Monday (18 Oct) - I Have Too Many Toons

Monday (18 Oct) - I Have Too Many Toons

I have too many toons to have to figure out all the changes that have happened to them due to the patch. Wild is full up and ready, Philly is about 95% there. JB has one spec in place (healing) but hasn't attempted to use it yet. Mery was my test child and she is also ready to go.

So, I'm comfortable with druid healing and hunter DPS. I'm good with priests, too. Shaman, paladins, and whoever else is out there is still a mystery.

Java got a few minutes to throw a talent spec together and get a quick look at the changes to paladin DPS. Holy power is a new mechanism, sorta kinda like runes for death knights. And there are several new spells. Java is pretty excited about that. More buttons he can push. Java slaughtered a bunch of low levels to figure out what the spells do, but hasn't tested himself in any real, hostile situations yet.

On Monday night Lao and EZ went into a random dungeon (Zul'Farak). The last time EZ was in there she kept running out of mana. No chance of that this time. EZ's mana bar barely moved through the whole fight. Not that EZ was using his spells all that effectively, though. EZ had new spells to learn on the fly. Her DPS was up nicely, but she was trounced by the paladin and the rogue in the group. The dungeon was a trivial effort, thanks to the patch and to the excellent healing from Lao. I gotta think Blizzard will dampen it down so that things will be a bit more challenging. Either that, or they're going to let us play god for a few weeks and then wack us with reality with Cata.

We are on extended maintenance this morning, Tuesday. They started at 3am with a planned 11am end time. The tweaking continues.

Wild talked with Bd Monday night about the G2 ICC raids. Lady Hunter maintained her lock on ICC, and they expect to be battling Sindragosa and the Lich King again this week. Bd graciously allowed that they were far from being able to kill LK yet, so Wild wasn't missing anything. However, if they can get him down I hope they do. It's possible the G1 might have a spot for Wild on Tuesday night. I'm not sure if I'll be available, though, since we will be leaving on our trip early Wednesday and still have a lot to do. Wild is turning philosophical about it all - Wild wants to get his shots at the Lich King, but if it doesn't happen it doesn't happen.

And now we're off for a couple of days. Ya'll have a great weekend!