Wednesday (5 Sep) - Cougar Jocey Eyes the Boys

Wednesday (5 Sep) - Cougar Jocey Eyes the Boys

For all that she grew up a blood elf, Jocey still managed to get lost after leaving Tranquillen. After wandering about Eversong Woods for far too long, she came upon Fairbreeze Village, and decided to stay the night. She was lucky enough to pick up some dragonhawk hatchlings at a good price to add to the family collection of pets.

To this point Jocey's whole attention has been focused on accomplishing Naithipe's tasks. While at Fairbreeze Village, she finally had the time to do a full inventory of her gear and skills. Jocey was dismayed at what she found. First of all, her gear was a sad mess of cloth and leather, with very little mail gear, which she of course preferred. Most of that gear was heavy +int gear, suitable for her holy specialization as a healer before the Change, but now woefully inadequate.

Jocey needed a new specialization and the gear to complement it. Her new role would require the strength of arms of a paladin specializing in retribution. Her holy powers would have to wait until she could reach level 30. Jocey considered her options, but the reality was that she needed a her paladin class trainer. Which meant she would have to detour back to Silvermoon City.

In Silvermoon City Jocey had half hoped that she would run into Naithipe, but she did not turn up and the innkeepers had not seen her. With no further instructions, Jocey headed back into Eversong Woods, now at least two days behind the schedule Naithipe had set. Jocey felt much better, though, as she learned her new spec and the abilities it gave her. She was less happy with her gear. The recent upheavals and potential war had driven the price of gear way beyond the meager purse Naithipe had given Jocey for her personal needs. Jocey thought about the other, very heavy purse hidden with the rest of the goods Jocey carried. No, that one Jocey dare not disturb. Jocey made do with what gear she could afford. At least she got rid of most of that cloth and leather junk.

Jocey's next stop was Falconwing Square. She planned to stay there for at least a few days. Boring days, Jocey thought. Although she did observe some young, eager, male blood elves about who might like the attention of an experienced blood elf paladin. Perhaps things wouldn't be so boring, after all.

The family also welcomed level 85 druid Sin back into action this week. Her fellow devouts at the Nunnery gave her quite a going away party! She must have been well loved there. The word is the Mother Superior was so excited she practically threw Sin out the convent doors.

Sin is working on her skills and gear in preparation for the new pvp season. Philly was happy to help out with that. Philly crafted a Rosethorn Staff for Sin, and the skill she learned helped Philly to earn her the top honors as an Scribe. Happy also tried to help out. The cost of gear has remained stubbornly high, however. Happy did find a decent pair of bracers that would provide some modest help. Depending how things go with the Darkmoon Faire, there might be an i359 trinket crafted as well.

Speaking of crafting, JB will need to get up to speed on what is new with MoP. The important raiding consumables for healers/casters look to be:

Flask of falling Leaves: +1000 spi, requires Green Tea Leaf (4), Golden Lotus
Flask of the Warm Sun: +1000 int, Silkweed (4),Golden Lotus

There are also flasks for sta (rain poppy), agi (snow lilly), and str (fool's cap). All still require a golden lotus as well.

Master Healing Potion: restores 60k health, green leaf tea (1)
Master mana Potion: restores 28k-31k mana, snow lily, green tea leaf, fool's cap

Based on the above, it seems the new herbs are green leaf tea, golden lotus, silkweed, rain poppy, snow lily, fool's cap.

Golden Lotus is likely to be rarer to find given only a few are needed, but nearly every recipe requires them. Green leaf tea will be needed in abundance since many are needed for each recipe.