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blah, wow
So, I'm getting pretty close to being able to roll a Death Knight. (I'm pretty comfortably into level 54 now.) You know, once I buy WotLK. Which I should do pretty soon, because eventually retribution paladins being overpowered is not going to outweigh my lack of glyphs (and gear, and skill, but WotLK can't fix those). SC is trying to get me to make one Horde-side on Boulderfist. I definitely want to go for a DPS spec, since I don't feel comfortable tanking yet. SC is encouraging me to go Blood, at least while leveling, due to the lack of health concerns/self-healing aspect. However, I'm mainly only seeing tanking specs around for Blood, since it's the preferred DK tanking tree. And Frost sounds like it could be pretty fun. So, I guess, is a mainly Blood DPS spec viable while leveling, and if so, is there some sort of sample/pre-made out there I can crib from? (I'd probably respec to Frost at 80/85 if I did this.) Or should I just suck it up and go Frost, and, like, pick up Herbalism and First Aid, and carry around a lot of health pots?
(Also, perhaps I'll feel ready to tank when I make my Worgen DK on my Alliance server come Cata. PERHAPS.)
Tooled around a bit with a druid today, just to kind of get a feel for it. (I made a nelf druid, but my for real druid will probably be a troll once they get druids.) Anyway, druids have the same problem hunters have at low levels, which is that they are not even the same class for the first ten levels as they are later. Like, a mage is pretty much always a mage. A paladin is pretty much always a paladin, even when all she has is a seal, a judgement, and some autoattacks. But a hunter without a pet is a guy with a gun backing away from mobs so they don't eat his face. If you want to be a feral druid, you gotta sit through, what, like 10 levels of being a caster?
I mean, I think when I eventually get my real druid to 85, she'll probably be dual-specced Balance/Resto, but for leveling? FERAL PLZ.
THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE I AM IMMENSELY BAD AT SOLOING ANYTHING WITH A CASTER CLASS. I have like NEGATIVE SKILL AT KITING. And this is why my hunter is now my bank alt.
THINGS I NEED TO DO:
- set up Pally Power now that I have 2 of 3 of my Greater Blessings
- install Grid so I can actually play my Healer sometimes
- figure out if there is a way to macro my trinket-use to an ability used more frequently than the trinket's cooldown, so I don't forget to use my trinket. I thought I'd figured this out, but when I tried binding it and my Judgement together, it didn't work. (Or, rather, the whole thing ended up on the trinket's three minute CD, not Judgement's 8sec with a "I can't use that item" error message for the trinket while it's on cooldown.) Boo.
(Also, perhaps I'll feel ready to tank when I make my Worgen DK on my Alliance server come Cata. PERHAPS.)
Tooled around a bit with a druid today, just to kind of get a feel for it. (I made a nelf druid, but my for real druid will probably be a troll once they get druids.) Anyway, druids have the same problem hunters have at low levels, which is that they are not even the same class for the first ten levels as they are later. Like, a mage is pretty much always a mage. A paladin is pretty much always a paladin, even when all she has is a seal, a judgement, and some autoattacks. But a hunter without a pet is a guy with a gun backing away from mobs so they don't eat his face. If you want to be a feral druid, you gotta sit through, what, like 10 levels of being a caster?
I mean, I think when I eventually get my real druid to 85, she'll probably be dual-specced Balance/Resto, but for leveling? FERAL PLZ.
THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE I AM IMMENSELY BAD AT SOLOING ANYTHING WITH A CASTER CLASS. I have like NEGATIVE SKILL AT KITING. And this is why my hunter is now my bank alt.
THINGS I NEED TO DO:
- set up Pally Power now that I have 2 of 3 of my Greater Blessings
- install Grid so I can actually play my Healer sometimes
- figure out if there is a way to macro my trinket-use to an ability used more frequently than the trinket's cooldown, so I don't forget to use my trinket. I thought I'd figured this out, but when I tried binding it and my Judgement together, it didn't work. (Or, rather, the whole thing ended up on the trinket's three minute CD, not Judgement's 8sec with a "I can't use that item" error message for the trinket while it's on cooldown.) Boo.
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The Hunter thing is fixed in Cata! You get a temp pet for the first ten levels (Worgen get awesome mastiffs) which is a pretty great idea. Although my very first character was a (Troll) hunter, so I have a soft spot. That boar isn't eating my face, it's just nibbling me playfully! It loves me!
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And I'd heard about the hunter thing being fixed-ish. I was pretty excited. My attempt at hunter-ing was with a nelf. And LET ME TELL YOU, even with a group, doing The Relics of Wakening before you get a pet is FUCKING HARD. I died twice. It was terrible. Anyway! The thing where Beast Mastery MIGHT BE VIABLE IN ENDGAME is making me actually think about salvaging my hunter from bank alt-dom when Cata comes around as well.
I love the boars in Durotar. I've played a troll mage and a troll shaman to 7 now, so I have a lot of feelings about it. Not as many feelings as I have about The Barrens, which I only leveled my belf in for like two levels, and with a group. (We did the BRING ME THE HEADS OF 60 QUILBOARS quest with a holy pally, a spriest, and a bear druid. We kept running out of quilboars. BECAUSE WE HAD TO KILL 180 OF THEM. A lot of leveling happened.)
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Yeah, the new trees for pets seems pretty awesome. My little moth could kind of be a paladin! How cute is that! Plus with the Trolls getting a completely re-done starting area, rolling a new Troll hunter is seeing more and more likely.
...after the Worgen rogue and Tauren paladin, of course.
And that kill 60 quillboars? I've never done it, with all the characters I've taken through the Barrens, but they're KILLING OFF that quest-giver so I might just go do it for completion's sake. :D
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The last time I was in a dungeon and someone started spamming DPS meters, it was the HEALER who was whining about how the tank was doing the most damage in the group. WELL GOLLY GEE, THAT'S HOW LOW LEVEL TANKS KEEP AGGRO. According to the bf, I'm usually, even without heirlooms or glyphs, second or a close third on the DPS meters, but, you know, ret pallies are OP.
Ooh ooh. Now I need to look up the moth trees. That sounds awesome.
the bf is racechanging his belfadin over to a Tauren once Tauren get paladins. HE IS SO EXCITED. Mostly because he SOMEHOW managed to reserve the name Holycow on his server.
ALSO THEY ARE KILLING MANKRIK WHAT. :(
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I was annoyed about the DPS meter until I realised I was in a dungeon where about a quarter of the mobs were immune to or resisted fire damage, which is a fair chunk of my output. At least that's how I consoled myself. Really I'm just a mediocre player with no care for theorycrafting or whatever they call it.
From what I understand, every pet family will still have it's own special ability, but you'll be able to train them up in healer/tank/DPS trees. So I don't actually know if you can replicate a paladin, but I really love the idea. :D A little holy moth (who already has a self heal and attack power buff)!
Oh man, Holycow! People will love that, I bet. There's just something really appealing to me (both mechanics wise and lorewise) about paladin Tauren. Palauren? Tauradin?
Oh, sorry, I was wrong! I'm sure I read about some semi-infamous questgiver beingdead in Cata, though...
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I am so scared of leveling my planned shaman and warlock come Cata. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S IMMUNE/RESISTANT TO LIKE 3/4 OF THE SHIT I KNOW HOW TO DO? I've been so coddled by nothing being immune to Holy.
I am so glad the Tauren are getting paladins too. It's gonna be great! I'm sure Red Bull (Ret Bull?) jokes will abound when the new Tauren pallies start getting to Avenging Wrath.