Hello. I just recently (last night) got my character Hyrist Verus to level 50 as a Paladin, in aims to use the character exclusively for PVP.

I have a Warrior I used for tanking on a different character when it is required of me, so I don't really want to overlap too much workload as far as gearing is concerned. I wanted to use Hyrist to explore a part of content I would not normally do for my other characters, and to keep his content goals focused on improving PvP performance rather than split that effort between other goals on one character.

I'll confess to being a bit eccentric, but I wanted each major differences in gamplay to be experienced with a different character with my UI, gearing, etc primarily built around that concept. It is part of how I keep my game diversified and increase my enjoyment of it. Each character approaches the game a different way and makes the game feel new in that respect.

So Hyrist is my PvP Paladin, fresh 50 out the gate with the 2.0 Storyline complete and my gear desperately wanting a path towards gearing for Frontlines. And boy do I have questions:

1. How I mine for fish? (Just looking for basic game-play tips, PvP skills I should keep accessible, I play on a Gamepad due to wrist problems so any tips with that would be appreciated.)

2. Gearing in PvE is vastly different than when the game first came out, gearing for PvP even more so. Any ideas on how I should go about upgrading armor and weapons, keeping the idea that I want to PvP with this character in the forefront of the thought process? I've noted that Morale brings ilvl up of the weapon and ilvl70 stuff for PvP is almost instantly accessible. Is it worth going in gimp initially to start gearing up that way or are there some PvE I should absolutely unlock first.

2a. My current idea is to grab the ilvl70 stuff out of PvP so I can start pushing through dungeons with it, aiming to grab the pieces out of PvE dungeons that will best assist me in PvP, then do further upgrades purely on PvP once meeting the ilvl80 cap. This helps keep me gaining PvP Exp while working to gear up. Is this feasible?

3. Grouping: I'm on Balmung and Aether sever from the Maelstrom, anyone know of groups I can find through here to work with or where to go to discuss such things in depth? Also what are some group dynamics I should be aware of as a PLD in PvP?


Anyways, those three questions will be great start to this discussion, and I welcome any who wish to help me with this sort of experiment on non-raid focused game-play. Thanks for your time everyone, and I hope to see you on the field of battle! (Ok, that was cheesy, but hey, I'm in a good mood. EXCITE!)