I’ve been playing WoW for a looooong time, but I’ve never got past 1750 and I never understood why. I know exactly what I need to do. I know exactly how every class plays (I have everything at 60 and reasonably geared) and I understand how trading CDs works and how to cross CC and all of that. I know the game is what I’m trying to say, however…
As soon as those gates open, I have a complete sensory overload and I cannot focus on the things I need to focus on properly. I play badly and I lose games as soon as they start getting hard. Tunnel vision is the best way to describe it.
Does anyone else have these problems? If so, did you overcome them and how?
You dont have to be a douche, why even bother replying if you have nothing to add. As for the op, try to reduce clutter on your screen (extra addons etc) simplify your ui. Also not sure, if you are specifically asking for a monk. But playing meta classes is usually the best way to climb. Another thing would be you are better off playing dps/heal in 2s rather than double dps, albeit getting higher than 1750 is certainly possible playing double dps. I hope i could be of some help. Cheers mate
I don’t know that I have ADHD, but I have tourettes and I struggle with the same thing. My awareness is very low, because there’s too much to process. I’m lucky that my close personal friend is very good at the game and several classes and we have played a lot together (he peaked at 2650 in WoD) and he has awareness and can help me a lot by telling me to be ready to kick Mass Dispels or use defencives f.ex. Having this help has allowed me to get better over time while not losing instantly every game just because I don’t see this or that.
Outside of getting such help you should make sure to reduce clutter, like Gitgudbro says. While it might be optimal to have nameplates for small minions such as totems and such it could be better to play without so that you actually manage to stay on top of things instead of zoning out and getting stressed. Use addons to put raid frames and arena frames towards the middle of the screen, same with your own healthbar, make sure they’re not too big and make sure to track only the very most important abilities from your enemy and teammates. If you don’t already have such addons, make sure to add a little at a time and get used to it.
The most important thing though, is to find a consistent partner to play with, close your eyes whenever you open the PvP-tab so you don’t see your rating and just queue for hours on end every day.
Nobody here, unless they’re a medical practitioner, has anything to add. I’m very confident that the advice the OP is looking for is best received from professionals who would conduct thorough tests. NOT advice from Google doctors on World of Warcraft arena forums.
Practice makes perfect, but i think what matters more is reviewing your mistakes you can record you arena sessions. So if you play for lets say 2 hours a day, record the games you lose and see why you lost them and improve on that and rating will come naturally after that.
He never asked for a diagnosis. He simply said i have adhd, how can i improve in arenas. You simply are a negative andy, and just couldnt resist the urge to type.
ADHD is relative to the person who has it. You and everybody else have zero idea about the ‘severity’ of the OP’s condition and therefore are in no position to offer advice.
How many rated arenas played do you have in total, on what you would consider your main character?
Well everyone is different, but I had the exact same issue for a long time until I put out enough games to the point where I’m used to it and don’t have tunnel vision anymore. Once you’ve experienced most things that can surprise you etc (so, many games) you’ll start to be more comfortable with putting your attention elsewhere (on arena frames, buffs/debuffs, cds etc). From that point you can finally express your game knowledge more freely as you have no panic anymore
Try this next time you enter the arena, analyse a little of your opponents mistakes and that will make you play better, i personally think you may feel that the opponents you are facing are of a higher calibre in skill level to you and when you realise they are not you’ll surely start seeing results give it a try, bet you get 1800 this week. reply to this when you do
Remove unnecessary stuff from UI. Make the necessary things larger. You want big gladius, big healthbars, big DR icons that you can see at all times and some important procs that you do light up. For starters just look at big cooldowns that pop automatically with addon BigDebuffs and track DRs and trinkets.
Then you can start adding abilities from omnibar that you want to track.
Adhd is not like cancer. Its fairly common, and it doesnt take a genius to offer basic advice to improve focus. Please go back to playing fortnite. Stop embarassing yourself, if you cant contribute be quiet.
Everyone trying to help on this thread has said the same thing more or less, except for you. You are legit one of the reasons why people dont get into pvp more and the pvp community shrinks by the day, you and you vitriolic attacks on people simply trying to ask for advice or improve.
And the correct advice is go to your GP, tell them your issues, conduct tests and go from there.
But yes, I’m the reason people don’t get into PvP because I tell somebody that this is the wrong place for advice concerning mental conditions. Good one, pal.
You’re the type of person who will go and report somebody in game for telling you how to land a trap.
How dense are you honestly, he is not asking for a diagnosis. Its established he has adhd, he is simply asking for advice on how to improve because in the op’s words "sensory overload’ ‘tunnel vision’. To put it into prespective so you can understand "too much stuff going on the screen what can i do to reduce said stuff’. Not very good at reading are we, but then again it doesnt surprise me since you simply have to type something whether it pertains to the topic being discussed or not.
I legit made a thread speaking against the reporting system which got removed. I dont advocate for any kind of reporting nor do i report anyone. I dont lose my sh** over pixels.
Its like learning to drive with car. At start you see just gear stick and road, with more experience you start to notice signs, pedestrians ect
Need more practice.
Did I say he was asking for diagnosis? You receive different advice depending on the severity of your condition. Common sense. The extremes of ‘sensory overload’ and ‘tunnel vision’ greatly vary. You do not FULLY know to what the extent the OP struggles with those things.
give it a try, bet you get 1800 this week. reply to this when you do