Sista Becomes a Model?

Sista Becomes a Model?

Worgen Sista is the closest thing the family has to a demon hunter right now. That means wearing leather gear and using Agility as her primary attribute. Demon hunters have a bear-like spec called Vengeance that's equivalent to a tank. Tiphaine has modeled all of her girls into tanking modes for high survivability. So Sista, of course, has been encouraged to choose Gaurdian/Bear form as her specialty.

Sista might have had other ideas, but Tiphaine put the situation to her quite bluntly. Time is running out. Java and Rakta don't have real jobs at present, but they'll eat up the time left if given the chance. Tiphaine can give Sista that time - if she intends to spend it learning how to survive and prosper as druid bear. Mahakeya will appreciate her shortening the learning curve. So will I, Tiphaine added.

Sista grumbled and complained. Inwardly, she was happy with the decision, but she wouldn't tell Tiphaine that. Sista set aside her feral spec and picked up Guardian. Legion has removed many spells from druid bear spec which will likely aid Sista learn her new role. She started her day with a gear level of i620. Sista had not yet tapped the gold that all of the girls were given when the guild transferred. Sista took advantage of that at the Auction House. When she was done her gear score rose to i626. Not exactly overwhelming, but it was progress.

Now it was time to test her abilities. Sista liked what she saw of Java kicking butt in Kra'nak, and that was her first destination. She didn't have the quest, but her goal was to see how she'd fare in real encounters against a determined enemy. She first stumbled into the elite area of Kra'nak and pilfered a node that had a baleful gear in it. What luck!  Her big haul, though, was helping two other players kill the elite Rashe. It's a long fight and most of the damage was directed Sista's way (she was in bear form, of course), but Rashe went down with Sista at 62% health and feeling pretty good about it. She picked up another baleful gear and an i655 trinket. Her baleful gear, a helmet, upgraded itself to i680! She also landed yet another baleful that upgraded itself to i675. That was some incredible take!

When all the upgrades were counted, Sista's gear score rose from i626 to i636. She then joined a group doing the Rumble in the Jungle. She could not get the quest, but she helped out anyway.

PS - Sista wanted a further test of her abilities. Both Java and Rakta had taken their mettle against the elite manglers in Fangri'la (I have to mention that the name of the elites is actually "blackfang." Blame Java for the mis-naming). They were successful killing the blackfangs, but the fight was tough. Sista, with some admitted help by her bodyguard, had no problem at all killing the elite. Sista barely broke a sweat, and commented that Java and Rakta both needed more combat practice. Sista is one tough bear even at her lower gear level. Too bad Rumble in the Jungle can only be run once a week.