I've been feeling pretty down on myself lately. The other night in Firelands, I really struggled with trapping moving mobs that are walking in a square formation. Mainly it's the one in the back corner. When I wasn't failing at that, I accidentally used the wrong trap. Then my trap launcher expired just as I pressed the trap, so it didn't launch. Basically full of fail. I wish I could say that my guild was patient and understanding, but that would be a lie. I'm sure with some practice I can do this better, but people, including myself, have taken for granted targeting. It's a different story when you're trying to line up moving mobs, the arc of the trap, and where and when it will land. Then some smartass had to put on my note The Trapmaster, which I'm not sure was meant in fun or just being a plain jackhole. It's sad that I can't even tell. (I nicely changed my note to F*ck off :)) The whole ordeal has made me really heartsick for my old guild, for many reasons outside this incident. I just miss them all; their personalities, our inside jokes. I hope they are all doing well.
I miss you druid Covington!
Besides feeling sorry for myself, I'm kind of getting sick of this DPS thing. I would really like to try and heal raids again, but we have a pretty full roster, and it's well balanced as far as classes go. I don't know who I'd heal on or who I'd force to dps. I'm thinking of talking to my GM to see if there is anyway or anyone who wanted to start dpsing or something. I'm already kind of the "backup" healer in case someone falls into a ditch, but I'd like to be more than that. I would really like to get back into healing.
Shaman Blankets
I'm kinda freaked out. I've been leveling my Shaman and running instances on her, healing. Man, do I never go oom. This must be some kind of imbalance between my level, my mana pool, and the costs of spells. I did not go to 50% once. I probably didn't even hit 75%. But from what I have seen and what I can tell, I have a feeling this won't be the case at level 85, so I'm trying to be really cautious about this security blanket that's forming around me. Man the mastery is kind of cool though. With the points I have, my heals will do up to 47% more depending on how low my target's health. Talk about one cast healing. My Greater Healing Wave crit for 50k and brought our tank full up. Man my jaw dropped. To the floor. All the way down. I'm really liking Shaman heals.
Oh oh! I tamed something!
I FINALLY tamed Solix. It took me two attempts and some dying. And some of him dying. But I finally got him! I'm really excited. But now I need more slots. I let go of Aotona because I think he will be easiest to get back. I do have some normal pets, such as a Seagull and the ghost saber from Darkshore, but they have some sentimental value. My boyfriend is attached to the Seagull which he named Mine (Finding Nemo reference). And my ghost saber was a product of me, my old friends Naee and Abarai, journeying to Darkshore at low levels and getting in a duel fight with some Alliance paladin. It was good times.
Anyways, Solix involves kiting him until his energy bar is around 30 ish or so. If it reaches zero, he will die. The best thing to do, is drop a Frost Trap, Concussive Shot him every cd, and just run. When he is tameable, just drop another Frost Trap, Concussive Shot and tame.
He's really pretty, and besides the red lava spider, he is my favorite look for the lava spider. I think Orange is a very good color for one. The Green one, Kirix, who I also have, is a weird color for one, if you ask me. Because you know. lava is orange. I'm thinking I would like Dethalic, blue lava spider, but he is the hardest to come by. I have yet to see him (and I've now seen them all). We'll see. I really can't do much with no slots left :(
Brewfest!
First one of the night, after the whole raid trap debauchery, and I received, in my keg, a nice shiny Brewfest Kodo. Karma? I hope so. Maybe it's Blizzard trying to make me not quit.
I hope I feel better
To be honest, most of these bad feelings may stem from being REALLY tired. I am still working 30 hours a week and on my off time, heading to class. I've had tests, assignments, photo shoots and the like to do.
Garrosh Hellscream
I have been working on blog about Garrosh Hellscream. He's quite the interesting character, and from my perspective, extremely misunderstood. A lot of it has to do with Blizzard and what they want you to see, and what they end up showing you. Most people dislike him, but I think people dislike him for the wrong reasons. There are a lot of misconceptions about his role in the current Horde, which can be easily dispelled by a simple lore lesson. Anyways, I hope this explains my current obsession with him. In my best scenario, I would hope that Blizzard would give him a book, the way they did Varian, and build his character, humble him a little and make him the leader he has the potential to be. Of course, he won't be. He'll probably die some death that Blizzard will hope we will see as heroic, but most people will be excited he's dead. Blizz is too busy building Thrall up.
Anyways, I hope I can get the entry up soon. It will take a while because I really want it to be well written.
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