Originally Posted by
jwlol
Having played with (in PvE) and against (PvP) heroic raiders, I can tell you that there's not much of a shocker. PvE knowledge translates to PvP ability only to a certain extent. The rotations, for one, can be quite different. To give you an example, I sometimes see PvE shamans (try to) spam chain heal in bgs and warriors neglecting the use of slam, when burst is important in PvP. Not fake casting ever or easily faked themselves, bad positioning, not keeping track of the enemy's cooldowns, etc. To put it in a different way, PvE is more rigid and set and unless the heroic raider has gone out of his way to learn PvP, he wouldn't be better in PvP than 90% of PvPers. Of the heroic raiders I know, only a portion has the potential to be quite good at PvP.