The Ladies

I’ve developed a serious case of the “Don’t wannas” with all of my hybrids. I won’t call it burnout. I don’t think that’s what it is. I’m just tired of focusing on being a caster/healer or whatever hyrbrid. I want to play a pure class or two for now. Luckily I have two of those. My rogue of course, and my poor hunter who has been 80 since Early December and hasn’t been touched since then.

Maybe it sounds silly to not want to cast spells, but that’s exactly where I’m at right now. I don’t love those toons any less, I haven’t abandoned them or anything like that. I just…Don’t wanna.

It may be that I want to get to be as good with a hunter as I am with a Shadow Priest. Or maybe just want to see how well I can do as a Mutilate rogue (recently trying this spec as opposed to my much loved combat spec…thank you dual specs). Both of these require some focus. And playtime. REAL play time, in REAL situations not just blasting through standard mobs and beating up target dumbasses. I Mean dummies.

Or maybe, just maybe I want to do something I have never gotten to do before. The chance to bring only one thing to the tables. Mass Quantities of Sustained DPS. To not have a second spec that’s useful for anything else. To prove to myself I CAN be good dps, I CAN play a pure class, and I don’t HAVE to be a healer or heal offspec to be valued. To build up my skill and DPS to the point where I AM a value to whatever group I’m in. Not that my guild makes me feel this way. Not at all. I put it on myself. A character flaw, yes, even I have them.

I don’t get tons of playtime these days, with being a pseudo-single mom, trips to the post office, packing care packages, dealing with absolutely everything at home. I pretty much have to pick what I want most and focus on that. Maybe I’m selfish, but what time I do have, I really want to play the class I’m enjoying most.  The rest…I just don’t wanna.

She’s a killer queen:
Shadow words, psychic screams
Dynamite with a pewpew beam!
Guaranteed to flay your mind
Anytime

(Swiped From Anna)

 

So, I retrieved my priest from the deleted bin. Special thanks to the Blizzard GM’s that went above and beyond and restored her. Why above and beyond? Because seriously, they have no responsibility to fix stupid. They could easily have said, ya know what no. You were dumb enough to delete her, too frackin’ bad. But they didn’t. So Kudos to them for that!

Anyhoo. She is now level 73. Face melting her way through Northrend. We all know how much I love * leveling. And I’m learning a class I knew intimately all over again. And…admitting I made a an overraction type goof.

1. "omg they made us crit, and my gear has no crit! this sucks!" Ok, fine. I have 8% crit, and my dots and mind flays crit like I have 50% crit. It’s in the talents!

However, I wasn’t wrong about the change to Vampiric Embrace. I don’t like it. I liked being a mana battery. And I liked that it replenished based on all shadow damage. Why now, must it only work with ONE spell???  We have to get VT up, then pop mind blast to start the replenishment buff. then get through the roation and back to VT/Mind Blast before VT ends. Now, VT is a sweet DoT now but really? ONE spell? Hunters get at least two with Arcane/Explosive (shared cd so only one gets used) and Steady Shot.

I’m also feeling the pain of the OOC regen nerf. Spirit Tap used to be just awesome while leveling. Now…not so much. I have it, but I may spec out of it at 80. Depending on whether my gear has enough spirit to support keeping it for the Improved Spirit Tap.

Other than that, I’m enjoying my priest. It’s a far different experience playing her because I actually WANT to play the class. Not because someone guilted me into rolling one because their guild needed it at the time. Not leveling because "OMG we need priests!!". But because I’m interested in the class and want to play it. And I’m playing the spec I want to play. It’s almost like having a new toon with how much things have changed. But without the starting at level 1 thing.