Guides
Post by Primacy in the stickied thread for my Protection Paladin Cataclysm PVP Guide on the US official Paladin forum (italics emphasis mine):
Whoa whoa whoa, are you the same Taugrim that wrote the guides I followed religiously in Warhammer (Swordmaster and Bright Wizard) and in Aion too?
[Edit:] Zomg it is you, I remember your Youtube channel being taugrimtaugrim and I recognize your voice. Dude, you’re probably the single most helpful MMO player in the entire world for how many different people you’ve helped in so many different games.
That is what my Guides are all about: helping gamers raise their gameplay and learning from and with them in the process 
The Guides below provide in-depth, differentiated content including:
- Narrated educational videos showing illustrative footage of the class / spec in action
- Detailed explanation of the spec and key talents / abilities
- Breakdown of mechanics, including offensive, defensive, CC, and counter mechanics
- Macros / addons to support effective gameplay
- Rich dialogue between players including tips, Q&A, and feedback
I look forward to dialoguing with you about the games, classes, and specs we play in common.
General Guides
- Guide to PVP Strafing and Keybinding (~150 comments): this is a must-read guide. A player will not reach their potential skill cap unless they have a kick-ass keybinding setup that facilitates good strafing/movement, enables accurate and timely skill use, and doesn’t give you carpal tunnel
SWTOR Guides
- Guide to Powertech / Vanguard Mechanics and PVP (~100 comments)
- Understanding the Defense and Shield Mechanics for Tanks in PVP
- Understanding the Resolve Mechanic
- Understanding the Bolster Mechanic
World of Warcraft Guides
- Guide to Cataclysm Protection Paladin PVP (~1,000 comments): a copy of this Guide is stickied on the WoW US Prot Pally forum. While most veteran Paladins believed that Prot was dead with the launch of Cataclysm, I proved it was still functional in PVP by earning my 2k rating Achievements in both the 2v2 and 3v3 brackets
RIFT Guides
- Guide to M*A*S*H Justicar/Shaman/Warden Cleric PVP (~50 comments)
- Guide to Riftblade Warrior PVP Mechanics (~300 comments)
Warhammer Online Guides
LOTRO Guides
- Guide to LOTRO Captain Class Mechanics: this Guide was originally posted on the LOTRO forums, but I created this blog after several of my Guide threads were purged to free up disk space by Turbine
- Guide to LOTRO Orc Reaver
Allods Online Guides
- Guide to Allods Online’s Melee Healer Class Mechanics (~200 comments)
I saw you posted a guide for the Gunslinger. I also know you played the Trooper Vanguard in your recent live stream. Do you plan to put a guide out for the Vanguard soon? I’d love to see it, being as it is my main.
Yes, I’ll have a video out for Vanguard later this week, after I publish a Shadow video.
Have you work out which class you will be doing in-depth guides on?
For SWTOR?
It will be for the first 2 classes that I play. Vanguard/Powertech is one. The second is TBD.
hello. I enjoy watching vid’s of Your skilled handling of pvp. (movement/tactics).
Is it possible to get a short record of Your finger/hands movement during a pvp?
Ive watched your tutor pvp videos regarding keybindings and strafe, but I cant quite figure out how the movement of fingers/hands are done during a battle.
regards and best wishes
Hi Jan,
Other folks have asked for this.
I recently purchased a webcam to record me while playing. Right now I don’t have the funds for a 2nd webcam to record my hands. It’s something I’ll look at down the road.
Hi Taugrim,
You have a lot of great videos with loads of useful information. I came to this site from a link over at Gamebraker.tv (another great site).
My question:
I’ve been wanting to do some screen recordings of gaming that I do (mostly PVP) and I am curious what you use. All of your videos are very smooth and captured very well.
Thanks!
Jag
I record with FRAPS.
The commercial license is $37, well worth it IMO, even just for reviewing one’s gameplay.
Taugrim, your content is amazing, keep it coming. I was wondering if you could do a sort of PVP Primer/Fundamentals? You use terms like kiting, melee kiting, peeling, etc… My scrub PVP skills would thank you.
Would actually more time to make content to explain the basics than to do what I’ve been doing.
I’ll keep this request in mind, but I have a ton of content already planned for the next 3 weeks which will be my priority.
I watched you Gunn. Commando guide and was wondering what you thought of the Gunnery Commando in general for PvP vs. other classes ?
Gunnery is a lot of Grav Round spamming, but don’t self-root too much to cast GR. Move whenever you need to, before you need to.
It’s bursty and a good spec, and you still can functionally heal.
Tank you for your response, keep up the awsomeness =)
I noticed you have played both the sentinel and the gunslinger. I am wondering which you find more fun to pvp with. I originally wanted to go sentinel, but most reviews i read said they are just get in someones face and smash buttons….that and they are nearly identical to warriors in wow which is what i played. I am afraid of how buggy the cover system is and how much the gunslinger has to rely on it. So overall which was your favorite to play even out of all the classes you have played….great playing too hope to see more videos
Saying Sentinels “are just get in someones face and smash buttons” is too simplistic. It’s a dance of generating / spending Focus / Rage. Lots of debuffs for Sentinels, just gotta execute the right timing of abilities.
GS Cover works great if you understand how it works and read what I wrote in the article for the video.
ya i was looking at that bug part you pointed out, i just dont know if i can handle another warrior with MS, hamstring charge etc, but who knows i just cant wait to play. I wish gunslinger could play dps and a healer or sentinel could go something other than dps.
i havnt decided if ill regret not rolling a class that uses a light sabre or not yet hahaha
If you’re tired of Warrior, don’t roll a Sentinel. It will feel too similar for you.
If you want to play a DPS or healer in the same Advanced Class, roll a Commando, Smuggler, or Sage.
cool thanks!
and you never played a tauren warrior on blackrock did you? your name seems really familiar but none of your vids are of warrior
Nope.
In Cataclysm I was playing a Blood Elf Prot Pally on the PVP server Wildhammer.
have you played a sage at all, and is dpsing as them fun i feel like the tiny barrage of little rocks looks just really unimpressive
Sage / Sorc melts face in PVP, period.
I’m probably repeating thousands of other posts….but
Are you coming back to WoW anytime soon? I want to see you in recent action with prot pvp!
Anyways, take it easy! I’ve been following your blog and the comments for a long long time now.
No plans to come back to WoW.
The Mists of Pandaria xpac doesn’t interest me.
Heya Taugrim.
Just wondering if you have any plans for a Sith Sorceror DPS guide?
I’ve messed around with a few specs and I’m happy with what I’ve got atm, kicking out between 250-300k solo in random Wz’s but I’d be interested to see your take on the DPS specs.
Not right now, because Sorc / Sage is overplayed and is the strongest AC in PVP overall.
I’m looking at either Sentinel or Guardian next, or possibly Gunslinger, as there is a lot more frustration among players of those ACs.
I was wondering what is a good champion gear build for a Dps PVP PT BH?
My Guide has specs for DPS PVP specs for Powertech:
http://taugrim.com/2012/01/04/guide-to-bounty-hunter-powertech-trooper-vanguard-mechanics-and-pvp/#specs
hey taugrim, love your streams and guides and the amount of info that you put into each. i was just wondering, when you get a chance, if you could look at the build i linked and see if my point allocations are right. tks in advance. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#700bcrrdRoRgzZbfZh.1
p.s. don’t hate me for not using darth hater, i’m currently at work and it is blocked
-3 Sharpshooter
+2 Cover Screen
+3 Burst Volley
-2 Bravado
Howdy Taugrim,
My question is tanking in nature, but is about companions and stat priorities. I currently have my Khem Val at 17700 health, 4470armor(29.27% dmg reduction), 20.18% defense,
40.29% Shield(this is with his tanking stance), 32.74% Absorption.
I have been mostly focused on stacking defense when possible, with shield chance and absorption as equal secondaries. I am a sorc healer and i enjoy soloing 4man hard modes, i intended on soloing various world bosses, but found out that companions are not allowed to fight world bosses, nor enter ops. Earlier this week I solo’d the Force Ghost (magenta crystal boss) and my GM recorded me doing it again this morning and hopefully will have a video of it out soon. My question is should i give up some defense for shield chance/absorption, and if so what levels would you suggest. Please keep in mind companions are stupid and dont move out of avoidable damage, so i have to compensate with healing. based on this i assume stacking defense is the right direction, but wanted to get the opinion of a leading authority on the subject.
It sounds like you have geared your companion tank solidly, no real feedback from me in terms of changes.
Can’t wait for a full Shadow/Assassin guide.
Hello Taugrim! good day!
I’ve been using your iron fist trooper build. but my guild asked me if i can reroll to a jedi shadow…i was wondering if you could put up a build/guide with proper keybindings, strat, rotations?
Hi Ed, greeting from Sweden
, Have a question regarding your mousepointer, the bluish one, how do you set that one up, think it would help me out in some chaotic situations in SWtor.
Kind Regards
Mattias.
Hallå!
My mouse pointer in-game is yellow, but it shows up as blue for some reason when I’m streaming through XSplit to Twitch.
Thanks for your repy, oh, tobad, would love to have that ingame. But anyhow, great streams, have followed you since beta, playing vanguard myself, its a joy to watch you =).
Hey Taugrimm,
I never post on blogs but thanks for your keybind guide. I read the whole thing followed the
guidelines and wow my pvp experience went from good to excellent.
Thank you
-Jon G.
Glad to hear it Jon, and thanks for making an exception by posting to let me know
Have you ever considered composing a general guideline to the warzones in SWTOR? I watch your livestreams mostly to pick-up tactics, especially those my Powertech can excel at. Example: during a huttball match where you were losing, a mercenary on your team punted a ball carrier directly backwards twice instead of cutting the angle and knocking him in the pit, therefore failing to prevent scores. This is a prime example of I think myself and many others would find invaluable if composed not just by yourself, but a few other guildmates you trust.
Smurfette, Powertech
Hey! Would love to see more Allods guides from you, specifically a more PvE-centric take on your melee healer guide. It’s hard to find good up to date guides on Allods, and yours is the most competent guide I’ve found so far, despite only covering one playstyle of one class. I really think the Allods community needs someone like you!
Taugrim! I love your stream and love watching you on Gamebreaker.tv! I do have a question/concern though that I’m hoping you can answer: I’m a Vanguard but I run with an Assault spec. I’m in full Champion gear, but lately I’ve been having trouble with Scoundrels/Operators coming out of stealth and taking half my health bar away before I can get up and do significant damage to them. I thought this was addressed in a patch not too long ago, but I haven’t seen (read: felt) the changes. Was I wrong in thinking there was a patch that fixed this? Or am I just going about it all wrong? Help, bro!