Well anouther toon reaches level 68, this time my shaman - Ruadia. She's off to Northrend. I first went to Houling Fjorge, got slautered a few times and then decided to go to Borean Tundra instead. So far did a few quests.

Well Ruadia is running in Outland leveling as elemental. It's a change from my previous enchancement spec, but it's cool, although a bit blant. Lightning bolt lightning bolt etc.... I'm also working on my leatherworking, will see how much I like it.

Entering Outland! Ruadia is 58 and ready to go to outland!

I've started school, and with my crazy classes I don't feel like I have enough time to raid with my guild anymore. So I've been leveling my shaman on the alliance side. It's kind of quiet since I'm not part of any guild with my Ruadai.

Now as far as leveling Shamans, they become really fun once you get dual specking for enchancement. I leveled enchancement all the way to level 58 when I went to Outland. Here I switched to elemental and never looked back. I'd say both specs are fun and very powerful to DPS with. But elemental provided a nice switch to something different. The other big advantage of Outland is there is gear for every spec. In vanilla wow most of the gear you'll find would be more for enchancement spec.

Finally I've also picked up and leveled leather working to the level appropriate for the outland (300). So far so good. Although I have to learn what to make that sells well. Unlike my blacksmithing where almost everything sold, this one is a bit less certain. Still I think I'll be able to recuperate and make money even before northrend. Just to note I bought very few leather, most of the leather I used I saved up my self from skinning. Now the key is to make things people would want to buy.

Today Medivh server has been down all day long.  Very dissapointing since I wanted to level my druid more. Meanwhile I've been playing on the beta server.  I've been doing some PVP in the battle grounds as well as some PVE agains level 80 mobs.  Here is what I found:

Druid - Love PVP, PVE is also cool.  I've respecked heavy balance and a bit of healing.  Moonkin for PVE and Moonking/Healer for PVP.  I like the PVE, but PVP is wicked.  The Hot Healing is soo cool in PVP.

Mage - Love PVE.  I specked fire so far, but it's awsome.  I can two shot a mob easily.  However in PVP i did not enjoy it.  Probably because for PVP i need to spec frost.  Next time I'll try that.

Shaman - Tried all three specs, not very successfull in PVP, and PVE is kinda boring.  Shamans are too confusing with all the totems and spells.  Not my cup of tea.
Hopefully my regular server will be up tomorow to play my druid.

Oh by they way, cleared out ZA for the first time with my lock.  It was cool.  Great group with my guildies.

I've been playing WoW for quite some time now. But only recently have I joined the "club" of endgame play. Since now I have a level 70 character I began to "re-learn" the game. It seems that when it comes to traditional roles in this game most of the characters level their toon based on a specific spec or two that allowes for the fastest leveling. This could be most damage or the most resource efficient way to level. However, that all changes once you get to 70 because now characters begin to specialize.

I will reveal my ignorance and will say that for quite some time I though that Priests are the best healers in the game. The other healers had their ability as a nice-to-have. So I never thought of druids, shamans or paladins as "healers". I begin to see my error. Running some of the level 70 dungeons I begin to see the awsome healing powers of the healing specked Druids and Shamans and even Paladins. In fact, I have seen some encounters where Shamans or Druids performed better then Priests. Once again, this was due to my ignorance, but I believe that that ignorance is widespread.

Yestaday was my first day of running and instance as a healer. I ran my human priest Svyatoslav through the Deadmines. We had a cool group, and ran quickly through the instance. Even though I had terrible lag on my computer, I was able to heal just fine.

It was actually fun, to let other people dish out the damage, and my job being only to heal them and pick up the loot. It also gave me a good deal of experience. I think dungeons for a healer is a great way to level and get great gear.

So I switched to Alliance to get a fresh start with my WoW. I've been playing horde all this time, and I think I need a change. I've been leveling my Draeni Shaman, Ruadia. She's a lot of fun and already at level 33. But I'm intrigued by the Priest class. So today I made my Human Priest, Svyatoslav.

I've been playing WoW for a few years now.  After playing the game for so long you start asking your self why do I play?  Well maybe not as much of that, but how do I keep fun and excitement in my game after doing so much of the game already.  So I think that is why I am drawn to playing some of the classes that I used to totally avoid before.  Healing, playing in groups a lot, not dealing a lot of damage?  All of these were a big no-no for me in the past.  Being a warlock allowed me to solo most of the quests, and just be in the groups when I really needed to be there, and still be just an DPS, no decisions or responsibilities on my shoulders.

Playing a healing class, or a hybrid class is more of a challenge for me, since it will be a totally different play style.  So that is the fun and excitement to learn how to play something completely different.  I guess also to learn how to be more social in the game and group more often.  And grouping is an art in itself!

Recently my friend switched to playing horde, from playing Alliance. He finally saw the light! :) Actually the main reason he switched, was because he likes playing in the battle grounds and he was constantly losing there.

So he rolled a priest, and I rolled a Mage. We went with Undead first, but then rerolled to blood elves, for the aesthetic reasons. Well he's priest is of course at a much higher level then my Mage, since he plays him exclusively and I split my time between the warlock and the Mage.

Well after getting my Mage to level 24, I have to say I don't like playing with him. The nuke nuke nuke drink routine is not me! I am so spoiled with my warlock of grinding with no downtime, this drinking is very annoying. Also, if you get the mob on you, two hits and you're dead! So i can say that I'm dead a lot!

I think I'm rerolling a Shaman. I actually enjoyed levelling my Draeni Shaman, until my friend stoped playing the Alliance, and so did I.

So why shaman, well I like the idea of hitting with spells, but then being able to take the beating if needed, and also healing yourself. Similar to Druid ( which I have at level 22 and still found easier to play with then my Mage), but less switching around from for to form.

Shaman will be my utility character. I am not one of the people who loves to play with others too much, so a character who can take care of himself is what I need. A Warlock was that for me with Voidwalker, and especially once I got my Fellguard. I hope that Shaman can be his own utility knife.