So, thanks to the most awesome drivers in Houston, Texas... I was late for raid invites. *Cartman voice* Screw you guys, I'm going home!
Anyways, I logged on vent and while I sat listening to my guild talk about clearing trash (and how a cave in Ruby Sanctum looks a lot like a vagina {seriously guys, what the hell?!?}, I read the strats and watched some videos of the fight. I think they downed two mini-bosses (I don't quite remember, cause by this time my head was pounding from a horrible migraine) when they invited me. After maybe 8-10 tries, we downed the Halion.
I was quite thrilled to find [Glowing Twilight Scale] as one of the drops. /wowgasm!!! I sorta felt bad that I took it from our Disc Priest but I calculated in my head that maybe it's better for me to have it then maybe I wouldn't feel as guilty... but then again, that was just my selfish voice saying MINE MINE MINE!!!
Anyways, this is what that beast does:
Equip: Increases spell power by 190.
Use: For the next 15 sec, each time your direct healing spells heal a target you cause the target of your heal to heal themselves and friends within 10 yards for 356 each sec for 6 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
Time to put my theories to the test: /enter theorycrafting mode
I am testing it out unbuffed so this theory is most likely going to sound a little more awesome when I am raid-buffed.
So, I thought of macro-ing this baby to my Circle of Healing, because the spell is
1 - it's a direct heal; 2 - it's an AoE heal; 3 - it's an insta-heal; 4 - I use it a LOT
I looked at all the spells I use and considered which one was best to use after I pop this baby. Flash/Greater Heal seemed like a dumb idea because well they both take forever to cast. I looked at Renew and Prayer of Mending, although neither seemed bad to use during a trink-pop (both are insta-heals), it just doesn't seem to make that much sense to take about 15 secs to insta-heal just 7 people at the most.
So I decided to test it out with my Circle of Healing AND Prayer of Healing
In case anyone wonders:
Circle of Healing - Heals up to 5 [6 if glyphed, which I am!] friendly party or raid members within 15 yards of the target for 958 to 1058.
Prayer of Healing - A powerful prayer heals the friendly target's party members within 30 yards for 2091 to 2209. (2.52 second cast, based on my stats.)
Now if I can only get everyone in for a group hug... uh yeah... SO back to business... How much effective AoE raid healing can I pack during this 15 sec time-period?
I tried a certan combination while keeping a close eye on the 15-second window. I added it all up and it didn't make much sense. There's about 1.5 second (prolly more?) global cooldown before you can cast another spell, correct? Anyways this is what I had:
COH - POH - POH - COH - POH
= 1.5 + 2.5(+1.5) + 2.5(+1.5) + 1.5 + 2.5(+1.5)
= 1.5 + 4 + 4 + 1.5 + 4
= 15 seconds [AKA not enough time to cast another POH during Trink's GCD]
Well, that didn't seem too bad. But I thought I could do better... can I push to fit a few more spells in 15 seconds? How do I cut down that 2.5 second POH?
I used my normal "un-macroed" POH while testing my theory the first time. Then I realized I should use my macroed version, the one that uses
Berserking
Instant 3 min cooldown
Increases your attack and casting speed by 20% for 10 sec. Now I'm happy I didn't race-change. ^_^
So Berserking would turn my 2.5 sec POH into a 2.1 second cast... for 10 seconds.
COH/GST - POH/Bers - POH/Bers - COH/Bers - POH
= 1.5 + 2.1(+1.5) + 2.1(+1.5) + 1.5 + 2.5(+1.5)
= 1.5 + 3.6 + 3.6 + 1.5 + 4
= 14.2 [STILL not enough time to cast an extra POH for proc]
So, I am back to square one. There are still five spells in that combination. Determined, I looked down my Talent Tree and lo and behold: Serendipity
When you heal with Binding Heal or Flash Heal, the cast time of your next Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing spell is reduced by 12%. Stacks up to 3 times. Lasts 20 sec. Serendipity would pretty much give one of my Prayer of Healings to cast in just 1.6 seconds.
SO... if I start off with proccing Serendipity:
COH/GTS Macro - POH/Ser/Bers - POH/Bers - COH - POH/Bers - POH
= 1.5 + 1.6(+1.5) + 2.1(+1.5) + 1.5 + 2.1(+1.5)+ 2.5
= 1.5 + 3.1 + 3.6 + 1.5 + 3.6 + 2.5
= 15.8 [Almost made it...]
Well, I can't expect miracles here... /SIGH. But maybe if I had a haste buff, I can maximize the amount of healing I do... ZOMG I am sooooo excited for tomorrow!!!
All this thinking is making my brain hurt. How can people theorycraft like it's their second language and shit?
6/30/10
6/29/10
On Main Specs VS Off-Specs.
So I am talking to a priest!friend from a different guild. She was in VOA a few minutes ago and Koralon dropped [Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Leggings], now being the ONLY Holy Priest there, it would've been safe to assume that she SHOULD get the piece, right?
---WRONG---
At least the Raid Leader have the respect to give my friend the pants. Unfortunately, half the dumbshit Shadow Priest's friends insist she give them to the SP because he out-rolled her.
---What a load of bull---
When has this game become giving the loot to people who came into the raid with a certain spec and expect to win a roll for their offset against people who are rolling for their main spec?
---WRONG---
At least the Raid Leader have the respect to give my friend the pants. Unfortunately, half the dumbshit Shadow Priest's friends insist she give them to the SP because he out-rolled her.
---What a load of bull---
When has this game become giving the loot to people who came into the raid with a certain spec and expect to win a roll for their offset against people who are rolling for their main spec?
6/25/10
Ruby Sanctum, Where Art Thou???
Ruby Sanctum is bound to hit soon. I don't know when exactly (I seriously need to read more about upcoming patches and shit...)
But I did manage to find the drops that make me go /wowgasm"
- Cloak of Burning Dusk Haste + crit... /DROOL
- Glowing Twilight Scale... GAAAAH, I can't wait to have this, if it does drop. I wonder how much DKP everyone else has... /ninja hahahaaa!
The stats are AWESOME, well at least compared to the stats I have on Lunar Dust and Solace of the Fallen.
But I did manage to find the drops that make me go /wowgasm"
- Cloak of Burning Dusk Haste + crit... /DROOL
- Glowing Twilight Scale... GAAAAH, I can't wait to have this, if it does drop. I wonder how much DKP everyone else has... /ninja hahahaaa!
The stats are AWESOME, well at least compared to the stats I have on Lunar Dust and Solace of the Fallen.
6/23/10
I seriously wanna kill someone right now...
I really shouldn't talk about my real life, but I am getting stressed over this stupid shit. My dad has been causing my mother hell and well, directly affecting my day. I SERIOUSLY hate dealing with his bullshit on MY dayoff. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Long story short, I lived not in the United States til I was 12. My dad was here in the US and I believe he lived with his mistress when I was 6 til maybe I was 10 or 11. I moved to the US in 1996. I left my parents' house in NY in 2005. My mom left my dad in 2007. My dad cut off my cell phone (connected to his and my mother's cell phone, just to spite her) ON MY BIRTHDAY the same year. I haven't talked to him since.
My dad filed for divorce about a year ago or so and because he's been hiding a LOT of money from my mother, it's taking longer than most divorces.
Now this asshole, ever since my mother had been working and filing taxes with him, he NEVER let her see what he earned every year. I believe he earned around 60K~100K a year but my mother, who earned less than 30K a year aid for EVERYTHING. My mom and I never got to see the money because he was *paying debt* he accumulated when he had that mistress. I call bullshit since he said he was just gonna pay it off in about 3 years. Before I left, how the hell can he still have that much debt after a decade?
Anyways, from what I heard from my mom who heard from her attorney is that my dad had been hiding about 10% of his income in his retirement fund, plus he has a lot of stocks and bonds and 401K and shit like that.
Now, because he refuses to give her 50% of what he owns (he says she only deserves 30%, what a cheap motherfucker), he has to go to court over this. Anyways, my unfortunately computer illiterate mom wants me to look for a picture of my dad and email it to her attorney.
Seriously... I just spent a good hour of my day because of this ASSHOLE. And the only picture I have of him is from 1997. It's not like I took that many pictures when I was around. He wasn't really a hands-on dad.
I swear, if that lawyer of his attempts to call me in, I will let out every damn thing I can think off and make sure that shithead shoves what's left of his money up his ass.
Long story short, I lived not in the United States til I was 12. My dad was here in the US and I believe he lived with his mistress when I was 6 til maybe I was 10 or 11. I moved to the US in 1996. I left my parents' house in NY in 2005. My mom left my dad in 2007. My dad cut off my cell phone (connected to his and my mother's cell phone, just to spite her) ON MY BIRTHDAY the same year. I haven't talked to him since.
My dad filed for divorce about a year ago or so and because he's been hiding a LOT of money from my mother, it's taking longer than most divorces.
Now this asshole, ever since my mother had been working and filing taxes with him, he NEVER let her see what he earned every year. I believe he earned around 60K~100K a year but my mother, who earned less than 30K a year aid for EVERYTHING. My mom and I never got to see the money because he was *paying debt* he accumulated when he had that mistress. I call bullshit since he said he was just gonna pay it off in about 3 years. Before I left, how the hell can he still have that much debt after a decade?
Anyways, from what I heard from my mom who heard from her attorney is that my dad had been hiding about 10% of his income in his retirement fund, plus he has a lot of stocks and bonds and 401K and shit like that.
Now, because he refuses to give her 50% of what he owns (he says she only deserves 30%, what a cheap motherfucker), he has to go to court over this. Anyways, my unfortunately computer illiterate mom wants me to look for a picture of my dad and email it to her attorney.
Seriously... I just spent a good hour of my day because of this ASSHOLE. And the only picture I have of him is from 1997. It's not like I took that many pictures when I was around. He wasn't really a hands-on dad.
I swear, if that lawyer of his attempts to call me in, I will let out every damn thing I can think off and make sure that shithead shoves what's left of his money up his ass.
Next patch should be Blizzard employees patching up the holes in their brains...
Well I logged on in the morning (8am) and it said the servers will be down til 11AM PST... when I got home ~4PM they said game won't be up till 5PM PST. I gave up hoping there was gonna be any raid tonight so I just decided to eat dinner, watch a movie and listen in on vent while I torture some poor hunter's application to the guild in our guild forums (I know, I am EVIL).
When one of my guys announced that we can log back on, my first reaction was "YAY! my addons/settings are intact!!!" That RARELY happens for me, so I was a little excited.
Arygos (server)was down so I decided to visit my old server (Hydraxis). Much to my surprise, I can finally add my friends via their battlenet ID. AKA, I can be playing in Arygos AND talk to my friends OFF-SERVER. God, these fuckers in Blizzard finally did something right, although I am a bit pissed off that my whole name shows up when I talk to them (I wonder if there is a function where I can only see them by first name or nickname instead... the whole name thing is just plain fucking stupid.)
We did VoA today and I won two PvP items (feet + ilvl 251 leggs). I gave the PvP legs to a guildie cause she gave me a Shadow piece a while back, not to mention the Tier Piece was for healing.
SHIT, if I'm gonna PvP I am going to kill shit. I want a dayoff from healing! ^_^
Kinda bummed that Ruby Sanctum wasn't out today though. But then again, it'd have been a complete waste of time cause EVERYONE and their mothers would try to get in the instance and that will just cause another set of delays/disconnects.
Read Test Realm Patch Notes and not that much difference on any of my alts, as far as I can tell. I might read up more about this later. But first, I am going to start a painting I've wanted to finish ages ago. God help me Imma be covered in acrylic paint by the time I am done.
When one of my guys announced that we can log back on, my first reaction was "YAY! my addons/settings are intact!!!" That RARELY happens for me, so I was a little excited.
Arygos (server)was down so I decided to visit my old server (Hydraxis). Much to my surprise, I can finally add my friends via their battlenet ID. AKA, I can be playing in Arygos AND talk to my friends OFF-SERVER. God, these fuckers in Blizzard finally did something right, although I am a bit pissed off that my whole name shows up when I talk to them (I wonder if there is a function where I can only see them by first name or nickname instead... the whole name thing is just plain fucking stupid.)
We did VoA today and I won two PvP items (feet + ilvl 251 leggs). I gave the PvP legs to a guildie cause she gave me a Shadow piece a while back, not to mention the Tier Piece was for healing.
SHIT, if I'm gonna PvP I am going to kill shit. I want a dayoff from healing! ^_^
Kinda bummed that Ruby Sanctum wasn't out today though. But then again, it'd have been a complete waste of time cause EVERYONE and their mothers would try to get in the instance and that will just cause another set of delays/disconnects.
Read Test Realm Patch Notes and not that much difference on any of my alts, as far as I can tell. I might read up more about this later. But first, I am going to start a painting I've wanted to finish ages ago. God help me Imma be covered in acrylic paint by the time I am done.
6/15/10
Sitting on the sidelines...
So my boyfriend was having too many 'look-at-me' moments so I sat myself out of the raid. From what I can tell they were struggling due to server lag (/facepalm). Poor things... They called me in for H.Gunship (just my luck, Althor's Abacus will NEVER drop) but at least I got to see H.Saurfang fall on his face. Festergut + Rotface wasn't that bad. We've downed him before anyway. Plague Scientist Boots (Heroic) dropped but I decided not to bid on it. I was after another thing... which dropped YAY!!! Trauma (Heroic) is mine! So excited, I need to check out logs later to see how effective it is.
I got sat the rest of the night, partially my fault. At first, I just sat out because the other healers needed gear for certain bosses. Trust me to be a good friend... I ran an instance with my good friend, Zulaah, on her fresh-80 paladin. I was called in for the BQ fight but I was still in the middle of the instance and I didn't want to leave Zul.
I believe in good karma and pay it forward and shit like that. I got my Trauma so I *paid it forward* via Zul. Hope I get lucky next week. But if that doesn't happen, oh well.
I got sat the rest of the night, partially my fault. At first, I just sat out because the other healers needed gear for certain bosses. Trust me to be a good friend... I ran an instance with my good friend, Zulaah, on her fresh-80 paladin. I was called in for the BQ fight but I was still in the middle of the instance and I didn't want to leave Zul.
I believe in good karma and pay it forward and shit like that. I got my Trauma so I *paid it forward* via Zul. Hope I get lucky next week. But if that doesn't happen, oh well.
Well, I was off from work yesterday but I was away from keyboard. /CRY. Woke up late but bf and I managed to wash 2 cars go to return a hard drive to a computer store and then went out for a pizza. When we got back home, I was back at work leveling my warlock.
It's been hard tryin to catch up to two of my friends' alt toons. Can't complain really but sometimes I see it as them catching up to the number of 80s I have instead. But nonetheless, thy got Outlands first even though I was ahead a while back. That's real life for you... Not to mention I really like sleep!
I'm glad to report that Luciferine is finally 60, and by the time I was done, she was almost a
third into level. OL has wicked sick exp, easy for me especially since I chain pull with my blueberry AKA voidwalker.
Raid nifty tonight so prolly little to no levelling for me. Unless I get sat again... /sigh
It's been hard tryin to catch up to two of my friends' alt toons. Can't complain really but sometimes I see it as them catching up to the number of 80s I have instead. But nonetheless, thy got Outlands first even though I was ahead a while back. That's real life for you... Not to mention I really like sleep!
I'm glad to report that Luciferine is finally 60, and by the time I was done, she was almost a
third into level. OL has wicked sick exp, easy for me especially since I chain pull with my blueberry AKA voidwalker.
Raid nifty tonight so prolly little to no levelling for me. Unless I get sat again... /sigh
6/12/10
/Rollin', then /Bawlin'
Can't say I am proud of my performance today on my hunter (Empresse). DPS is sub-par at best on most bosses. Not that I didn't want to try or anything... I came into the raid enthusiastic, I wanted to kick serious ass. But when we got to Marrowgar, I realized I was sitting on ~20FPS. Made no damn sense to me why I was lagging. I restarted WoW, no change. I checked, no programs were on and there's no other computer online in the house. Oh well.
At least I got me Dual-Bladed Pauldrons and Distant Land.
One of my guildies said that "I rolled too late" when I received the item (I was the only one that rolled). I honestly have NO idea what she meant by that. And I don't understand why she'd want to roll against me to begin with.
First of all, when you're stuck with Hellion Glaive, it's sorta a dead giveaway you're gonna roll on any staff with better stats.
Second, I came on my hunter (instead of my Boomkin) because that gives both of us a better fighting chance on gear. There's no other hunter and the other druid was already geared. Also, another girl on her Priest-alt came in and I didn't want to have to roll against her on gear too when she gave me my 3rd piece of SP-gear I needed from an earlier Vault of Archavon run.
Third, druid!girl came in as BOOMKIN because she's not good enough to be Bear. It would be an off-offset roll for her. Don't get me wrong: I KNOW that Distant Land is BIS for feral druids... cats that is!!! But for tanking? WHAT?!?! Why should she even roll?
Anyways, druid!girl didn't QQ about it, but I am sure she hates me right now. I honestly don't care.
My main-set > her off-off-set's non-heroic BIS. No questions asked.
As I am writing this, I am listening in on my guild's Wintergrasp battle and unfortunately we lost. I had wanted to go in VoA on my druid because she can use the badges and the drops. Oh well, maybe next time.
At least I got me Dual-Bladed Pauldrons and Distant Land.
One of my guildies said that "I rolled too late" when I received the item (I was the only one that rolled). I honestly have NO idea what she meant by that. And I don't understand why she'd want to roll against me to begin with.
First of all, when you're stuck with Hellion Glaive, it's sorta a dead giveaway you're gonna roll on any staff with better stats.
Second, I came on my hunter (instead of my Boomkin) because that gives both of us a better fighting chance on gear. There's no other hunter and the other druid was already geared. Also, another girl on her Priest-alt came in and I didn't want to have to roll against her on gear too when she gave me my 3rd piece of SP-gear I needed from an earlier Vault of Archavon run.
Third, druid!girl came in as BOOMKIN because she's not good enough to be Bear. It would be an off-offset roll for her. Don't get me wrong: I KNOW that Distant Land is BIS for feral druids... cats that is!!! But for tanking? WHAT?!?! Why should she even roll?
Anyways, druid!girl didn't QQ about it, but I am sure she hates me right now. I honestly don't care.
My main-set > her off-off-set's non-heroic BIS. No questions asked.
As I am writing this, I am listening in on my guild's Wintergrasp battle and unfortunately we lost. I had wanted to go in VoA on my druid because she can use the badges and the drops. Oh well, maybe next time.
YES DRILL SERGEANT!!!
So I went to a 10-man ICC alt run yesterday and main's achievement run today. My guildies sorta carried my druid (in my defense, I put a main's DPS a run for his money on some fights and I was about 300 GS lower) but I did pretty ok. I was distracted most of the time while I was on my priest (awesome strawberries FTW) and well, I realized I didn't really wanna be there by the first boss.
Anyways, since yesterday one of my loudmouth guildies decided to talk like he knows everything and pissed the hell outta me. Seriously, do I need to be told to move from fire... WHEN I AM ALREADY MOVING? SERIOUSLY? Do I need to be told to battle-rez someone... when I am all the way across the room and is also looking at timers so that I won't kill the person I was rezzing or someone else because an AoE is about to pop?
Excuse me, SIR, I have done this raid encounter before. Thank you very much!!!
I hate being shouted at. I just don't deal with shit like that well. My old raid leader was like that, barking like the drill sergeant. I like the pressure of being a healer, but I don't like the pressure of being told what to do seconds before I need to do it when I know what to do already. He acted like I've never done the bosses before. He acted like I was standing in flames. My toon probably was, but I sure can blame the graphics because I didn't see my health even tick down.
I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME, YOU MOTHERFUCKING IDIOT.
Instead of being an independent soldier, screaming at me turns me into a deer in headlights instead.
If this happens again tonight, trust me, I might go Gomer Pyle on someone's ass. I am just about done with people's attitudes.
Anyways, since yesterday one of my loudmouth guildies decided to talk like he knows everything and pissed the hell outta me. Seriously, do I need to be told to move from fire... WHEN I AM ALREADY MOVING? SERIOUSLY? Do I need to be told to battle-rez someone... when I am all the way across the room and is also looking at timers so that I won't kill the person I was rezzing or someone else because an AoE is about to pop?
Excuse me, SIR, I have done this raid encounter before. Thank you very much!!!
I hate being shouted at. I just don't deal with shit like that well. My old raid leader was like that, barking like the drill sergeant. I like the pressure of being a healer, but I don't like the pressure of being told what to do seconds before I need to do it when I know what to do already. He acted like I've never done the bosses before. He acted like I was standing in flames. My toon probably was, but I sure can blame the graphics because I didn't see my health even tick down.
I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME, YOU MOTHERFUCKING IDIOT.
Instead of being an independent soldier, screaming at me turns me into a deer in headlights instead.
If this happens again tonight, trust me, I might go Gomer Pyle on someone's ass. I am just about done with people's attitudes.
6/10/10
I LOOOOVE "The Guild"!!!
"The Guild " is probably one of my favorite shows. Anyways, I youtube'd a comedy show starring Vork AKA Herman Holden (Jeff Lewis is his real name) and told WoW-related jokes. Here's my fave:
What do the Murlocks and Starbucks have in common?
- They're annoying.
- There's one every two blocks.
- And they don't know how to make coffee.
LAWL
Then, I clicked on "Acoustic Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?" - I can't believe Alicia actually sang that song... I wonder if it's her voice on the video too ^_^
What do the Murlocks and Starbucks have in common?
- They're annoying.
- There's one every two blocks.
- And they don't know how to make coffee.
LAWL
Then, I clicked on "Acoustic Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?" - I can't believe Alicia actually sang that song... I wonder if it's her voice on the video too ^_^
Don't know why, there's no sun up in the sky...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7045666.html... well, this could be a good reason for me to miss a raid. Not mentioning thunderstorms though, thank god, but eh.
But if we're running with the Skeleton Crew again, I think I might be wishing for a downpour. I just hate watching such a good guild do so badly... it's like watching a good red wine swirl down the porcelain craphole. GAAAH!
But if we're running with the Skeleton Crew again, I think I might be wishing for a downpour. I just hate watching such a good guild do so badly... it's like watching a good red wine swirl down the porcelain craphole. GAAAH!
Well FML
Well, it was a pretty uneventful night. Apart from failing completely, I have nothing much to say about the raid group. It was the Skeleton Crew (damn you absentees!!!) Granted we brought in inexperienced guildies and tested out a few recruits (from what I understood, one of the recruits have never done fights on heroic), so I really didn't expect much.
I was sorta upset I was stuck healing in a corner for Blood Princes again. I can't heal ANYTHING in that little corner they stuck me in. I know I am a stronger healer than I lead everyone to believe, but especially on fights like this it's hard to prove it when I am on the bottom of the meters.
I was sorta upset I was stuck healing in a corner for Blood Princes again. I can't heal ANYTHING in that little corner they stuck me in. I know I am a stronger healer than I lead everyone to believe, but especially on fights like this it's hard to prove it when I am on the bottom of the meters.
6/9/10
So I did a little homework...
I've never really theory-crafted before so I highly doubt I will make any sense in the next few paragraphs. I am not gonna go all out with number crunching (yeah, I HATE math) though.
Anyways, I've been eyeing Trauma (Heroic) for a while now... and sure, I am a bit skeptical about the proc rate. It does look sexy to me... and very tempting.
STATS:
+48 Stamina
+52 Intellect
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power
Equip: Increases spell power by 836.
- Sure it lacks the spirit that most of us priests would sell our own souls for (and if it did have Spirit, I think I would spend ALL my DKP for this fucking thing... and maybe promise a few newds if I don't have enough points just so I'd have a chance to get this ^_^), but it's the proc that's making me /drool.
"Each time your spells heal a target you have a chance to cause the target of your heal to heal themselves and friends within 10 yards for 245 each sec for 6 sec." Granted it sucks that the HoT does not scale with spellpower, but that's Blizzard for you.
I've been told time and time again that any self respecting healer is going to give the roll to druids for this. Since one of the two druids we have who was next in line to get this dropped out of the raid scene and the other druid already has this, I think I will be fighting for this item soon. I've been told that it's not that good for holy priests, but hey, I had to find out WHY for myself.
The upside of having a priest is the flexibility of changing play-style without having to re-spec every time. I am a renew-centric for some fights (BQ, for example). Others, I do more Prayer of Mending/Circle of Healing. Let's get down to business.
So Trauma + Holy Priest:
Flash Heal - Well, this sucker don't really pack much of a punch (FML and my weak heals!!! /emo), but when Surge of Light procs, it's a free heal. Would Trauma proc from this? If it does, free heal + HOT = /wowgasm.
Greater Heal - I don't expect much from this spell really. Thank God for Serendipity, but GDI, if my spell actually heals and goes off on a tank, (with the type of healers that I am up again) then I have more to worry about than looking at Recount.
Renew - weak priest HOT. Almost useless really, but it can save the day sometimes.
POM - I don't have much control with this spell since POM jumps between players on it's own. I always think that in fights that have constant AoE damage, this spell would jump around faster then VD would between a class of horny teenagers. Procc chance = high!
Blessed Healing - a proc from having two pieces of Tier 10. Heals for 33% of the initial amount healed over 9 seconds (3 ticks, 1 tick per 3 seconds). If Trauma proccs from ticks... that would be great also.
Prayer of Healing - probably my second favorite preemptive healing spell (alongside Renew). A macro let's me pop my Beserking before I cast this long-ass spell, which cuts the casting time from 2.6 seconds to 2.2 (AKA from 2.5 POH to 3 POHs before Berserking is over.) It heals the target and the 5 people in his party. So if ToonA is within my line of sight and ToonB isn't, as long as ToonA is withing LOS of ToonB then ToonB still gets a heal... as far as I can tell. I tend to use this on the tank group or the melee group, combo'ed with POM/COH most of the time.
Then the icing on the cake (at least that's what my brain is telling me at the moment):
For fights that are Circle of Healing-centric, I can imagine this would proc a LOT. Since it heals 5 people at a time that's technically 5 chances of proccing every time I use CoH. AND THEN, there's the Glyph of Circle of Healing which adds an extra person healed by CoH.
From what I've made sense of personally, it's a pretty good. Not saying I will make a Druid!Tree cry over this. But I am looking at this from a different perspective from when I first started a few weeks ago.
I quote from
healingcouncil.com:
So before we go any further, here’s the unbiased version of “Who is Trauma best for?”
1) Druids
2) Holy Priests
3) Shamans
4) FoL Paladins who are raid healing
5) Disc Priests
Well, lookie who's on spot numero dos! I can't say I won't roll on Frozen Bonespike (Heroic) when it drops. But now I am leaning more towards Trauma right now...
I hope someone is reading this atm and will make more sense of this insanity for me... /CRY
Anyways, I've been eyeing Trauma (Heroic) for a while now... and sure, I am a bit skeptical about the proc rate. It does look sexy to me... and very tempting.
STATS:
+48 Stamina
+52 Intellect
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power
Equip: Increases spell power by 836.
- Sure it lacks the spirit that most of us priests would sell our own souls for (and if it did have Spirit, I think I would spend ALL my DKP for this fucking thing... and maybe promise a few newds if I don't have enough points just so I'd have a chance to get this ^_^), but it's the proc that's making me /drool.
"Each time your spells heal a target you have a chance to cause the target of your heal to heal themselves and friends within 10 yards for 245 each sec for 6 sec." Granted it sucks that the HoT does not scale with spellpower, but that's Blizzard for you.
I've been told time and time again that any self respecting healer is going to give the roll to druids for this. Since one of the two druids we have who was next in line to get this dropped out of the raid scene and the other druid already has this, I think I will be fighting for this item soon. I've been told that it's not that good for holy priests, but hey, I had to find out WHY for myself.
The upside of having a priest is the flexibility of changing play-style without having to re-spec every time. I am a renew-centric for some fights (BQ, for example). Others, I do more Prayer of Mending/Circle of Healing. Let's get down to business.
So Trauma + Holy Priest:
Flash Heal - Well, this sucker don't really pack much of a punch (FML and my weak heals!!! /emo), but when Surge of Light procs, it's a free heal. Would Trauma proc from this? If it does, free heal + HOT = /wowgasm.
Greater Heal - I don't expect much from this spell really. Thank God for Serendipity, but GDI, if my spell actually heals and goes off on a tank, (with the type of healers that I am up again) then I have more to worry about than looking at Recount.
Renew - weak priest HOT. Almost useless really, but it can save the day sometimes.
POM - I don't have much control with this spell since POM jumps between players on it's own. I always think that in fights that have constant AoE damage, this spell would jump around faster then VD would between a class of horny teenagers. Procc chance = high!
Blessed Healing - a proc from having two pieces of Tier 10. Heals for 33% of the initial amount healed over 9 seconds (3 ticks, 1 tick per 3 seconds). If Trauma proccs from ticks... that would be great also.
Prayer of Healing - probably my second favorite preemptive healing spell (alongside Renew). A macro let's me pop my Beserking before I cast this long-ass spell, which cuts the casting time from 2.6 seconds to 2.2 (AKA from 2.5 POH to 3 POHs before Berserking is over.) It heals the target and the 5 people in his party. So if ToonA is within my line of sight and ToonB isn't, as long as ToonA is withing LOS of ToonB then ToonB still gets a heal... as far as I can tell. I tend to use this on the tank group or the melee group, combo'ed with POM/COH most of the time.
Then the icing on the cake (at least that's what my brain is telling me at the moment):
For fights that are Circle of Healing-centric, I can imagine this would proc a LOT. Since it heals 5 people at a time that's technically 5 chances of proccing every time I use CoH. AND THEN, there's the Glyph of Circle of Healing which adds an extra person healed by CoH.
From what I've made sense of personally, it's a pretty good. Not saying I will make a Druid!Tree cry over this. But I am looking at this from a different perspective from when I first started a few weeks ago.
I quote from
healingcouncil.com:
So before we go any further, here’s the unbiased version of “Who is Trauma best for?”
1) Druids
2) Holy Priests
3) Shamans
4) FoL Paladins who are raid healing
5) Disc Priests
Well, lookie who's on spot numero dos! I can't say I won't roll on Frozen Bonespike (Heroic) when it drops. But now I am leaning more towards Trauma right now...
I hope someone is reading this atm and will make more sense of this insanity for me... /CRY
irnub.com
I like this site. A LOT. I plan to write something on the site someday, but yeah, like I have the time nowadays to do that!
Anyways, posting here my thoughts on "The 5 Traits of The Perfect Recruit":
Lootwhores should just be shot. PERIOD. If an applicant suggests a hint of hesitation when it comes to being sat down for some boss fights or not being allowed to roll for loot before trial period is over, send the applicant towards opposite direction. Recruitment officers will save a lot on pain medications that way.
I am COMPLETELY against joint applications. It’s just a dead-giveaway that at least one of the people applying is a chink in a most-likely weaker link. Like mentioned above, if one has any desire to leave the rest is most likely going to follow suit. From my experience (I’ve seen about four group-apps like this before), they brought more drama than the only ‘good’ player in the group was worth and my previous guilds lost more capable raiders from the mass exodus.
I am guilty of rule number 5. I cohabit with a guy who does not play videogames so I get a LOT of boyfriend aggro. I often joke fixing this problem by having a “pre-raid schmex buff” (need I really elaborate?). My guild is quite understanding about this but it’s the reliability factor, not just the attendance factor, that my guild looks at most of the time. Yes, attendance is a definite must and absence is frowned upon. But then again people can be physically there (toon-wise) but not there when it comes to strats, I’d honestly prefer the latter to step out than sit in someone who knows their class and pulls their weight.
Based on the circumstances, I think there should be a minor exception to rule numero uno. If they switched specs because his/her previous guild needed a (insert role), then you know the applicant is a team player. Also an applicant who just recently changed specs/class will most likely have a better understanding of the game. The change of perspective can make an applicant seem like a stronger player in some cases.
Anyways, posting here my thoughts on "The 5 Traits of The Perfect Recruit":
Lootwhores should just be shot. PERIOD. If an applicant suggests a hint of hesitation when it comes to being sat down for some boss fights or not being allowed to roll for loot before trial period is over, send the applicant towards opposite direction. Recruitment officers will save a lot on pain medications that way.
I am COMPLETELY against joint applications. It’s just a dead-giveaway that at least one of the people applying is a chink in a most-likely weaker link. Like mentioned above, if one has any desire to leave the rest is most likely going to follow suit. From my experience (I’ve seen about four group-apps like this before), they brought more drama than the only ‘good’ player in the group was worth and my previous guilds lost more capable raiders from the mass exodus.
I am guilty of rule number 5. I cohabit with a guy who does not play videogames so I get a LOT of boyfriend aggro. I often joke fixing this problem by having a “pre-raid schmex buff” (need I really elaborate?). My guild is quite understanding about this but it’s the reliability factor, not just the attendance factor, that my guild looks at most of the time. Yes, attendance is a definite must and absence is frowned upon. But then again people can be physically there (toon-wise) but not there when it comes to strats, I’d honestly prefer the latter to step out than sit in someone who knows their class and pulls their weight.
Based on the circumstances, I think there should be a minor exception to rule numero uno. If they switched specs because his/her previous guild needed a (insert role), then you know the applicant is a team player. Also an applicant who just recently changed specs/class will most likely have a better understanding of the game. The change of perspective can make an applicant seem like a stronger player in some cases.
Upgrade Night!!!
The title says it all.
Now, weird, yet again that no one wanted Loop of Endless Labyrinth. Hamsteak told me it's not that good for priests, but hey, I needed the hit. That ring helped me get rid of my Icecrown Spire Sandals (cause I desperately needed the hit). I mean, it wasn't bad and I might make the crafted version if the guild seriously wanted me to DPS one day. Otherwise, my Frost Emblems will be spent on Emgalla's DPS tier gear or saronite to craft my other toon's gear.
Finally, Death Surgeon's Sleeves (Heroic) frigging dropped. It's a MAJOR upgrade from my old Bracer of Dark Blessings, that's for both my healing and DPS set. Nightmare Ender dropped for me too, which is BIS for my class. No idea how happy I am atm.
Now, weird, yet again that no one wanted Loop of Endless Labyrinth. Hamsteak told me it's not that good for priests, but hey, I needed the hit. That ring helped me get rid of my Icecrown Spire Sandals (cause I desperately needed the hit). I mean, it wasn't bad and I might make the crafted version if the guild seriously wanted me to DPS one day. Otherwise, my Frost Emblems will be spent on Emgalla's DPS tier gear or saronite to craft my other toon's gear.
Finally, Death Surgeon's Sleeves (Heroic) frigging dropped. It's a MAJOR upgrade from my old Bracer of Dark Blessings, that's for both my healing and DPS set. Nightmare Ender dropped for me too, which is BIS for my class. No idea how happy I am atm.
6/8/10
GLEEK!!!
OK, so this time, my title has NOTHING to do with WoW... but I can't sleep and I don't feel like logging back online to level my warlock (Luciferine). But I am obsessed with GLEE!!!
I've always liked music. "Music is my life" that's a good motto for me. I like singing and dancing, and I can't do either without music!... well I could but then I'd look silly dancing with no music blasting around me and I can't pull off that many a capellas without looking like a total retard. I've always wanted to be in the arts, but I don't see making $$$ from it since I'm not that good. I'd be very passionate about it (as I am with most of the things I do) but talent is something I'm lacking so I've burst those dream-bubbles ages ago.
Still, I wish I had a passionate (and hot!!!) teacher like Mr. Schuester. Then I wouldn't have minded coming in to school before classes started or freezing my butt off in the auditorium while he screamed at me for having too much vibrato or being all crackly. Yeah, I am pro-school-funding of the arts. If I ever become rich, I hope to give back to my high school for music classes. We didn't have any at all besides the band teacher playing the piano to the same tunes for months cause we couldn't afford sheet music for other themes than showtunes.
Anyways back to the gaming world...
A few of my buddies and I have been leveling our lowbies together. They actually caught up with my toon's level, we're all at level 50-ish now. But I don't want to hold them back because I will most likely slack off when it's not my days off again. I want to level my warlock, but then I'd feel pressured to do so.
Seriously do I need another 80? I have five but I've abandoned one in Hydraxis...FOUR is enough! Or is it?
I've always liked music. "Music is my life" that's a good motto for me. I like singing and dancing, and I can't do either without music!... well I could but then I'd look silly dancing with no music blasting around me and I can't pull off that many a capellas without looking like a total retard. I've always wanted to be in the arts, but I don't see making $$$ from it since I'm not that good. I'd be very passionate about it (as I am with most of the things I do) but talent is something I'm lacking so I've burst those dream-bubbles ages ago.
Still, I wish I had a passionate (and hot!!!) teacher like Mr. Schuester. Then I wouldn't have minded coming in to school before classes started or freezing my butt off in the auditorium while he screamed at me for having too much vibrato or being all crackly. Yeah, I am pro-school-funding of the arts. If I ever become rich, I hope to give back to my high school for music classes. We didn't have any at all besides the band teacher playing the piano to the same tunes for months cause we couldn't afford sheet music for other themes than showtunes.
Anyways back to the gaming world...
A few of my buddies and I have been leveling our lowbies together. They actually caught up with my toon's level, we're all at level 50-ish now. But I don't want to hold them back because I will most likely slack off when it's not my days off again. I want to level my warlock, but then I'd feel pressured to do so.
Seriously do I need another 80? I have five but I've abandoned one in Hydraxis...FOUR is enough! Or is it?
6/6/10
/headdesk
It's been one shitty weekend for me really. The pollen count has been off the charts and I've been feeling down. As much as I don't want to whine about it, I wish I wasn't as affected by allergies.
At least this week's been good to my toons.
Instead of bringing in my hunter(Empresse) for the ICC-25 run yesterday, I brought in my druid (Koraya) instead. I pretty much sunk closer to the bottom of the meters (yeah, being undergeared is pretty shitty) but I at least was able to kick serious ass against some people who were waaay better geared than me (not gonna tell who!). At least I was a few hundred Gearscore higher after I was done. I got enough Ashen Verdict reputation to get my Ashen Band of Destruction. Then I received Helm of the Elder Moon and Bone Sentinel's Amulet. And with Frost Badges, I bought Belt of Petrified Ivy. Yeah, biatch is getting geared.
I asked Dogghead if he was willing to start a 25-man TOC (yeah seriously, why don't I EVER learn my lesson here?). I tanked on my paladin (Ezraelle) alongside Huntiez's warrior (Deezen). We did pretty well, granted some dumb moments from me and a few people. And I gots me some lewts, Legionnaire's Gorget and Belt of Bloodied Scars.
Then tonight I was just going to chill and be high on pain meds when a new guildie, Mistaroboto (who I've ran raids with a few times before) asked if people wanted to come to ICC 10. I volunteered to bring my pally.
They had me tanking Muradin on heroic... on the Alliance side! That was a first time for me, I always tanked the Horde side. Everything else went pretty well, at least to me. Now, I've never gone past Saurfang so tanking the Plague Wing was new to me. Festergut was pretty easy cause all I have to do is taunt. Rotface wasn't too fun with the running around chasing green goo and watching them make angry red goo-babies that tried to kill me. Then Putricide which made me cry a little. We would've done a one-shot if it weren't for my screen freezing and me losing aggro on the boss early in the fight but at least the second try was pretty perfect. I was given The Facelifter, which was a total upgrade from my old 232 mainhand.
All in all I did a few dumb things inexperienced tanks do, like go LOS from the healers and standing on the wrong spots. I guess I am going to have to pay more attention to the tanks when we bring in our mains for raids if I wanna continue tanking.
At least this week's been good to my toons.
Instead of bringing in my hunter(Empresse) for the ICC-25 run yesterday, I brought in my druid (Koraya) instead. I pretty much sunk closer to the bottom of the meters (yeah, being undergeared is pretty shitty) but I at least was able to kick serious ass against some people who were waaay better geared than me (not gonna tell who!). At least I was a few hundred Gearscore higher after I was done. I got enough Ashen Verdict reputation to get my Ashen Band of Destruction. Then I received Helm of the Elder Moon and Bone Sentinel's Amulet. And with Frost Badges, I bought Belt of Petrified Ivy. Yeah, biatch is getting geared.
I asked Dogghead if he was willing to start a 25-man TOC (yeah seriously, why don't I EVER learn my lesson here?). I tanked on my paladin (Ezraelle) alongside Huntiez's warrior (Deezen). We did pretty well, granted some dumb moments from me and a few people. And I gots me some lewts, Legionnaire's Gorget and Belt of Bloodied Scars.
Then tonight I was just going to chill and be high on pain meds when a new guildie, Mistaroboto (who I've ran raids with a few times before) asked if people wanted to come to ICC 10. I volunteered to bring my pally.
They had me tanking Muradin on heroic... on the Alliance side! That was a first time for me, I always tanked the Horde side. Everything else went pretty well, at least to me. Now, I've never gone past Saurfang so tanking the Plague Wing was new to me. Festergut was pretty easy cause all I have to do is taunt. Rotface wasn't too fun with the running around chasing green goo and watching them make angry red goo-babies that tried to kill me. Then Putricide which made me cry a little. We would've done a one-shot if it weren't for my screen freezing and me losing aggro on the boss early in the fight but at least the second try was pretty perfect. I was given The Facelifter, which was a total upgrade from my old 232 mainhand.
All in all I did a few dumb things inexperienced tanks do, like go LOS from the healers and standing on the wrong spots. I guess I am going to have to pay more attention to the tanks when we bring in our mains for raids if I wanna continue tanking.
6/4/10
ALERT: Achievement Spam!!!
I always thought that Dogghead was the more semi-sane officers (yeah, fuck that idea) that I follow around (I *am* a healer and I like raiding on off-nights LOL) but dear god, that boy is gonna give me grey hair. He advertised a 10-man ICC run. I didn't realize til it was all too late that he was gonna have a Suicidal AKA Achievement Run. Not that I'm complaining that much. We didn't wipe that many times but at least I am a few steps closer to my mount.
Achievements includes:
Portal Jockey
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion...
Dances with Oozes
Flu Shot Shortage
I'm on a Boat
Full House
Achievements includes:
Portal Jockey
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion...
Dances with Oozes
Flu Shot Shortage
I'm on a Boat
Full House
6/2/10
Oh btw WTF is a Nibelung? Who cares, it's MINE!!!
Since I started going Shadow for some fights because my DPS have been soooo low, I have been bummed. Low DPS, Low HPS... girlie is having problems making any sense of this ok!!! /CRY
*inhale*
Well yesterday, my saving grace... Nibelung (Heroic) dropped! I found it odd that no one wanted it. (Maybe it's the lack of actual stats?) So I alt-tabbed and checked out shadowpriest.com and see what they said about it. As usual, I think there was mixed feelings about the item and that it's more for vanity if anything... but it sure beat anything I had at the moment.
Then earlier today, Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Handwraps dropped for me in Vault of Archavon. I am glad to report that after some gemming and enchanting... I did 5200 DPS on a heroic dummy.
/FLEX
*inhale*
Well yesterday, my saving grace... Nibelung (Heroic) dropped! I found it odd that no one wanted it. (Maybe it's the lack of actual stats?) So I alt-tabbed and checked out shadowpriest.com and see what they said about it. As usual, I think there was mixed feelings about the item and that it's more for vanity if anything... but it sure beat anything I had at the moment.
Then earlier today, Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Handwraps dropped for me in Vault of Archavon. I am glad to report that after some gemming and enchanting... I did 5200 DPS on a heroic dummy.
/FLEX
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