks now he has offered 200 gold to anyone who can defeat him in a duel. Many have tried (myself included) but none has claimed this prize yet. To sweeten the deal, Dominion will sponsor a 2000 gold prize for the first 3 people* that can defeat Pacifika in a fair duel (details below). To ensure that the work load is reasonable for Pacifika and to ensure the quality of duelers, there will be a small fee per duel, payable to Pacifika. The cost will be 50 gold per duel. For alliance players a separate arrangement for payment will be made and I will announce it as soon as possible.

Time: Saturday, 14 Jul 2012, 8:30 PM server

Location: In front of the gates of Orgrimmar

Note: We do encourage on-lookers and will invite anyone to come to just watch. However, it is highly recommended that you do not flag for the event.

Rules:

- No ability with a 10 min+ CD is allowed. This includes (but not limited to) army of the dead, lay on hands, blood lust/time warp.
- Water of any kind is allowed, but not food (especially not buff food). Mage food is acceptable
- No external buffs allowed. I.E. you're a rogue, and a paladin buffed you with might... you must click might off.
- Anything unusable in arena is not allowed. This includes, but not limited to: flasks (except for alchemist flask), potions, buff food.
- Maximum time per duel is 15 minutes. If 15 minutes has elapsed, then it counts as a win for Pacifika.

Any questions about the event should be directed to me.

Hope to see you there!

*More prizes will be added if sales are good.

Any chance of a different location so us unflagged Alliance types might fight without concern for aggroing a guard or overzealous questgiver? ;)

The location is fairly out from the gate guards (if you've duelled in Durotar before you'd know what I mean), so there is little chance of guard interference. That said it may not be possible to go out on all sides from where the flag is. I will see if I can do some testing today and see if a change in location is necessary.

IMO, make the duel in the Nagrand arena or something, it provides proper LoS for things and isn't just a punching bag area to be kited over and over. I'm kind of bias against this but in such a serious setting I think it should be looked into.

07/12/2012 03:11 PMPosted by Zl

IMO, make the duel in the Nagrand arena or something, it provides proper LoS for things and isn't just a punching bag area to be kited over and over. I'm kind of bias against this but in such a serious setting I think it should be looked into.

Problem with holding it in any arena (Nagrand, Booty Bay, etc), is that people can easily interfere and that would be annoying for everyone.

The AAMS will be on hand to collect fees from Alliance-side challengers and inform Pacifika that they're in line. Should be a simple matter of telling the <AAMS Alliance Branch> representative that you're challenging, paying him/her the 50g, and then waiting a second or two while we relay the information over to the Horde side.

We'll transfer all the money we receive over to Pacifika (or whomever else she likes) after the event.

It's kind of funny that it is a Discipline Priest, 1v1 they are nearly impossible to kill, and not to mention it isn't really fair because classes are not balanced for 1v1 fighting styles. They are balanced for competitive PvP, such as arena. The only real counter to a Discipline Priest is like a DK. (That is based on the assumption that you can PvP as a Discipline Priest decent).

07/12/2012 04:38 PMPosted by Intangible

It's kind of funny that it is a Discipline Priest, 1v1 they are nearly impossible to kill, and not to mention it isn't really fair because classes are not balanced for 1v1 fighting styles. They are balanced for competitive PvP, such as arena. The only real counter to a Discipline Priest is like a DK. (That is based on the assumption that you can PvP as a Discipline Priest decent).

IMO the hardest counter to a disc priest is a warrior, due to the near immunity to fears and the ability to interrupt way more often with charge stuns. That said, I cannot kill him. Most other disc priests stand no chance against me though.

It's kind of funny that it is a Discipline Priest, 1v1 they are nearly impossible to kill, and not to mention it isn't really fair because classes are not balanced for 1v1 fighting styles. They are balanced for competitive PvP, such as arena. The only real counter to a Discipline Priest is like a DK. (That is based on the assumption that you can PvP as a Discipline Priest decent).

IMO the hardest counter to a disc priest is a warrior, due to the near immunity to fears and the ability to interrupt way more often with charge stuns. That said, I cannot kill him. Most other disc priests stand no chance against me though.

What Intangible said is pretty true. DKs make disc priests cry, but a warrior should be able to kind of kill a disc priest. I don't know, dueling a healer 1v1 is possibly the most boring thing in this game.

07/12/2012 04:12 PMPosted by Araceli

Problem with holding it in any arena (Nagrand, Booty Bay, etc), is that people can easily interfere and that would be annoying for everyone.

Yeah I forgot about that, my bad. It's just completely open areas are such trash for making duels equal.

07/12/2012 04:44 PMPosted by Elgunaz

IMO the hardest counter to a disc priest is a warrior, due to the near immunity to fears and the ability to interrupt way more often with charge stuns. That said, I cannot kill him. Most other disc priests stand no chance against me though.

Warriors should do really well against a Disc Priest like you said with the near immunity to fear and your throwdown on the same CD as the Strength of Soul or whatever. It's just that DKs necro are the only real MS still in the game. If you let them get the absorbs rolling it's done.

Am I the only one thinking....

Souljaboi vs. Pacifika?

I'm honestly looking forward to trying this, and not just because I'm a Death Knight: I'm humble enough to realize that, in general, I suck at dueling. After getting repeatedly owned in Classic as a Paladin against any and every Rogue who offered to duel me, I still have a standard rule against dueling Rogues. I just won't do it. :)

Even if I lose, though, the point is fun, and I'm happy to contribute towards that end.

Please help us get the word out! Best way to advertise is through word of mouth!

It's kind of funny that it is a Discipline Priest, 1v1 they are nearly impossible to kill, and not to mention it isn't really fair because classes are not balanced for 1v1 fighting styles. They are balanced for competitive PvP, such as arena. The only real counter to a Discipline Priest is like a DK. (That is based on the assumption that you can PvP as a Discipline Priest decent).

Quoting this for truth. Considering the fact that I can hold people off for a good 5-10 minutes on my 2k resil disc priest, it's pretty one-sided who's favor this is leaning towards.

Well, I might just have to put my raid on hold for a quickie with Pacifika.

I probably could not kill her but she could not kill me either!

Am I allowed to enter this competition and then stall it for the rest of the day?

There is a 15 minute time limit, after which you lose. Also costs 50g to play.

So if you have a lot of money and time, sure!

There is a 15 minute time limit, after which you lose. Also costs 50g to play.

So if you have a lot of money and time, sure!

I have fifteen minutes to kill a disc priest? Brb rerolling DK.

Bump!