Another is brought into the fold

So I ran a Heroic Vault today. Met another Boom Chicken, and it was kinda sad. I'm not saying I'm spectacular right now, being undergeared as I am, but I was still pumping out 1.6k-1.8k DPS, he was pushing 1.4k MAX... He almost got kicked from the raid, except we killed the boss on that attempt.

Afterward, I left kinda bad for the guy, and there was some brief talk to him before we started the final attempt, but we started before I could say anything so afterward while in Dalaran I talked to him a bit. He was a 71 point Balance Druid.... it was mind blowing... I had him inspect me and then told him to ask me questions and try to learn a bit...

Needless to say, by the end of the conversation, I had him converted to the light and hopefully made a better Boom Chicken.

So, if you'd like to see a solid (cookie cutter) Boomkin spec, check out the 55/0/16. I will say this though The points in Celestial Focus and Typhoon are extra points that can actually be put someplace else. I put them in Focus because the 10% Stun chance does come in handy, plus 2% Haste, and Typhoon because knocking Allies off their flying mounts is teh funny! ^_^

DING!! Finally.

So I finally hit the illustrious level 80. I then got a port to TB bought 13 Spells for 16g each and a couple others for less, AND Respeced to Resto. So I am currently healing. The first thing that happens is that I get pulled along by Vlex, Eo and Legomoo to heal for the daily Heroic, Old Kingdom. It started out pretty good. We only wiped once on trash when I got nailed with a crit by a caster and it was like "...... TIMBER!" Then we made it to the first boss, where after our 5th wipe we come to discover that the tank was not quite un-critable.

So we resigned the heroic and scrambled to put the tank over 540 Defense rating. A few gems, some different gear, and a couple enchants and he's at 537, so we figure close enough for now. We move along to the daily Regular instance, Utgarde Pinnacle. We have no problems there until the 3rd boss where you have to run through a gauntlet of mobs that respawn to pick up harpoons and use the harpoon guns to shoot the dragon out of the sky and have the rider leap back onto the balcony. We still hadn't figured that trick out because as soon as he jumps back to the ledge it's just like "Mage? *Splatter* Healer? *Splatter*" In that order. He attacks extremely fast and he hit both of us with a crit. And pretty much any attempt after that it was always "Healer? *Splatter*" That is, unless the trash hadn't managed to get me first. Because also at the same you are fighting the tash, he is on his dragon, circling, doing fly-by's with a freezing breath attack that leaves a line on the ground which causes mass damage, so the group kept getting split up and the mobs just love ganging up on the Healer.

I have my first taste of level 80 instances as Heals. I'm pretty sure I'm going to stay heals for a bit and try to get geared up this way, I know groups will be flocking to me since I am a healer, and those are always in short supply.

Of course, with the respec, I ended up having to do it 3 times (40, 45, and 50g) to finally get it situated all proper. Though, now that I look at it, I'm considering taking the three points from Living Seed and putting 2 in Imp. Tranq and picking up Wild Growth. Because I discovered a couple times that Tranquility is quite a powerful spell, and Imp Tranq reduces the CD from 10 to 4 minutes. And Wild Growth isn't too bad either. Which means I'll have to pay another 50g respec.... ugh. But I'm sporting over 3k gold still, so I guess it's not too bad.