So, I'm working on a side-project

http://shadowtemplar.guildlaunch.com

If you're a friend of the guild, on Deathwing then feel free to apply. These aren't officially in use yet, so there's no activity but It's always best to be ahead of the game.

*SQUEE* FINALLY!!!!

IT FINALLY DROPPED!!! 2-1/2 WEEKS OF FARMING HEROIC NEXUS AND IT DROPPED!!!


Now to get that bad boy enchanted with the +63 Spell Power enchant, that's valued at about 1.3-2k gold. ugh.

Getting into the Raid of things

So, my guild has finally started getting back into the swing of raiding. We hosted a 1/2 pug Vault and OS tonight.

Yours truly got their T6.5 glove token from OS-10, and then screwed it up by not paying attention and picked up the Balance gloves instead... after a couple minutes of cursing, I put in a GM Ticket for it and get the "High ticket receipt" bs message... or more appropriately, "We're just sitting on our rear ends, not answering tickets, so there are many that we're ignoring" a few hours later I get a response and my ticket was "Escalated" and remained so for over 5-1/2 hours. and when I logged off at 2:30am it was still "Escalated". So I may look into it before work and hope they've done something. Maybe by the time I get home from work, they'll have it taken care of.

But anyways, We then ran a 9/10 guild run of Naxx-10 (Spider wing) and ran into some confusion on the first boss. Things were 'discussed' and we decided that before we save someone to the raid, that we'd call it until a later time to allow for better research to be done.

Sportin' the Wood: Tales of the petrified Chicken

So yes, it has been officiated. The Super Lazer Chicken is once again getting in touch with his roots, quite literally. I have said it before, and I shall reiterate it once more. From lvl 10-60 I was always known as Dae the Healer. Once I hit Outlands and ran headfirst into a brick wall with the mobs outside Thrallmar, and the lack of being able to solo one without popping a potion and using innervate to have mana for a single fight I turned tail, screaming all the way to Thunderbluff and gave the fabled Balance spec a whirl. Finding it much easier, and only needing to drink once every 4 fights, I was set to being a Boomer. I learned much as the DPS, and became good at what I did. Right before the launch of Wrath, I respecced Resto to give it a whirl in the sub-par gear I had been collecting for a Resto set. I quickly discovered that I was a tad rusty, but I didn't care because the following day we were all given free respecs upon release of the Pre-Wrath patch which unveiled our new talent trees. So I returned once again to Boomage and resumed my title of Uber Boomer of Pwnage.

All through Wrath I continued to uphold my title by doing DPS where ever I could. Upon the moment of dinging 80, armed with Spellpower instead of "Bonus Damage/Bonus Healing" I was asked to try to heal a Heroic Ahn'kahet (AK/OK) The first boss was very problematic, but it was a learning experience for me again, and I held the lesson close. I also learned that healing had returned to me quite naturally, though I was still slightly rusty. Over the couple weeks I have/had surpassed the Holy Paladin of my new guild. I am currently sporting a 1555 SP Woody with a 14/0/57 Resto Spec.

I do consider this a fairly cookie cutter spec for any serious Resto Druid/Raid healer. Additionally, stacking gear with Haste/Crit/SP is important. Also along with acquiring Glyph of Healing Touch I currently can spam Healing Touch faster than a Priest/Paladin can spam Flash Heal / Flash of Light, at .9 sec. The only issue I have come to realize with this is that if you're not careful, and watching your GCD, having a lightning fast Healing Touch isn't useful. I have found myself many times trying to cast as fast as the spell cast and not regarding the GCD of 1 sec, and getting the "I cannot cast that yet" error speech.