Wrath = Boring?

Content has been cleared.... I've got shiny gear, shiny titles, and shiny mounts.

Whens the new content coming? >.<

The Beginning and the End

Instead of hanging everyone on by a thread, promising of posts and never having time to, I'll just come out and say it. No more Blog for who knows how long. I simply put, do not have the time right now. Between raiding, gearing, leveling, and oh boy, the guild that consumes so much of my time, I've got no time left. (Just for an FYI, I have decided to stay resto through Wrath and I'm not regretting the choice.)

So, as a goodbye for now, I'll leave with you a shameless advertisement.

Pulse, mah guild on PvE Bloodhoof, is now recruiting.


We are currently seeking a few key players to participate in our 25man raiding. We're looking for mature, talented and committed players that believe they are capable of performing in an end-game guild.

Know your class, know your spec, know how to play. You must be able to be poked, prodded, and generally made fun of for hours without crying or emo-quitting. We have an 18+ year old policy. (We don't put up with bedtimes, crackheads, annoying personalities and retards.) We run a right roster and rely on our raiders, rare benching and secure raid spots.

We are currently recruiting ALL CLASSES but are specifically looking for...

1 Resto Druid
1 Balance Druid
1 SHADOW PRIEST


We know we are all working towards a common goal together but will not put up with people standing in our way. We have seen all BC content through M'uru in Sunwell pre-nerf and Wrath 10man content was a joke (everything cleared). 25man raiding is about halfway done (Sarth, halfway through Naxx) and are simply looking for a few more to beef up the roster.

Raid:
8pm-12am EST, Four days a week (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thur)
25man raiding is our focus.
Required 80% attendance

Applying and Further Info:

Send and ingame tell to Nyxilyn or Cheddivh.
OR, visit our forums for more information or to fill out an app

http://pulse.guildomatic.com/forums/

No sleep, no time, no nothing

Im one of the insane levelers. Not entirely insane to already be 80, but Ill be there tomorrow afternoon no doubt.

I've slept about 6 hours in the past 48. My stomach is in knots, my eyes are throbbing, and I'm not sure if I can feel the fingers on my right hand. Its okay though, I'm about to ding 78 and all is right with the world.

When this grind is over, and boy is it a grind, the real game starts, and I can sit back and relax.

Are YOU enjoying Wrath? Its certainly something to take your time with and enjoy, even if I'm not :)

The End of the World

It feels like Christmas.

Like a Christmas in which your parents forgot to put presents under the tree.

I can only hope that this server bullshit is fixed soon and that Wrath goes accordingly.

I'll see you all in Northrend!

Wrath, 48 hours nonstop GRIND!

The day is approaching, or should I say the night?

I've had my copy pre-ordered from my local Game Stop for some time now.

I'm going to stand outside in 20 degree weather, first in line, and get Wrath of the Lich King. I'm going to brave the server crashes! Stay up all night!

With my brand new case of Bawls!

Bawls Gaurana is quite possibly the best energy drink ever created. Not only is it delicious (like a fruity Sprite) but it's in cool packaging, it picks you up and keeps you going.... and... Its entirely promoted as a geeky Gamer Drink.

Combined with my Bawls, a fresh bag of coffee, a brand new bottle of Visine and IbProfen (helps circulate blood to the eyes).... 80 isn't so far off.

What are your plans for Wrath? ARE YOU PREPARED?

Druids Moment in the Sun

While I don't have anything all important and number crunching awesome.... I do have a rant.

Wild Growth, the new druid AoE Healing spell... was one of the few things I was really looking forward to in Wrath. I mean, REALLY looking forward to. Yesterday I was extremely distraught to read this.

"Based on feedback from this forum, elsewhere and our own brainstorming, what we are thinking about right now is something like a 6 sec cooldown for Circle of Healing and Wild Growth." - Source and More

Something about this just doesn't sit right with me.

I've been healing on my druid for only the BC expansion. It was an alt I brought up and turned into my main mid-Black Temple. I feel in love with my druid. I liked being the jack of all trades, and master of none. My druid and I have come a long ways together, and its been a bumpy road.


Competing with Group Healers in BC
All through raiding in BC, especially into Sunwell.... I could NEVER compete against Chain Heal and CoH. There was no trying, because it was just impossible. Maybe times I felt like the druid class was left behind, and no matter how good I was, how hard I tried, I felt like a second-class healer. I got stuck in a niche, I got stuck spamming Lifebloom for four hours a night endlessly on tanks.

Many times I felt stuck here, stuck wishing that I could do better and be more useful. I felt sad, knowing that I was only there for my niche. I know that raiding is about.... Whatever gets the job done, and while my druid got her specific job done, I continued to wish that I could do more and feel wanted for once.

Wrath + Wild Growth = Omg
So Wrath comes along, new talents, new skills, new hope. I got beta and realized... a druid's time has come. WE HAVE A GROUP HEAL! This was the most uplifting amazing awesome totally cool thing that could have happened to the resto druid class. We were finally, once and for all, a top healer, a wanted healer, an amazing healer. It made me feel loved! I loved logging onto Beta and getting tells instantly from everyone to come heal this, come heal that. I loved healing Naxx without having to count and watch timers every second.

As xpac time comes around, patch 3.0 hits.... we get Wild Growth on Live. Again, I feel utterly revived that now our class that's been left behind in a niche for SO long can be truly useful in endgame content. Dare I say.... that having a group heal is... Fun?

Yes, it is fun. Maybe it all comes down to that. It's fun being a top healer, and potentially one of the best healers into Wrath.


And they take it all away..
They really aren't taking it all away, but they're putting a stipulation on it. To me, its taking away a LOT of what I was looking forward to as an endgame healer in Wrath. A six second cooldown isn't game breaking by any means. But now, when I need to get my group back up, things are going crazy, not only do I have to wait for the HoT of Wild Growth to work, I now have to wait for a 6 second Cooldown.

Chain Heal has no Cooldown, a cast time sure. CoH will share a cooldown, but their heal is also instant. This leaves WildGrowth, a slow ticking HoT back in the dust. It leaves DRUIDS in the dust, again. I'm afraid to be a second class healer again. I'm afraid I wont be able to get my job done. I thought this xpac was really our moment in the Sun....


Other Things
Granted, I can understand the other side of things. Druids were dominating healing in Naxx. Poor Paladins. WildGrowth was 50%+ of my Wrath healing, and some people felt that was too much of one spell. But it wasn't the only spell we were using.

Here is a random example from Naxx25


Fun: Blizz has taken a GOOD look at tanking and made it easier. Anyone can hold threat without really thinking about it. For some tanks, this is something they've looked foward too, making tanking more 'fun'. Wild Growth was the thing that was more 'fun' for me. Blue posts even mentioned over and over that they wanted to look at healing and make it more FUN. So give us that fun, and then take it back.

Instant, CD or.... Cast time?: My question for the blues is... why cant you put WG (and CoH) on a cast time? I am less opposed to this than I am the 6 second CD. Giving these spells a cast time would put is back in line with Chain Heal, and put less demand on timing our group heals perfectly.

Enough QQ: These changes aren't going into effect right away. Something about it has irked me, and I'm leaning more towards feral in Wrath than ever. I love my class, I'm passionate about it, and I only want to be able to perform for my raid without being left in the dust.

Knockbacks and Raids Dont Go Together

Several classes have gotten new abilities recently that give them an aoe knock back. I have two of these classes, one being my elemental shaman. While I love this knock back, Thunderstorm, bunches and bunches..... it really pisses me off when its used inappropriately.

Things knock backs are great for, aoe farming, pvp, getting a mob off you in certain circumstances during instances.

Things knock backs suck for... Raiding. During Hyjal the other day, nothing pissed us tanks off more than people knocking back 10+ mobs while they're being tanked. Theres no point to doing this, and simply throws the mobs OUT of concentrate, swipe, thunderclap. Typically this resulted in mobs going a bit haywire, and killing somebody.

So please, knock back classes. Don't piss your tanks off.