Jocy Joins the War

Jocy Joins the War

Today Jocy took the plunge into Warlords of Draenor. Trained and outfitted as a Retribution Paladin, she sported the finest armor gear available from the Timeless Isles. Her overall ilevel was i503, not good enough for dungeons or raids, but - hopefully - adequate for banging heads with the new baddies she would be facing. She is one of three level 90 toons that will have a chance to level up to 100 in the new expansion.

Jocy toned up a bit with the target dummy in Orgrimmar, but that quickly got boring. The best way to beat the dust and - let's face it, fear - away is to get out there and start hacking things. Spell rotations and such go out the window and what becomes important is to stay alive. She hopped on her flying mount and dove into the portal that deposited her in the Blasted Lands. Already the war was in full swing. She was given some quick orders she barely heard and didn't pay attention to anyway. She picked on the biggest bad guy she could find, wondering if she would be soon pushing up daisies.

Jocy proved her mettle, killing her first mob in WoD.

When Jocy first joined the war she was told that it might be some time before there would be a break in the action. The battles raging back and forth took close to two hours. The pace finally slowed when the tide of battle took her beyond the Blasted Lands and into the world of Draenor in a land called Frostfire Ridge. It was here that Jocy helped build her own Barracks, named Jocelyn's Outpost. At the Barracks Jocy also learned how to assign her first follower, Olin something or other, and gave him a mission. She likes having her own minions doing her bidding.

At last she was safe. For now. Next: Jocy takes her first flight path from her Barracks to the town of Wor'Gol. She hears that there are ogres to kill there.

Jocy  is 85% of the way to level 91. Her modest DPS against level 90 creatures was 2467.

Seeing the success that Jocy had in her first encounters, grizzled Wildshard, also a level 90, followed in Jocy's footsteps. Wild got almost as far as Jocy, getting 79% of the way to level 91. Wild was a little better equipped than Jocy, sporting i516 gear, and did significantly better in DPS (dealing damage) with 4568 DPS on average. Moonkin form rocks - at least for now. Jocy hasn't yet upgraded her gear with the new stuff she collected, but Wild did. He added three new pieces of gear and raised his ilevel to i520.

The most interesting comparison between Jocy and Wild was probably against the elite monster Gronn (I think that was its name). Jocy needed some help from nearby players to kill the monster. Wild faced the beast alone, and took it down with only modest effort. Jocy is still learning how to be a paladin. Druid Wild has years of practice under his belt, so Jocy gets the benefit of the doubt.

There is one more level 90, the Monk Fist, and I'll have to get her going soon, too. At some point I'll have to focus on a single character, but right now it's fun just trying to get all three of them to level 91.

PS - Wild's friend Unbleached went from level 90 to 100 in a single 24 hour binge beginning at the opening bell of Warlords of Draenor. Now that takes perseverance and pure stubbornness.  Gratz for making level 100!