I’m in a rut.
This is a World of Warcraft rant. There, I’ve warned you. I don’t need to hear any “Oh, I know nothing about the game” things now, because you’ve been warned! (I’m being silly, not bitchy. Just so you know, haha.)
Anyway, poor Kimberia is really the reason I’m in a rut. I have a lot of decisions to make, and all of them depend on other decisions. It’s very complicated, but let me spell it out for you.
Okay, a little while back I was having some issues deciding between priest specs for her. I was shadow to level, then went to a hybrid holy/disc because I thought I’d be more useful, enjoy it more and feel like I had a place. But instead, I ended up feeling worse and went back within the same day. I’m still shadow. Full shadow.
The question I’m having now is whether to stay shadow. I want to. I enjoy doing DPS and when I’m not having to heal, I’m less prone to panic attacks. Instead of someone living being the deciding factor as to whether I’ve failed, it’s if something dies, I’ve succeeded. It just feels better and I don’t feel so responsible for someone else’s play-time.
Judging by that last paragraph, you’d think it’d be easy. You’d think, hey, you want to stay shadow, stay shadow. But if staying shadow means that I have no possibilities in the game, what’s the point?
I’m trying to figure out where my place is in my guild right now - I obviously enjoy their company very much and I loved raiding with them before The Burning Crusade came out. With the new 25-man teams, though, I feel like I have no place anywhere. I need to figure out if there’s room on a team within my guild (I believe there’s 5 different teams within the guild) for me, and whether they’ll take me as a shadow priest.
This goes on to my decisions. I need to decide between two rings from The Violet Eye. The rings can be seen here. If I’m going to be shadow, I’ll want to go the path of the Violet Mage, while if I’m going to be holy/disc and healing again, I’ll need to go the path of the Violet Restorer.
Also, visiting Shattrath City, I have a decision I’ve been putting off for far too long. I need to choose between Aldor and Scryer. If I stay shadow, it appears Aldor is the way to go. If I go holy/disc, however, I should go Scryer.
Oh, but the fun doesn’t stop there. No way. I have to choose which path of tailoring I want to take, as well. Again, it depends on my spec (which depends on my group for Karazhan). If I stay shadow, the Frozen Shadoweave set is fabulous. But, if I go holy/disc, Mooncloth is the way to go.
Is it any wonder that I have a splitting headache right now? I thought not.
May 19th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Just play your mage on my server and we won’t have these problems, silly. Haha, just kidding. You know, it really comes down to what you enjoy. Do you enjoy DPS? Good, then get some DPS gear and have a blast (no pun intended). If you enjoy healing, especially in raids, then heal. Personally, I’ve always been a healer. I’ve specced shadow here and there but I love healing. It is stressful but it’s also really reassuring when you are able to save people. Maybe that’s just me. We have a shadowpriest that comes with us to Kara and it’s really helpful. She’s got really good gear and is always good on the damage meters. The good thing is she also knows when to jump out and heal. Having another class who can switch into heal gear and still be proficient in healing is very helpful when they can do awesome DPS as well. Also, as for Aldor and Scryer… I’m holy/disc and I went aldor. If you’re a tailor, look at the threads that you can make with Aldor. None of the gear really applies to us if we’re raiding end game content. That Scryer staff is okay, but you’re going to get way better in Karazhan and even if other higher end instances/heroics, etc. Aldor has great inscriptions too as well as an awesome mana regen necklace. It’s great for long fights. Maybe I’m biased because I’ve always healed but I do see the other side of things too. It really comes down to where you have fun. I’m sure you’ll choose wisely. Also, they’re making it in a patch that you can switch tailoring specializations. So if you choose the wrong path there is a way to reset it now. That might ease some stress too.