Sunday, October 26, 2008

Ding 67!

Did some more questing in Zang, enough to get the Reservoir Key, and then went in to the Underbog to finish two quests that I had picked up.
For some reason this time around the final boss in there caused me a lot of trouble, as opposed to clean kill the first time.

Firmly got the grins into 67.

Gathering quests really takes the fun out of boxing though, I'll be heading to the Auchindoun instances next I think.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Ding 66!

Spent a bit of time questing in Zangarmarsh (collection quests are a pain, and Zang seem to have a lot of them).
That got the grins to 66, and another 20% - Not sure if I should keep questing here or move on to the next set of instances - 66 is a bit high for Zang.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Slave Pens and Underbog Cleared!

Went back and cleared Slave Pens and Underbog, the grin's are now about 45 minutes of questing from 66 - Which I'll get to asap.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ding 65!


Well, did get quite a lot of WoW playing in the last 2-3 days - But most of it spent doing MC/Onyxia/BWL on Perrigrin to get the achievements.

Also did a few of the Halloween events on him.

Then I re-ran Ramparts, Blood Furnace and Slave Pens to get the achievements unlocked - and some experience. Just as I was killing the 2nd boss in the Slave Pens they announced server downtime though - Will be down 2 flipping hours on a Saturday! :(

At least the grins got to level 65 just before I had to log off.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Glyphs

Next decision that needs to be made is what Glyphs to get. A quick look at the AH this morning shows that there are plenty to buy, but at quite steep prices given how many there are available.

At 70, you can have 2 major and 3 minor - So that's what I need for Perrigrin, at this point the shamans can get 2 of each.

This is what I think I will use for minors:
Glyph of Lay on Hands - sounds quite useful for a minor considering what else there is to chose from.
Glyph of Sense Undead - Not to bad, even if it's very situational.
Glyph of the Wise - Sounds quite interesting.

I haven't been able to get hold of any minors yet.

For majors I installed Glyph of Righteous Defense and Glyph of Spiritual Attunement.

I'll decide on the shamans later, now it's time to fix buttons, addons and macros.

Shaman Talent Spec

Will stay with 4x elemental spec's for now, going to try this one.

Biggest question here is if the "fire skills" are worth going for, as I've been playing so far I don't use the fire damage attacks at all - So saving it for now.

Paladin Talent Spec

Well, been looking over Paladin specs, and think I will try this one.

The main questions are:

Do I want Kings?
For raids, probably yes (depending on spec's of other paladins) - For leveling as a 5 boxer, I think I can live without it.

Do I want Reckoning?
Probably not for a raiding spec, but if I skip Kings the points are not bad to have there for some extra damage.

Is the Improved Devotion Aura worth it?
Once I start to hit 70+ content, I am sure it is going to be worth it. Before that it's probably not necessary (I use Retribution Aura most of the time). Since I'm not going for Kings in this build, I do have the points for it now though, so will be trying it.

Is Guarded by the Light worth it?
I'm getting it for the mana cost reduction, but the points might be better spent on Improved Judgments.

Is Shield of the Templar worth it?
Extra damage is nice, once the shaman are 70+ it might be worth trading it for the mana save of Improved Judgments.

"Echoes of Doom" Released!

While I've been having great fun with Warhammer the last few weeks, I think that WoW will now get some attention.

Patch 3.0.2 - "Echoes of Doom" - among many other things means that leveling 60-70 will be quicker, and I should have a fair chance of having the shamans at 70 before the release of Lich King in about a month.

3.0.2 changed a lot of things though, talents and add-ons needs to be redone, so I don't expect to get any proper play time until I got that sorted.

Check out the patch notes here.