With a lack of desire to do any raiding, heroics, or leveling of toons, I have turned to battlegrounds. I have always enjoyed pvping, both at 80 on my pally and priest and at the lower levels on my rogue, and other pally. It adds a much needed change of pace, and it's always fun to turn the tides of a battle with needed heals and face melting powah.
Most of my pvp has come on my priest lately. As shadow it is a ton of fun being able to go toe to toe with most anyone. As discipline, the single target healing and PW:S is just awesome. Both specs are a ton of fun for pvp. But I was thinking, "I like raiding as holy, why not doing battlegrounds as holy?"
So I did. I picked up Blessed Recovery, Blessed Resilience, Body and Soul, and even Lightwell (still wondering why myself). The spec still allows me to heal in a raid or heroic easily. I made sure to pick up all of those tools without too much trouble. So, I gave it a try last night. and I've got to say that I think I am liking it a little better than disc so far.
Here is a link to the specthat I use.
My Prayer of Mending is stronger, my Power Word: Sheil gives a speed boost, my Renew is more useful, I've got Gaurdian spirit, and with Spirit of Redemption, even if you kill me I can still heal for another 15 sec. While Prayer of Healing and Circle of Healing don't find as much use, those added tools don't really hurt me at all. I am still not sure how wise it was to spec (and glyph) for Lightwell. I guess the reasoning there was to get people used to using it for when it (hopefully) becomes useful in Cata. Plus having an added ability never hurt.
All in all, I am enjoying pvping as holy. While I am sure that Disc is the better healing spec for it, holy is the spec that I like the most, and I am glad that it is proving to be pretty fun.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
What does World of Warcraft mean to me?
I was thinking about this on the way home today. After talking with some friends of mine, I realized that I had ended up spending a majority of time talking to them about WoW. They play too (not as much as I do) so it was a mutual thing, but we could've easily talked about work or school or anything else. Why WoW?
World of Warcraft has become a hobby that I talk about, endulge in, and think about more than most every other eneavor (with notable exceptions) that I partake in. I have chalked this up to be a normal endulgence, which is no different than someone who plays on the X-Box, or Farmville. But is it?
I know plenty of people who play video games avidly, they spend most of their free time playing. But they don't seem to talk about it much, and they certainly don't start a blog to talk about it. Am I so different, or is the nature of the games?
I am going to say that it is a little bit of both. I know that I am one to border on obsession with a lot of my interests. For example, I recently listened to a few Queen songs, and now they are the only band that I care to listen to. I have searched youtube to find as many videos with their songs, and I absolutely love them. Now, I am assuming that most people would listen to some of their songs, like them (how can't you), but they would still have a bunch of other bands that they like. While I like all types of music, I have found that I compare everything I hear, and how that singer isn't as good as Freddie and how that guitarist isn't Brian. So I know that I take my interests close to the extreme. But there has to be more to it than my obsessions. What is it about WoW that makes it so compelling (to me at least)?
I think that it has to do with two main factors. One; I am paying for this game every month. If I am paying to play this game, I am going to get the most out of it that I can. This goes beyond the in game, but into looking up information about my class, quests, raids, and everything I can find to know more about how to play and what goes into playing well. Second; I am playing as a character that I created. Every time I log in I am playing as my characters. I control their actions, I make get them gear to make them better, and I determine how they interact with the world (...of warcraft) that they "live" in.
I never really gave this much thought before, but this has caused me to become attached (in a strange way) to my characters. I care about which ones I play more, which ones get certain achivements, and I care about how cool (or stupid) they look.
My paladin is my achievment guy (excluding ICC). My preist is my main healing guy (love the playstyle). And my other paladin (yes there are two) is the cool lvl 60 grand marshal with the big ass sword guy. I have a bunch of other characters, but those three are the ones that I really put the thought into. I care about playing them well, how they look, and them having cool stuff.
I guess that about covers it. After thinking about this, I am pretty sure I will be the best dad in the world because a baby is something that I create (with help of course), and it is definitely something that I will spend money on.
World of Warcraft has become a hobby that I talk about, endulge in, and think about more than most every other eneavor (with notable exceptions) that I partake in. I have chalked this up to be a normal endulgence, which is no different than someone who plays on the X-Box, or Farmville. But is it?
I know plenty of people who play video games avidly, they spend most of their free time playing. But they don't seem to talk about it much, and they certainly don't start a blog to talk about it. Am I so different, or is the nature of the games?
I am going to say that it is a little bit of both. I know that I am one to border on obsession with a lot of my interests. For example, I recently listened to a few Queen songs, and now they are the only band that I care to listen to. I have searched youtube to find as many videos with their songs, and I absolutely love them. Now, I am assuming that most people would listen to some of their songs, like them (how can't you), but they would still have a bunch of other bands that they like. While I like all types of music, I have found that I compare everything I hear, and how that singer isn't as good as Freddie and how that guitarist isn't Brian. So I know that I take my interests close to the extreme. But there has to be more to it than my obsessions. What is it about WoW that makes it so compelling (to me at least)?
I think that it has to do with two main factors. One; I am paying for this game every month. If I am paying to play this game, I am going to get the most out of it that I can. This goes beyond the in game, but into looking up information about my class, quests, raids, and everything I can find to know more about how to play and what goes into playing well. Second; I am playing as a character that I created. Every time I log in I am playing as my characters. I control their actions, I make get them gear to make them better, and I determine how they interact with the world (...of warcraft) that they "live" in.
I never really gave this much thought before, but this has caused me to become attached (in a strange way) to my characters. I care about which ones I play more, which ones get certain achivements, and I care about how cool (or stupid) they look.
My paladin is my achievment guy (excluding ICC). My preist is my main healing guy (love the playstyle). And my other paladin (yes there are two) is the cool lvl 60 grand marshal with the big ass sword guy. I have a bunch of other characters, but those three are the ones that I really put the thought into. I care about playing them well, how they look, and them having cool stuff.
I guess that about covers it. After thinking about this, I am pretty sure I will be the best dad in the world because a baby is something that I create (with help of course), and it is definitely something that I will spend money on.
Friday, August 27, 2010
What annoys you the most?
Running a random on Cell, and there is a DK in frost presence (not tanking). He's hardly pressing any buttons, and just have a good ole time cruising through the instance.
Our tank, who was over geared and pulling with vigor, was loosing his patience with the our DK. Not only because he was in frost presence, but also from the lack of activity and awareness of his class and how to play it. Our tanks comments to the DK gave me the impression that the DKs actions were really getting on his nerves. This made me wonder, what really gets on my nerves? Was our tank justified in being so annoyed?
I can understand being a tank and having someone who is taunting off of you, using righteous fury, frost pressence or defensive stance, and so on.This can get pretty frustrating for some folks. After all it is the tanks role to hold agro on all of the mobs, and when someone uses those abilities they are hindering the tanks ability to fill that role adequately. But this DK was no where near getting threat off of the Tank. Sure it can be annoying that he's in Frost Presence, but is it worth throwing a fit over?
I tend to take the stance that if it's not having an adverse affect on my (or my girlfriend's) gameplay, then what do I care. Sure that person has no idea how to play their class, and sure they have no idea of what they are supposed to do on most fights, if it doesn't hurt me I tend not to let it bother me. I've noticed, though, that this philosophy stops being true when I'm in a raid. For whatever reason (probably the long waits between wipes), I get especially annoyed when people enter a raid instance absolutely clueless. And it's not just that they are clueless, it's that they are clueless and trying to hide it. Time and time again, I'll be in a pug and when the raid leader asks, "has anyone not done this fight before?" noone says a word. The raid fails (miserably) and becomes clear there are many people who havn't done the fight before.
I absolutely hate it when people do this. When someone woul rather fake it and cause 9 or 24 other people to run back from the graveyard, instead of saying "umm yeah, I have no idea what is going on, can someone explain it to me?" that's when I get annoyed. I know that there is a lot of anxiety when you're the only one out of the loop, but think about this. If you're in a pug, chances are good (depending on how it was put together) that you are not the only one who has no idea. I would rather someone tell me they don't have a clue, than pretend they do and fail because by you asking that question the other clueless people don't have to.
This, combined with the fact that it is a pain to get my priest his teir 5 smexy set, is probably my biggest pet peeve. If you have a question, ask someone. If that person is a douche, keep asking until you find someone willing to be nice and patient enough to help you. Also the WoW forums, wowhead, tankspot, and a whole slew of guides are your friends. Learn how to use them, and you will be on your way to improve your gameplay.
Our tank, who was over geared and pulling with vigor, was loosing his patience with the our DK. Not only because he was in frost presence, but also from the lack of activity and awareness of his class and how to play it. Our tanks comments to the DK gave me the impression that the DKs actions were really getting on his nerves. This made me wonder, what really gets on my nerves? Was our tank justified in being so annoyed?
I can understand being a tank and having someone who is taunting off of you, using righteous fury, frost pressence or defensive stance, and so on.This can get pretty frustrating for some folks. After all it is the tanks role to hold agro on all of the mobs, and when someone uses those abilities they are hindering the tanks ability to fill that role adequately. But this DK was no where near getting threat off of the Tank. Sure it can be annoying that he's in Frost Presence, but is it worth throwing a fit over?
I tend to take the stance that if it's not having an adverse affect on my (or my girlfriend's) gameplay, then what do I care. Sure that person has no idea how to play their class, and sure they have no idea of what they are supposed to do on most fights, if it doesn't hurt me I tend not to let it bother me. I've noticed, though, that this philosophy stops being true when I'm in a raid. For whatever reason (probably the long waits between wipes), I get especially annoyed when people enter a raid instance absolutely clueless. And it's not just that they are clueless, it's that they are clueless and trying to hide it. Time and time again, I'll be in a pug and when the raid leader asks, "has anyone not done this fight before?" noone says a word. The raid fails (miserably) and becomes clear there are many people who havn't done the fight before.
I absolutely hate it when people do this. When someone woul rather fake it and cause 9 or 24 other people to run back from the graveyard, instead of saying "umm yeah, I have no idea what is going on, can someone explain it to me?" that's when I get annoyed. I know that there is a lot of anxiety when you're the only one out of the loop, but think about this. If you're in a pug, chances are good (depending on how it was put together) that you are not the only one who has no idea. I would rather someone tell me they don't have a clue, than pretend they do and fail because by you asking that question the other clueless people don't have to.
This, combined with the fact that it is a pain to get my priest his teir 5 smexy set, is probably my biggest pet peeve. If you have a question, ask someone. If that person is a douche, keep asking until you find someone willing to be nice and patient enough to help you. Also the WoW forums, wowhead, tankspot, and a whole slew of guides are your friends. Learn how to use them, and you will be on your way to improve your gameplay.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
It's my first time!
In an effort to catch up on the happenings in the WoW community while being unproductive at my job, I've discovered WoW blogs. Over the last couple of weeks I've been reading some very interesting articles about a variety of topics surrounding the the gaming community.
From Cataclysm news, to raiding blues there is always something new and interesting being brought to the forefront. And so, I've been inspired to join in. I've been playing WoW for almost 4 years now, and I'd like to think that I've learned a little about the game and how to play it.
My main characters are a holy priest and holy paladin. The paladin is the first class I played, and that character was my first 80, and some most of my coolest achivements. The priest is a character that I've had for a long time, but never really played until my guild realized the healing ICC with 3 holy paladins might not be so good. I leveled him and he is my Kingslayer.
Both classes are my favorite, and both are (in my opinion) the coolest when it comes to look and playstyle. Most of what I talk about will be from the perspective of these two characters, Sev (the pally), and Cell (the priest). I have spent time leveling most every class at the low levels, but these two have occupied my point of view the most.
I hope you enjoy reading, as I offer my view on things WoW related.
From Cataclysm news, to raiding blues there is always something new and interesting being brought to the forefront. And so, I've been inspired to join in. I've been playing WoW for almost 4 years now, and I'd like to think that I've learned a little about the game and how to play it.
My main characters are a holy priest and holy paladin. The paladin is the first class I played, and that character was my first 80, and some most of my coolest achivements. The priest is a character that I've had for a long time, but never really played until my guild realized the healing ICC with 3 holy paladins might not be so good. I leveled him and he is my Kingslayer.
Both classes are my favorite, and both are (in my opinion) the coolest when it comes to look and playstyle. Most of what I talk about will be from the perspective of these two characters, Sev (the pally), and Cell (the priest). I have spent time leveling most every class at the low levels, but these two have occupied my point of view the most.
I hope you enjoy reading, as I offer my view on things WoW related.
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