As far as equipment needs are concerned the keyboard is probably the most overlooked peripheral. With flashy 2000 DPI laser mice and Bose surround sound headsets it’s easy to see why the keyboard takes the backseat for most gamers.

Admittedly I rejected my keyboard also, playing with a Microsoft Explorer keyboard for many years. It was a nice keyboard, but simply didn’t offer the speed and response times I needed to keep my game competitive for arena. Enter, my first true gaming keyboard, the Saitek Eclipse.

In World of Warcraft sounds are just as important as your visuals. I could play many games based on audio signals only, quite simply because it offers just as much information, if not more, than actually watching the games. So finding the right headset or speaker setup is of extreme importance.

Communication is of utmost importance in WoW, so finding the nice headset or mic / speaker combo is priority number one in arena. Personally, I prefer just a standard headset; if anything else going with the headset eliminates many issues you might have with speaker feedback.

In World of Warcraft, like many other sports, you are only as good as the equipment you play with. So maybe you have the perfect set of keybindings, and all the skills, if you are playing with an unresponsive set of peripherals it won’t matter. It is absolute crucial that your equipment standards are just as high as your desire to achieve success is.