tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post4518905864902875860..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: The Second HunterTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-88508470243526851142011-11-20T06:28:25.502-05:002011-11-20T06:28:25.502-05:00I think having multiple copies of the same class f...I think having multiple copies of the same class for different reasons is a perfectly fine way to play. <br /><br />My three priests in the guild, all at 85, and profession capped various ways, provide me the basic foundation of my team of characters. Whether noticed or not, I do play each of the three somewhat differently. It is not just due to each character being my primary one for a spec: (Shadow/DPS), Holy/heals), and (Discipline/heals).<br /><br />(S/DPS) is my most confident character. I know I can play this class and continue to do better. It is slower "getting better" than I sometimes like, but it is a steady and perceptible improvement. <br /><br />Being able to live and die on being DPS means constant effort to improve things. It means trying to be perfect on every key stroke, timing things perfectly. <br /><br />I don't care what anyone else thinks on it, being a good shadow priest is hard. Don't clip your DoTs, keep your DoTs always up. Watch for orbs to proc so you can get a proper Mind Blast off. Gotta keep up raid awareness, both for bad stuff on the floor. Super-emergency heals, and reverting back to Shadow form after. And on top of all that, got game mechanics keeping up a usually random run for your life, when an important part of your spell rotation has cast times, which requires standing perfectly still for the duration of the cast. <br /><br />(H/H) is a lot easier to play in terms of personal pressure. I have other rock-solid healers with me. We have healed together enough that we know what each other can and will do (including who is likeliest to disconnect, lol). Though I use the old fashioned system of the blizzard UI raid frames, modified slightly by CT_Mod, clicking each green and other colored health bar seems natural to me. I see someone hurt, or if I think someone will get hurt, I click the name, press the hotkey heal button on my PC Keyboard, and viola, they are on the road to health, happiness and wisdom...or I keep on casting until they are...lol. <br /><br />With this character, I know what I am doing, I am doing it as well as my gear and ability allows, and with that, I can talk more on vent with things both pertinent and sometimes not...I won't say it is mindless, for it can be quite exciting sometimes playing "whack a mole" as a healer. Even so, I can and do communicate more information to others during raids, hence my holy healing priest is basically my most outgoing priest in terms of personality. <br /><br />(D/Heals) is my third priest, and unfortunate for her, I don't care to use Discipline for healing , as it simply isn't as fun to me as opposed to Holy. That gives her the role of the quiet stay at home sister, competent in her role as my jeweler and not satisfied with her role in the life of WoW. <br /><br />I also use an addon named MyRolePlay, and have all 3 of my priests listed as sisters with the same family name, and a bit of data entered. So your notion of role playing on a non RP server is shared by me as well.<br /><br />I suspect I am even guiltier of starting up priests just to be starting yet another member of a class I love to play. In fact I would be willing to believe that a good number of folks playing on non-RP servers invest in at least a bit of a RP attitude. And have multiple copies of their favorite class on one server.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77154388528449838252011-11-17T16:06:35.527-05:002011-11-17T16:06:35.527-05:00After trying a hunter again,I remembered they are ...After trying a hunter again,I remembered they are a lot of fun, and ever so overpowered at low levels, I went on some sort of crazy killing spree after running to Tirisfall to get a specific pet. I killed a level 20 rare at 14 on my way back.obscurefoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784797439811736598noreply@blogger.com