Well it seems that the Kara run with the other guild went very well this past weekend (I was very pleased to get both my Trial Fire Trousers and also a Ring of Recurrence). So now with a whole new level of content opened to me, it's time to check MaxDPS.com and revise my wish list a little bit.
Head & Hands: Hoping for the Voidheart Crown, since I can't be bothered to gather Spellcloth for the Spellstrike Hood and besides, I really want the set bonus with Voidheart Gloves. Both from Kara (Prince and Curator).
Neck: Ritssyn's Lost Pendant or Brooch of Unquenchable Fury, PLZ (both from Kara -- trash or Moroes).
Back: Ruby Drape of the Mysticant from the Prince in Kara! (Seeing a theme yet?)
Waist: Belt of Blasting would be awesome, but badge-pricey and I already have my badges earmarked for something else. So instead, Girdle of Ruination, anyone? Lots of Primal Fires, but I can make Shadowcloth easy. Now to find someone who can make it...
Trinket: OMG fucking want this so bad: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29370 Only 41 badges! Also Scryer's Bloodgem once I get the rep (1900 points to go). And I'll keep rolling on those Blessings Cards for the Darkmoon Card: Crusade.
Weapon: Staff of Infinite Mysteries from Curator or the dagger from the Prince in Kara.
Wand: Carved Witch Doctor's Stick = 25 badges.
Totals: a few lucky Kara runs, some Scryer's quests, 66 badges, and 21 primal fires/5 primal shadows (plus 20 days of Shadowcloth cooldowns). Not too hard...?
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Joining the Karavan
Yep, I made my Shadoweave set. And then DoS beat Magister's Terrace, finally, and that was nice. And then, I sort of drifted away from Selix again.
Honestly, it's nice to have all those Heroic Badges goals and PvP goals and whatever, but I miss the instant gratification of a new instance where you see new content and probably upgrade at least one piece of gear all in one run. And I got so sick of logging on, asking my guild-mates "What are the heroic and the regular daily instances today?" and being told "Shadow Labs" every single time. I hate Shadow Labs. Also, nothing desirable drops there.
But now, we might actually have a way to team up with another guild and -- holy cow -- RAID. R to the A to the I to the D. Suddenly the game has opened up to me again! (Maybe. If it works out with this other guild.)
So, just for fun, I took a look at the potential loot from Kara. I understand the chance of any one piece dropping is slim, but, YUM.
Like, look what drops just from TRASH in there!
OMG pants. OMG hat. OMFG STAFF!
If I got really lucky in a few Kara runs, I wouldn't have to save all those stupid primal mights for Battlecast or Spellstrike pants/hood after all.
Plus, you know, the encounters sound really fun.
Honestly, it's nice to have all those Heroic Badges goals and PvP goals and whatever, but I miss the instant gratification of a new instance where you see new content and probably upgrade at least one piece of gear all in one run. And I got so sick of logging on, asking my guild-mates "What are the heroic and the regular daily instances today?" and being told "Shadow Labs" every single time. I hate Shadow Labs. Also, nothing desirable drops there.
But now, we might actually have a way to team up with another guild and -- holy cow -- RAID. R to the A to the I to the D. Suddenly the game has opened up to me again! (Maybe. If it works out with this other guild.)
So, just for fun, I took a look at the potential loot from Kara. I understand the chance of any one piece dropping is slim, but, YUM.
Like, look what drops just from TRASH in there!
OMG pants. OMG hat. OMFG STAFF!
If I got really lucky in a few Kara runs, I wouldn't have to save all those stupid primal mights for Battlecast or Spellstrike pants/hood after all.
Plus, you know, the encounters sound really fun.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Un-improving my succubus
I didn't post any jokes yesterday for April Fools, but I thought what Blizzard did was hysterical.
Anyway, I've been thinking about talent builds today, was playing around with the build calculator on Wowhead, and came up with this new build.
It's not super-different from what I already have -- mostly just tweaks on the Affliction build to move away from soloing quests and be more useful in group instances, which is what I do most of these days.
The biggest difference is that I'm sacrificing Improved Succubus to gain Shadowburn. Losing ImpSuccubus makes me nervous, since my group relies so heavily on her Seduce for crowd control, especially in those heroics with 6-man pulls. I'm telling myself that even if her Seduce doesn't last as long, I can always re-cast it. But it means losing that CC for the 1.5 second casting time -- and also puts her in danger of running out of mana during a long fight. On the other hand, during recent heroic instances (Slave Pens), she's been getting feared, AOE'd, or the mobs have just been breaking out of Seduce early anyway. So Seduce never lasts as long as it should, and I might not actually be losing much.
I'd like to play around with Shadowburn. As a "dotter," I'm not super-excited about increasing spell crit, and I always seem to end up with +spell crit on my gear anyway, so I didn't care to spend many points in Destruction, but having such a powerful instant-cast should be fun.
I'll probably try it for a few runs and see how it goes. Now I just have to make sure I'm always rolling in shards!
Anyway, I've been thinking about talent builds today, was playing around with the build calculator on Wowhead, and came up with this new build.
It's not super-different from what I already have -- mostly just tweaks on the Affliction build to move away from soloing quests and be more useful in group instances, which is what I do most of these days.
The biggest difference is that I'm sacrificing Improved Succubus to gain Shadowburn. Losing ImpSuccubus makes me nervous, since my group relies so heavily on her Seduce for crowd control, especially in those heroics with 6-man pulls. I'm telling myself that even if her Seduce doesn't last as long, I can always re-cast it. But it means losing that CC for the 1.5 second casting time -- and also puts her in danger of running out of mana during a long fight. On the other hand, during recent heroic instances (Slave Pens), she's been getting feared, AOE'd, or the mobs have just been breaking out of Seduce early anyway. So Seduce never lasts as long as it should, and I might not actually be losing much.
I'd like to play around with Shadowburn. As a "dotter," I'm not super-excited about increasing spell crit, and I always seem to end up with +spell crit on my gear anyway, so I didn't care to spend many points in Destruction, but having such a powerful instant-cast should be fun.
I'll probably try it for a few runs and see how it goes. Now I just have to make sure I'm always rolling in shards!
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