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WotLK: What will I be doing…

Posted On Monday, September 8th, 2008 By Jay

Ahh!  Wrath of the Lich King.  There’s so much to accomplish!  Blog Azeroth started a shared topic:  What will you be doing when the expansion hits?  I will be doing the following:
Busting Rerollmuch to 80
I have plenty of alts that can do the quest lines at a later date.  I would like to clarify that i LOVE the Scarlet Crusade story line.  I played through WC3 and WC3: Frozen Throne.  I am very familiar with Warcraft Lore, knowing that the next point makes more sense.
Gearing for the Raid game
That’s right folks!  I am SUPER excited to be able to down Arthas!  I can say without a doubt that due to my choices in guild recruitment (I prefer playing with my RL friends) tier 6 of BC was locked out to me.  I have no one to blame except for myself.  In Wrath, I will be an avid, exceptional and excited 10 man raider!  I can’t wait to glib that jerk face Arthas!
Enjoying leveling enchanting to 450 on Rerollmuch
That’s self explanatory. I’m still up in arms about the inscriptions. I imagine I will eventually level inscription to 450. I foresee that inscription + enchanting will be the required Continue Reading

Priest Survival Series – Shaman

Posted On Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 By Jay

Welcome to another addition of the priest survival series!  With the expansion around the corner, I figured it would be better to wrap up this series as soon as possible to make room for Priest Survival Series 2.0 ala WotLK.
First things first, let’s examine the differences in Shaman specs.  Unlike Paladins, shaman can either be a handful in 1 on 1(enhancement) or a cakewalk(resto, but annoying!).  This isn’t to say that any 1 on 1 battle against another opponent will be more or less, it largely depends on their skill and your awareness.  Let’s jump right in!
Enhancement
You’ll be able to spot these guys easily, they sport two weapons!  Most important to watch is that they have below 8k mana.  This is an important area to watch for one simple reason!  MANA BURNZ!  That’s right folks, you’ll be juggling three tasks to bring down these dual wielding punks:

Mana Burn
Totem Killing
Fearing

You’re best defenses don’t work against a good shaman.  Don’t bother putting up shield or renew (unless rank 1, be mindful of global cooldown) it’ll just get purged.  Juggle AE fear and mana burn.  Drop the AE bomb after killing their tremor totem if any.  Juggle mana burn and healing as you Continue Reading