Monday (30 Apr) - Philly's Dance Card

Monday (30 Apr) - Philly's Dance Card

Philly is trying to make good her plan to reach level 85 by the end of the week. Here's how her day went on Monday:

Starting Numbers: 15% to level 85, 3734 honor points
Isle of Conquest: WIN, 21%, 3878 HP
Dailies: 23%
Questing Twilight Highlands: 32%
Warsong Gulch: WIN, 36%, 3960 HP (max allowed is 4000)
HP Spending: Bought 250 Justice Points for 375 HP, now at 3585 HP
Questing Uldum: 40%

Adventurers JB, DB, Tea, and Silver hoped to meet up on Monday night for some lfr raiding and pvp, but Tea and Silver got better offers and it was up to DB and JB to represent the team. We started with a Siege of Dragon Soul lfr raid. JB was still looking to improve her elemental spec gear; DB wanted an upgrade to his weapon. On the first boss, Morchok, JB was very rusty, having not raided in almost three weeks. Some problems with screen freezes further exasperated her return to raiding. JB's DPS was so poor she refused to divulge her fail dps numbers. Morchok did go down, though. JB hoped for better results against the second boss, Warlord Zon'ozz. As always, each fight has mechanics that can raise or lower the DPS across the raid for the 17 DPS raiders.

Warlord Zon'ozz
DB: 12th, 33.2k dps
JB: 13th, 31.1k dps

Yor'sahj
DB: 8th, 25.4k dps
JB: 13th, 20.7k dps

Hagara
DB: 4th, 24.9k dps
JB: 10th, 18.6k dps

Db and JB parted ways for a bit after completing Siege. DB partnered up with a guildie pvper and JB bowed out so that Philly could get in some more work:

More Battlegrounds for Philly
Gilneas: WIN, 43%, 3665 HP
Altarec Valley: WIN, 49%, 3798 HP
Warsong Gulch: LOSS, 50%, 3858 HP

DB and JB then went after the second set of Dragon Soul bosses:

Ultraxion
DB: 6th, 22.0k dps
JB: 10th, 18.8k dps

Warmaster Blackhorn
DB: 3rd, 22.5k dps
JB: 13th, 17.2k dps

Spine of Deathwing
DB: 4th, 49.2k dps
JB: lower than 9th, missed recording it

Madness of Deathwing
DB: 3rd, 46.6k dps
JB: 16th, 31.4k dps

Overall, JB was pretty happy about her performance. Her elemental spec DPS is improving, although it's still far lower than her melee spec DPS. From a gearing up perspective, JB wasn't any better off after her evening of killing eight raid bosses. She had chances for Tier legs, chest, and shoulders, as well as a ring and trinket, and did not win any of them.

DB was more fortunate. At long last DB could retire his i378 staff and replace it with a new i390 weapon. Nice!

Wild was in game for a bit after the lfr raids to craft some enchants for DB's new weapon and off-hand. The RG2 raid leader, Bd, was in game and we talked for a bit about Wild's situation. Bd, who has missed chunks of raid weeks before due to real life issues, completely understands and supports Wild's situation. The raid last week went well, and they came within 13% of downing the 7th boss encounter, Spine. There is a sense that this week will be the week that Spine goes down for the first time. Wild's spot was filled by the alt of one our regular DPSers, a hunter. He did very well, according to Bd, hanging right up there with the other two regulars in the 11-12k hps range. I'm glad they can manage without Wild. I would also have to admit, privately, though, that stepping away from the raid makes Wild a little nervous about losing his spot in the raid. Right now, Bd says that spot is safe, and Wild knows they would rather have Wild's 18-20k hps healing than our hunter's alt healer.

JB had fun in the lfr raiding Monday night. Could the pull to raid already be affecting Wild? Not really.