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I'm a bit late to announce this, seeing as how we accomplished the feat on Monday night, but the Summer of Sindragosa has officially come to an end for my raiding team.
Summer is tough on all raid teams really, and we struggled as much as, if not moreso, than any other typical raiding team. As a reminder, we only raid one night a week, and only for two hours. Monday night the stars aligned so that all three of our healers were there, and everyone in the raid was now familiar with the fight. We normally two heal content, and only use our Third Healer to help us learn new fights, or when the mechanics of the fight specifically call for a third healer (i.e. Dreamwalker). Our successful strategy included our ever-flexible Shaman of Awesomeness in his healing spec, DPSing during the first phase, and healing during the second (with every innervate and Power Infusion reserved for him for his mana reserves).
The Summer and the Roster
To give you some context on how brutal summer issues can be to a raid, let's look at some numbers. When you only raid 2 hours a week, attendance issues are severely magnified, however, due to the fact that we only raid 2 hours a week, it is generally less common that we even have issues in the first place. But even we struggled with the summer blues.
Now, to look at roster changes. We had two nights of working on Sindy before we began having roster problems, and had a role switch, most specifically of one of our tanks. While this did not have a negative impact on the fight itself, as the new tank is incredibly good, it did cause a lot of slowdown, as we felt that our new tank, who was normally a DPS, had never tanked in ICC, should get a chance to tank through the entire raid up to and including Sindragosa, so we reset. And then we had two weeks of having to sub some people, and getting new people up to speed on the fight and everything that goes along with that.
The Power of the Versatile Third Healer
So let's talk about the healing makeup. Of the five separate nights we worked on Sindragosa, 2 of those nights were with only two healers (however, on one of those nights we had a shadow priest, and that helped). This was not intentional, and certainly not what we wanted, but our SuperShaman went away for a couple of weeks to do summer things and he is completely irreplacable as it turns out.
Okay well, I think I've gotten carried away with my entire meta-analysis of our Sindy attempts. There were a lot of factors contributing to our final kill that Fulguralis discussed in more detail. He's great at talking strats, and I'm much better at talking stats, if you will, so I tip my hat (which is the same one he wears) to his discussion of it.
I hate it when our Third Healer is gone, but I hope we are never guilty of taking his flexibility for granted. It's one thing to be willing to switch specs for different fights, but quite another thing to ask someone to switch roles so drastically during the fight itself. "Stay in your healing spec, but do damage that will be inefficient and kill your mana and is completely out of your comfort zone!" I mean, really, who asks for that kind of thing?
Me, actually. And it totally worked. Damn that kid is awesome.
I leave you with the required screenshot of a situation in which I hope to spend much less time indulging now that Sindy has died.
Summer is tough on all raid teams really, and we struggled as much as, if not moreso, than any other typical raiding team. As a reminder, we only raid one night a week, and only for two hours. Monday night the stars aligned so that all three of our healers were there, and everyone in the raid was now familiar with the fight. We normally two heal content, and only use our Third Healer to help us learn new fights, or when the mechanics of the fight specifically call for a third healer (i.e. Dreamwalker). Our successful strategy included our ever-flexible Shaman of Awesomeness in his healing spec, DPSing during the first phase, and healing during the second (with every innervate and Power Infusion reserved for him for his mana reserves).
The Summer and the Roster
To give you some context on how brutal summer issues can be to a raid, let's look at some numbers. When you only raid 2 hours a week, attendance issues are severely magnified, however, due to the fact that we only raid 2 hours a week, it is generally less common that we even have issues in the first place. But even we struggled with the summer blues.
- June 7th: Our first attempt on Sindragosa.
- Total number of attempts before first kill: 31
- Total number of nights we attempted Sindragosa: 5 (total amount of time spent on her is probably around 8-9 hours)
- 7 Attempts at 20% buff.
- 8 Attempts at 25% buff.
- 16 Attempts at 30% buff.
Now, to look at roster changes. We had two nights of working on Sindy before we began having roster problems, and had a role switch, most specifically of one of our tanks. While this did not have a negative impact on the fight itself, as the new tank is incredibly good, it did cause a lot of slowdown, as we felt that our new tank, who was normally a DPS, had never tanked in ICC, should get a chance to tank through the entire raid up to and including Sindragosa, so we reset. And then we had two weeks of having to sub some people, and getting new people up to speed on the fight and everything that goes along with that.
The Power of the Versatile Third Healer
So let's talk about the healing makeup. Of the five separate nights we worked on Sindragosa, 2 of those nights were with only two healers (however, on one of those nights we had a shadow priest, and that helped). This was not intentional, and certainly not what we wanted, but our SuperShaman went away for a couple of weeks to do summer things and he is completely irreplacable as it turns out.
- night 1 (7 attempts): 3 healers. Shaman, Druid, Priest.
- night 2 (8 attempts): 2 healers. Druid & Priest. (Shaman on DPS)
- night 3 (2 attempts): 2 healers. Druid & Priest. (Shaman out of town)
- night 4 (7 attempts): 2 healers. Druid & Priest, but Shadow Priest present (Shaman out of town)
- night 5 (7 attempts): alternating attempts with both 2 healers and 3, Druid, Priest, and Shaman. Our final kill had our shaman DPSing during the first phase, and healing during the second.
Okay well, I think I've gotten carried away with my entire meta-analysis of our Sindy attempts. There were a lot of factors contributing to our final kill that Fulguralis discussed in more detail. He's great at talking strats, and I'm much better at talking stats, if you will, so I tip my hat (which is the same one he wears) to his discussion of it.
I hate it when our Third Healer is gone, but I hope we are never guilty of taking his flexibility for granted. It's one thing to be willing to switch specs for different fights, but quite another thing to ask someone to switch roles so drastically during the fight itself. "Stay in your healing spec, but do damage that will be inefficient and kill your mana and is completely out of your comfort zone!" I mean, really, who asks for that kind of thing?
Me, actually. And it totally worked. Damn that kid is awesome.
I leave you with the required screenshot of a situation in which I hope to spend much less time indulging now that Sindy has died.
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Do you know who the awesomest person in a 10man raid is?
No, it's not the tank.
Not the raid leader.
Also, not me (I'm second though; Nice try you brown-noser!).
It's the Third Healer.
See, the Third Healer is the magical person who agrees to bounce back and forth between a healing and a DPS spec at your every whim. When you're testing out new strategies and logistics on new bosses, that Third Healer is the lynchpin to success.
When I'm running a raid (I use the word "running" because I don't technically lead, because that requires me to click things like "give people assist" and mark people and that's totally hard, and also, I get really mad when people talk over me, and then I shut up and pout, so it's usually better if someone else takes the official leading role, even if I'm bossing him around from the background... ahem), I like to try new bosses with an eye for surviving as long as possible on our first few attempts. I don't care about enrage timers; I want everyone to live as long as possible so that they can see as much of the boss fight as possible, and get into the swing of things.
And that, my friends, is where the Third Healer comes in.
Our Third Healer is a Resto/Elemental Shammy. He is the perfect Third Healer. What does it take to be a great Third Healer?
This shammy is the best at all those things. The other two healers in our raid DO have off-specs, of course. We *could* DPS if needed. I have a very nice Shadow set, and though I'm not going to top any meters, I could probably... well, still come in dead last but not by a huge margin. The druid healer who sits next to me, however, isn't even hit-capped on his off-spec.
The Shammy in question, however, is never a waste of resources. He can top the DPS when that's his assignment, and he can also top the effective heals when he's healing. He can tank heal if needed. He can raid heal if needed. As a shaman, he is not particularly strong on the mobility front, but that's a feature of his class - not him as a player. And I don't fret about that too much, because the Disc Priest and the Resto Druid have mobility coming out the... well.
Because he is constantly switching back and forth to help us out as we learn new bosses, I have a Third Healer loot rule. That means that his main-spec and off-spec are one and the same for loot purposes. We don't really have strict rules in our raid, it's mostly based on courtesy - if someone has already won something, they can still roll, but we'll give priority to someone who hasn't won anything yet (for the record, this is sooo much easier to do in a 10 man raid!). We do, however, give priority to people's main specs. For the Third Healer, however, he can roll on anything that would benefit either of his specs.
It sure helps that the person who made that rule, however, is one of the healers against whom he will be rolling for items. Not sure how well that would go over if the other healers didn't agree with this philosophy.
Anyway, the point of all this, is that if you are starting to put together some ten man raids, if you are learning new fights - bring someone who can deeps AND heal, and is flexible enough, and willing enough to do both. And don't screw them on loot - you WANT them to maintain a good healing set as well as a good dps set. And that's not always easy!
That Third Healer is integral to learning new fights, especially if you're a pretty casual bunch.
A toast to our Third Healer, who helped us learn every boss in ICC so far!
No, it's not the tank.
Not the raid leader.
Also, not me (I'm second though; Nice try you brown-noser!).
It's the Third Healer.
See, the Third Healer is the magical person who agrees to bounce back and forth between a healing and a DPS spec at your every whim. When you're testing out new strategies and logistics on new bosses, that Third Healer is the lynchpin to success.
When I'm running a raid (I use the word "running" because I don't technically lead, because that requires me to click things like "give people assist" and mark people and that's totally hard, and also, I get really mad when people talk over me, and then I shut up and pout, so it's usually better if someone else takes the official leading role, even if I'm bossing him around from the background... ahem), I like to try new bosses with an eye for surviving as long as possible on our first few attempts. I don't care about enrage timers; I want everyone to live as long as possible so that they can see as much of the boss fight as possible, and get into the swing of things.
And that, my friends, is where the Third Healer comes in.
Our Third Healer is a Resto/Elemental Shammy. He is the perfect Third Healer. What does it take to be a great Third Healer?
- Ability to do solid DPS in one spec
- Ability to do awesome Healing in another spec
- Ability to properly gear both specs
- Patience with a very annoying RL who keeps telling you to switch things around
- Total flexibility
This shammy is the best at all those things. The other two healers in our raid DO have off-specs, of course. We *could* DPS if needed. I have a very nice Shadow set, and though I'm not going to top any meters, I could probably... well, still come in dead last but not by a huge margin. The druid healer who sits next to me, however, isn't even hit-capped on his off-spec.
The Shammy in question, however, is never a waste of resources. He can top the DPS when that's his assignment, and he can also top the effective heals when he's healing. He can tank heal if needed. He can raid heal if needed. As a shaman, he is not particularly strong on the mobility front, but that's a feature of his class - not him as a player. And I don't fret about that too much, because the Disc Priest and the Resto Druid have mobility coming out the... well.
Because he is constantly switching back and forth to help us out as we learn new bosses, I have a Third Healer loot rule. That means that his main-spec and off-spec are one and the same for loot purposes. We don't really have strict rules in our raid, it's mostly based on courtesy - if someone has already won something, they can still roll, but we'll give priority to someone who hasn't won anything yet (for the record, this is sooo much easier to do in a 10 man raid!). We do, however, give priority to people's main specs. For the Third Healer, however, he can roll on anything that would benefit either of his specs.
It sure helps that the person who made that rule, however, is one of the healers against whom he will be rolling for items. Not sure how well that would go over if the other healers didn't agree with this philosophy.
Anyway, the point of all this, is that if you are starting to put together some ten man raids, if you are learning new fights - bring someone who can deeps AND heal, and is flexible enough, and willing enough to do both. And don't screw them on loot - you WANT them to maintain a good healing set as well as a good dps set. And that's not always easy!
That Third Healer is integral to learning new fights, especially if you're a pretty casual bunch.
A toast to our Third Healer, who helped us learn every boss in ICC so far!
If you are participating in the non-memey Healer Questionnaire, you may want to bookmark this post, as this is where I will be keeping track of people who have responded and posted their own answers. Consider it like a Chain Heal... it started with me and went to someone else who will hopefully send it to someone else, and so forth. My hope is that no matter how far out that chain heal extends, I can maintain a list of all the responders here! (See what I did there Zigi? That was for you!) Hopefully the survey will experience some Wild Growth. Ha ha I'm so full of funny. Okay, bad puns aside....
If you know of someone who has responded who is not included on this list, please let me know via comment! Also, if you do post a questionnaire response, it would be great if you linked back to this post so that others can also see who all has answered.
Once this post was linked from WoW Insider, the amount of traffic quickly surpassed my ability to keep up with all the responses (not that I'm complaining!). That having been said, I will continue to try and keep track of the people who have responded on their blogs, as long as you comment and leave me a link! There are also a lot of people who have left their responses in the comments section below, so be sure to check it out.
ETA: Hey look! Koriel at What is Boom started a Circle of Tanks!
ETA: If you are looking for responses in French, pop on over to wowfrostmage, where the generous proprietor has assembled a list - merci!
Holy Priests (Most of us roll Bubbly on occasion):
Disc Priests:
Resto Druids:
Holy Paladin
Overachievers who have too many healers:
Some time this weekend I am going to totally geek out and... /cue dramatic music.. ANALYZE TEH DATAZ
Stay tuned! I'm trying to keep this updated as quickly as possible! If you notice someone is missing, and it's been more than 24 hours since they posted, please shoot me an email to let me know -> elimeny at gmail dot com.
Thanks!
If you know of someone who has responded who is not included on this list, please let me know via comment! Also, if you do post a questionnaire response, it would be great if you linked back to this post so that others can also see who all has answered.
Once this post was linked from WoW Insider, the amount of traffic quickly surpassed my ability to keep up with all the responses (not that I'm complaining!). That having been said, I will continue to try and keep track of the people who have responded on their blogs, as long as you comment and leave me a link! There are also a lot of people who have left their responses in the comments section below, so be sure to check it out.
ETA: Hey look! Koriel at What is Boom started a Circle of Tanks!
ETA: If you are looking for responses in French, pop on over to wowfrostmage, where the generous proprietor has assembled a list - merci!
Holy Priests (Most of us roll Bubbly on occasion):
- Miss Medicina – Jessabelle
- Christine - Amerence
- Righteous Orbs - Yay Tamarind joined the party! I was feeling like the only Holy Priest on teh interwebs!
- Theatre of the Absurd - Tiis
- Artisan Level - Maegwen
- Holy Nova NOW! - Bati (it's a swinging i as i like to call it, but i fail at putting in different characters...)
- Priest with a Cause - Shintar
- Rainbow MMO - Bloodsun
- Harpy's Nest - Erinys
- Empowered Healing - Andracon
- Strictly Heals - Suvixon
- Peripeteia - Sabely (btw Sabely, your site is beautiful!)
- SpriestBlog! - Spazmoosifer (lol epic)
- Misadventures of a Priest - Elisse
- Balance of Power: Earth and Moon - Presaya
- The Unconventional Priest - Fuyuko
- She Plays Wow - Caste
- Priest Punditry - Mads
Disc Priests:
- Killing 'Em Slowly - Abigora
- I Like Bubbles finally got harassed into joining (thanks everyone for helping with the pointy pokes) - Lyrandre
- Anathema - Sinespe (well, normally Shadow, but shh)
- Penance Priest - Paolo
- Save the Lightwell - Mongrr
- A Klockwerk Luka - Klockwerk
- Hybrid Love - Amharach
- World of Matticus - Matticus was very sad that no one tagged him earlier. We musn't forget to invite the big famous guys to the party as well!
- Mind Blast - Kaelea
- Divine Aegis - Lilitharien
- Duct Tape and a Prayer - Theande
- BobTurkey - Turkelife
- WoWGrrl - Shrimproll
- Troll Bouquet - Grindall
- Rez the Weak - Xeonio
- Pain Suppression - Sheqeri
- Runcible Trout - Runcible
- Twenty-Five Boxes – Zigi
- DKDeathGoddess - Hinenuitepo (It's a DK blog, but one can't resist a NON-MEME!
- Planet of the Hats - Chayah
- Unreal Realities - Serevok - Two thumbs up for using the proper plural of Shaman! My OCD side just twitched a little in happiness!
- Cat Tales - Ezza
- Tank 2 Heals - Airdrigh
- Shamantics - Exelus
- Shaman on Ramen - Elam
- Altadin - Liluye
- Sham's Life - Khaelie
- A Shaman's Journey - Nimayne
- Healing Way - Llyra
- Cabboose - Cabbini (with another swinging i!)
- Blueberry Totem - Rahana
- Life in Group 5 - Vixsin
- Monstarkin - Kelmaa
- Kattastrophe
- Elemental Healing - Selacia
- Kamalia et alia - Kamalia
Resto Druids:
- Sheep It – Kailanii
- Kotakh (not a blogger, but responded in a comment)
- Kungaloosh AKA Shadow Word: Blog - Sammich
- Dreambound - Kaelynn
- The Angry Healers - Aanthe (You have to check this site out - the banner alone made me guffaw in ways that should not be done at 8:30 in the morning)
- HoTs & DoTs - Lathere
- Rejuvo - Verile
- Sushi-Cookie was sad to not get tagged - but I could have SWORN i saw some sushi tagging somewhere - or maybe it was something i thought about but forgot to do, so now I shall make you pie.. PIE! - Sersokhi
- RamblingDwarf's responses cracked me up - Kochi - Dwarf Warrior.. oh wait, I mean Resto Druid!
- DoTs & HoTs (I giggled) - Tatia
- Unreal Realities - Isla - The Tree of the group chimes in!
- Dysmorphia at LiveJournal
- Tree of Doom - Hermia
- DorkArt on Livejournal - this is a PvP resto druid, which is really interesting to read, since I don't PvP much! Great info if you do :)
- Tree Healz - almost missed your comment, Firewood (ps i LOVE your name) - sorry for the delay!
- 4 Haelz - Bellwether
- Restokin - Lissanna
- Forrestump - Forrestump (yet another name I love)
- Evian Tree Bear - Wingood
- Elsen
- French Version posted on WowFrostMage - Killh
- Divine Aegis - Oestrus
- Buel's World - Buel
- Wild Growth - Tazha
- Druid Tree - Innoue
- Nerf This Druid - Averna
- Resto-Melee - Mikata (Sorry I missed this earlier!)
- Cannot be Tamed - Jasyla
- Monstarkin - Rebella
Holy Paladin
- The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon (YES A SPOON) - Rykga
- MoarHPS - Uruz
- The *urnaks - Turnak
- HolyPaladin.net
- Divine Plea - Amathalanea
- I Sheep Things - Myrhani
- Non-Squishy Heals - Saunder
- Unreal Realities - Nazaniel - There are several healers over at UR, the resident Pally pipes in to clear up some pally-confusion!
- The Secret of Being Numb - Beladin
- Holy Shock - Ruhtra
- Lux Legis - Almaster
- Lintuperspektiivi - Kyer - OMG it's in Finnish! I tried to read it anyway. I was only really able to make out name and class, but baby steps, right? Thanks so much for taking the time to translate it Lintup... Kyer!
- Altoholic Anonymous - Anonymous preserves his anonyminity... anoninnymini... secretness.
- Kurn's Corner - Madrana(h)
- Flash of Moonfire - Gillien
- Resto Nation - Koramoor
- World of Warcraft Wanderings - Akromah
- Snottydin is totally a girl IRL - like, DUH - Snottydin (best response EVAR)
- A Touch of Arcane - Shazalyn
- Holy Ret - Tomkr
- A Healadin's Tear - Tarinae
Overachievers who have too many healers:
- LFM: Need Healer PLZ - K & D - Disc Priest & Resto Shammy, respectively
- Casual Hardcore - Kyrileanthos, Erdkrieg, Maedchen, Selfreya - Holly Pally, Resto Shammy, Holy Priest, and Resto Druid respectively
- Thoughts of a Discipline Priestess - Nymarie - Disc Priest
- There's a thread over at CafeMom for WoW moms for this questionnaire too!
- Falling Leaves and Twigs - Beru (Resto Druid), Dannie (Holy Pally), and Mynn (Resto Shammy)
- Green Bar Spec - Resto Druid, Disc Priest, and Resto Shammy
- Gnome Warrior is an Oxymoron - Druid, Priest, and Shammy
- Light & Leafy - Druid, Priest, and Shammy
Some time this weekend I am going to totally geek out and... /cue dramatic music.. ANALYZE TEH DATAZ
Stay tuned! I'm trying to keep this updated as quickly as possible! If you notice someone is missing, and it's been more than 24 hours since they posted, please shoot me an email to let me know -> elimeny at gmail dot com.
Thanks!
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Taking a break from the lolsmite regime for a day. I have most of the rest written, but I did actually want to talk about some other stuff too.
I wrote this ridiculously long three page rant about what it's like to be one of those rare magical creatures in Azeroth known as a “female”, continuously subjected to the giant bloated egos of arrogant males all around me. I decided I wouldn't subject anyone else to it this early in the morning. Suffice to say, I have just about had it with the ridiculous amounts of arrogance bouncing back and forth between raid members and officers and boys thinking they SHOULD be raid leaders and yada yada yada. I am at the end of my patience with it. Do you boys think it's cute? Or endearing? It's not. Total turn off in every sense. And, in WoW, I've only seen it be a problem with the guys. Oh and Ful, being an engineer is so not an excuse for everything you know. Nor is being a blogger!
Now that that's off my heaping dwarven bosom...
I have been spending a lot of time doing research and write-ups justifying the lolsmite spec, and this has led me to ponder other class specs that are subjected to so much ridicule. Case in point, I am having a difficult time leveling my shammy and my druid. Everyone tells me to level them enhancement and feral respectively. But I truly do suck at melee. And now I’m wondering if it even matters if leveling one way is fast when I hate it so much that I don’t even bother to play the character anymore.
So I’ve decided screw what everyone else is telling me I need to do. They’re my toons, and I’m going to do it my own way. Hell, I leveled a priest all holy, all the way, and that spec is undoubtedly considered one of the most challenging, if not THE most challenging, spec for leveling.
There are two problems with this decision I have made regarding leveling my shammy and druid alts...
The first is that against my better judgment, when I purchased the heirloom items for my shammy and druid, I purchased items for melee, with attack power and agility and all that jazz. So it is sort of a waste of the items I purchased. And now that those emblems are so useful for really nice high level gear for my Priest and Pally, I can’t justify spending them on an alt. Oh well, what's most important about the items is the XP bonus, and they do have stats like intellect at least.
The second problem is that I just can't figure out the right spec. So I challenge you, my dear readers, to help me with this. Link me up your recommendation for a good caster leveling spec for a druid and one for a shammy. Wild and creative ideas are encouraged. Specs that give me plenty of exposure to the different healing spells I will have at 80 are also encouraged.
Bring it. In the words of Sir Cadogan, "A QUEST!!"
Edited to Add: Also, I like how I completely ignore all major things WoW related. Like the expansion leak storm. Or, you know. BLIZZCON. There is actually a reason for this. I have nothing to say that is original about it, and nothing informative to add so... why bother? While everyone else is pitching in their two cents I kinda just go off and do my own thing if I don't have anything particularly insightful to add.
I wrote this ridiculously long three page rant about what it's like to be one of those rare magical creatures in Azeroth known as a “female”, continuously subjected to the giant bloated egos of arrogant males all around me. I decided I wouldn't subject anyone else to it this early in the morning. Suffice to say, I have just about had it with the ridiculous amounts of arrogance bouncing back and forth between raid members and officers and boys thinking they SHOULD be raid leaders and yada yada yada. I am at the end of my patience with it. Do you boys think it's cute? Or endearing? It's not. Total turn off in every sense. And, in WoW, I've only seen it be a problem with the guys. Oh and Ful, being an engineer is so not an excuse for everything you know. Nor is being a blogger!
Now that that's off my heaping dwarven bosom...
I have been spending a lot of time doing research and write-ups justifying the lolsmite spec, and this has led me to ponder other class specs that are subjected to so much ridicule. Case in point, I am having a difficult time leveling my shammy and my druid. Everyone tells me to level them enhancement and feral respectively. But I truly do suck at melee. And now I’m wondering if it even matters if leveling one way is fast when I hate it so much that I don’t even bother to play the character anymore.
So I’ve decided screw what everyone else is telling me I need to do. They’re my toons, and I’m going to do it my own way. Hell, I leveled a priest all holy, all the way, and that spec is undoubtedly considered one of the most challenging, if not THE most challenging, spec for leveling.
There are two problems with this decision I have made regarding leveling my shammy and druid alts...
The first is that against my better judgment, when I purchased the heirloom items for my shammy and druid, I purchased items for melee, with attack power and agility and all that jazz. So it is sort of a waste of the items I purchased. And now that those emblems are so useful for really nice high level gear for my Priest and Pally, I can’t justify spending them on an alt. Oh well, what's most important about the items is the XP bonus, and they do have stats like intellect at least.
The second problem is that I just can't figure out the right spec. So I challenge you, my dear readers, to help me with this. Link me up your recommendation for a good caster leveling spec for a druid and one for a shammy. Wild and creative ideas are encouraged. Specs that give me plenty of exposure to the different healing spells I will have at 80 are also encouraged.
Bring it. In the words of Sir Cadogan, "A QUEST!!"
Edited to Add: Also, I like how I completely ignore all major things WoW related. Like the expansion leak storm. Or, you know. BLIZZCON. There is actually a reason for this. I have nothing to say that is original about it, and nothing informative to add so... why bother? While everyone else is pitching in their two cents I kinda just go off and do my own thing if I don't have anything particularly insightful to add.
