/y HAWT HEALZ LFG

So lately I’ve been playing my alts a bit. After spending some time with my frost mage, affliction warlock, and even a new shaman, I returned to my well-rested ugly little human shadow priest, Muriel. I managed to level her up to 39, and found that she was getting a little easier, perhaps due to some additional talents to increase shadow damage. But then on a whim I decided to try healing in some PUGs doing Scarlet Monastery. OMG! I’ve always had a great respect for healers, but I never knew it was so much fun! Between two PUGs in one night I healed through the Library, Armory, and Cathedral wings of the Scarlet Monastery, and I got the Robe of Doan which looks absolutely fantastic on Muriel! Right now I am studying the holy tree to spec her as very PUG-friendly healer. I still want to try Shadowform when I hit 40+, and a shadow spec may be useful for leveling her when I can’t find good PUGs, but I think hawt holy healz may be the way to go.

Fashion issues.

With help from Atania and Keredria I took on Socrethar to complete the quest Deathblow to the Legion for some Aldor reputation. It’s a group quest with 5 players suggested, but we did it with three. It was a LONG fight for just three (about 10 minutes) and Keredria used two innervates and a couple mana pots just to be safe, but other than that it wasn’t terribly eventful, and my health dropped dangerously low only once and I think it was because I neglected to have shield block up to catch a crit or crushing blow. (Incidentally, doing these group quests with just tank, healer, and maybe one DPS seems to me to be a great test of tank and healer gear as well as your ability rotations.) The additional rep was enough to put me at revered with the Aldor so that I could purchase the Vindicator’s Hauberk. It’s a nice chest piece, but I have some fashion issues. First of all the color. Keredria remarked that from a distance the pale portion on and above my breasts makes it look like I am bare-chested. Nice. Secondly, what’s up with that pinkish section in the middle? It looks like I am wearing a scarf. Sigh.

I suck at blogging.

Oh well. Here’s an update.

• Jessika hasn’t seen much action lately due to Keredria’s long absence. Jess don’t play (much) when the tree is away, but Atania and I did PUG Mana Tombs with three folks in their mid-60s. I needed to go back and get the Flesh Beast’s Metal Greaves. They are better than the tanking boots I had been using, but they look absolutely horrible with the rest of my gear. Why is it that my boots have to be so bulky while my “plate” pants are skin-tight? Jess looks like she is wearing metal moon boots.
• I caught a nasty bug which forced me to cancel most of my work-related activities for a few days, but when I was not sleeping I was sitting in bed leveling my Draenai mage to 50. I finally settled on a deep frost spec. It works wonderfully for soloing, and is nice for PUGs where the tank and/or healer are a little unreliable. Chill effects of frost spells slow mobs to give the tank more time to regain aggro, and the ice barrier and ice block talents can save your cloth-wearing butt if he doesn’t. I plan to take her slowly through her 50s to experience some of the instances that I largely skipped when leveling Jess.
• I leveled my Blood Elf affliction warlock to 40 because I was getting VERY tired of walking. I’m very happy with my felsteed, and dark pact is nice too. I couple of levels before that I took her on her first instance run. I ran the library and armory wings of the Scarlett Monastery with a heavily twinked level 45 rogue, three locks in their mid 30s, and level 30-something mage. I’ve never been in a party with more than one caster (other than a healer). It was crazy, but fun.
• So I was inspired to roll-up a Draenai shaman so that I could be a conduit for the ancient forces of nature. I am leaning toward an elemental spec. I realize the enhancement spec is easier for leveling, but an enhancement shaman seems very similar to a fury warrior and I already did that when leveling Jess, and I prefer casters when I am not tanking. I don’t have any serious plans for this toon and I doubt I will get her past her mid 30s, but it seems like a fun class. I’m also now thinking about trying a paladin because they are so sexy!