WWS – Fathom Lord Karathress

Firstly – I am estatic over my + Shadow Damage.
Secondley – I am depressed because the two other main shadowpriests in the guild, have less +shadow Damage then me, ( well according to the Armory.. but I checked Gankbang and my class leader is listed higher in shadow damage then whats shown in armory)  – anyway he did almost 100K more damage then me according to the WWS Stats.  He came 8th and I came 11th,  

But I didnt have my belt of blasting during the run..  and that should not have made such a significant difference anyway.

So I was trying to work out how he got that 100k extra-  on Fathom Lord Karathress in SSC

Vampiric Touch –

Him 84979k ( 72%)

Me 33016 ( 27%

Mindblast

Him 116463 ( he was criting at 39%  I think he had a Shaman in group.. they have the crit tots don’t they?)

Me 104293 24% crit

Mindflay

Him  125870

Me 82529

Star Shards

Him 32255

Me 22159

Shadow Word Death

Him 3648

Me 28900

Shadow Word Pain

Him 124699

Me 106262

I think I Understand how to read the intricate details of wws now….   some of it just doesnt make sence YET…. and I’ve checked Karathress’s 3 friends ( the other mobs ) and he out Damaged me on all but one – so it wasn’t as if we had differnt assignments.

So what have I learned?

Keep VT UP ALL THE TIME.  It was a 50k odd damage difference for the same fight.  Yes it was the first time I have ever done this one,  so I was not following cast sequence and running round pillars a little bit to escape his whirlwind. But no excuses.

Mindflay more – ? It wasn’t like I was standing round doing nothing.. may have been running around a little bit but not that much.  

I think Im going to equip my offhand Trinket with less + damage but 17 Haste…

Now just need another raid to test belt of blasting and Haste..

 

1120 Shadow Damage.

This Shadow Damge thing has become an Obession for me.

And Armory shows Im wearing my PVP Gear atm 😦  I had been saving my Badges for something big – we are on about 72% for server progression for the next Sunwell Phase,  I had looked at what was going to be on offer when it came , and checked what I wanted, and so had saved over 100 badges of Justice.  but then  I was thinking,   well,  the thing I really Really want is to replace my healing Trinket, Essence of the Martyr which had 28 +spell  which was my 2nd Best Trink Over the Icon of the Silver Cresent, and so I spent 75 badges on the Battlemasters Audacity +47 to damage – Hence the increase – My Shadow Word Death is starting to really worry me.

I just need to work harder to getting more Badges for the stuff I want next.  But for now Im set.

 This weekend was good for Dailys.  I Grinded Sunwell dailys till I hit honoured, and finally got Void Shatter,  I’ve found that the loot off the mobs is slightly better of the randoms that wander Sunwell Isle.  Healing Pots drop ALOT more,  as does Cloth and Greens.

Guild had a quite raid weekend,   but some cleared ZA,  – I’ve been given ‘permission’ to Pug ZA because the Core raiders don’t want to do it as a normal run.   I’m going to ask permission for  Gruls/SSc and TK  If I don’t get in on the 25 man raids.  I don’t want to QQ because the GM will just say ” Why can’t you be patient.”   but the reality is they have too many people for one 25  – but not enough for 2 25’s – So moot point is I’ve benchwarmed for 2 weeks – they get a 3rd and If i’m not being used, then I will find entertainment elsewhere.    I don’t want to Gquit. , and I didnt join PV as a ‘raider’ it was by chance that the back up Shadow Priest Gquit quite suddenly..  funny that – and so I was used for raids.   But crap happens  people get busy/quit ect ect.. and now everyones suddenly not busy.  I’ve never heard any cries on our server that there are too many people Geared for 25’s  its quite the opposite – so maybe I keep looking.  But if I do that then I need to reevaluate what I want from the game.  I think I’m aiming at wanting to do the whole serious raider thing.  Ive seen  2 bosses in Tk twice, and 3 bosses in SSC,  Killed Grul and Highking  ect ect..   been to Mags ( but not sucessfully..  )  I want to do more. Experience End content.  I like the social aspect of a raid. The goal Setting ect ect – Loot is secondary ( unless its shadow damage 😛 )

Funny for the week:  Another Shadow Priest asked a healer for Heals in a normal muck around  Run, because ” It costs too much mana to come out of Shadow to heal” –  and the response was,  your Mana’s not much use to you when your dead…   So all you Shadow Priests – Heal thySelf!  ( I usually do – I always have pots /bandages ect ect..  but that goes against my new philisophy DPS DPS DPS!!!

 

 

Tier 4 The Incarnate Regalia

I stuffed up my raid sign up last night, and  changed my note to say I was available,  but didnt uncheck a box so I still appeared in the cancelled sign up list – and I missed out on the Tempest Keep invite.    So as I was still on anyway I figured I’d farm in the area and be around if they needed.  They didnt.  BUT – I got the invite to Grul’s Lair where we one shotted the whole thing rather quickly – and because It was almost a Nana run – I got two pieces of Tier 4 The Mantle Soul Mantle of the Incarnateand the legs.  Leggings of the Incarnate The mantle once it was fully Chanted and Gemed up is only a +8extra damage untill I hunt down some better Gems, and the Leggings I won’t wear untill I Get the Runed Spell thread on it. and that means me farming 10 Primal Mana’s and hoping a Guildy that can make the thread has some spare nether I can pay for standard cost of – Or go on a Heroric run with them so they can get.
I love upgrades, but the cost in rechanting/Gemming them is silly sometimes.
Or – I can Level up my Tailoring ( 175 now) and Still farm the Mana’s and use 1 of the 3 Nethers I have in bank to make it. ( as its a Scyers reward! )

So this weekend was rather productive – I got my fishing past 230 – after fishing for half an hour and realising I didnt have the +225 Skill quest done, and so ran around the world completing that and then got bored so soon after. ( did you know you can fish while Levitating as a priest – It looks kool in Shadow, just hanging in middle of ocean.) I also speed leveled my tailoring to Mageweave. Now I just need to start farming cloth because the price is getting too high on AH –

WOW Skills and Real Life Application

Hats off to the GMs that Run 25 Man raids – if you can do that in a virtual world
Working with 25 Individuals with seperate Time zones/Needs/Wants/Ages
Have them Sign up on a forum
Get them all on vent
Install all the Add on’s
Turn up as scheduled

/clap well done. You may say that people do that all the time in WOW – and your right they do – I wonder if anyone has done a survey on the real life jobs for Raiding Guild GM’s / or Raid Leaders
Are they Management – and if they aren’t should they be? They have been hiding their skillz!
Not all GM’s/Raid Leaders are great raid leaders but in the real world results are what counts. Do they get the Job done.
If the boss is down Yes –

But can they do it next time.. Thats the Farm test..

If you Google words such as Management – Gaming – Leadership Skills  – Online you not only  will you find articles on how Businesses are now looking at Role Playing games and activitys to increase Skills and Training of Staff  – You will also find Articles like this Wired 14.04 How Stephen Gillett got his job – Yes I know the article is from 2006 – but its still applicable – Accidental Learning

on a related Note: I have a Magic Macro that Wins BG’s in AB – Its a basic g1 to GM ect.. ect.. but I have it tool barred in AB – and I spam it once if there is time, and if I get a positive response, will do it again for the people who have logged in since and then we are off.. My action is a simple leadership / organisation task and it improves the chances of a Win – Yes they are generic commands, but it focus’s resources – and more often it acheives at least an intial 3 cap result – and then the fun begins..

A shortage of Healers

We were going to do a raid last night,  but we didnt have enough healers on.  We had another Shadow priest who had respeced to Holy and had’nt changed back, and another healer who was in stitches ( literally) and was too ill to play.   So a 10 man was out of the question let alone a 25 man raid.  A newbie pipes up “Why don’t you recruit more healers.”  It wasn’t that the guild had a shortage of healers, it was just a shortage of healers on at that time.

I’ve already decided that If I am ever to respec to Holy again, its going to be for a VERY good reason, and by Very it means deep Guild Loyalty, and the importance of the goal. The last time I respeced  was for 2 bosses we couldnt kill anyway with the current group makeup.  I agree there needs to be some flexibilty.  Thats why I have 1200+ healing gear.  I could never be the main healer of a serious raid with my Spec,  but even as shadow with that gear as long as I watch my mana  Im still a decent healer. I don’t need to respec, but they needed main healers..  not ‘support’ healers.  

I had considered on several occasions going Holy once I got another toon up to ‘farm status’ and I’ve decided, Im not going to.  The hours Ive spent making Z a decent Shadow Priest,  I’d rather roll a healer. But the problem with healers is that everyone wants them,  but no one will support them.   I propose a healing  Levy for Healers.  Even with the +damage of 1/3 of healing in 2.3 I really can’t see a holy Priest knocking down mobs at anywhere near the rate a Shadow Priest can.  Yes there is a Disp Spec Priest, or a hyrid,  but I think its too much of a trade off on the other abilities, you can Heal and damage.. but you will never be great at either. 

So what motivates people to stay healing? besides the love of healing.  Im looking at this from a being able to support ones self perspective.    Repairs are getting more expensive the better my gear is.  When I do gear up I need to spend a fortune on the best enchant/best Gem ect ect…  plus Pots ( have an Alt gearing up to fix that)

But maybe a healer makes their money other ways Eg A Holy Priest with the right  Skills would make money off Alchemy or High Level Tailoring Items,  I make my money farming Spell food and water and Mana primals.  Im an enchanter, and Ive just dropped engineering for Tailoring,  ( but thats more for my Alts 1st Plum set when she hits 70) Questing and leveling would be a pain as holy.    

Alot of the healer classes I know rolled their healer 2nd, their healer is not somthing they play for fun or PVP with ( hence the lack of healers in BG’s) its a tool to be used when required.  Guild applicationss are.  I’m a healer.. but My Alt comes too.

But no healer – No tank – no Raid.  Maybe Healers should be charging for their services, and that way they will be on line more often.