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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

More Talent Builds

More free time in the office and more talent builds, for fun. v.3.1.9972.

Elemental Shaman (57/14/0)
I've been Elemental for so long, I could probably fill these talents out with my eyes closed; even with the changes.

Enhancement Shaman (11/60/0)
I want to give Enhancement another shot. There will still be the matter of collecting AP gear and some melee weapons.

Smite Priest (38/28/5)
I want to try this for fun, because it is so unique! I could go into an instance and tell people that I will be Smiting. And if they don't outdps me then they seriously have problems. :p Of course, off-healing would be no problem with this spec, either. Could prove to be fun soloing, too. :)

Balance Druid (58/0/13)
Seeing as I am going melee with so many toons, spellcasting as a Moonkin could be fun. It is also something I have never done, so will be interesting to try. ^^

My Paladin is level 68 now. I want to level Blacksmithing before heading into Northrend. I am thinking Howling Fjord when I do pick up questing again.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Class Builds v.9684

3.1 is probably still a couple of weeks away, so there could still be minor changes to class talents before it goes live. However, I had a lot of free time in the office today, so put together builds for eight of the nine classes (all but Warlock, since I don't play one and therefore don't know enough about the class to put a build together).

These are all end-game builds aimed at running heroics rather than farming, questing or -- /shudder -- PvPing. I may never see most of my toons at level 80, but formulating possible builds is fun in itself.

Death Knight
17/0/54 Unholy

Druid
0/55/16 Feral Combat

Hunter
5/55/11 Marksmanship

Mage
18/0/53 Frost

Paladin
10/5/56 Retribution

Priest
14/0/57 Shadow

Rogue
15/51/5 Combat

Shaman
57/14/0 Elemental

Warrior
19/52/0 Fury

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Monday, November 17, 2008

Level 60 vs Level 71

I have continued to play my warrior. She is now level 60, which means Titan's Grip has become a reality, It didn't take long for me to level my 2H axe skill from 1 to over 280. One Blood Furnace run later and it is at 299/300.

Anyway, hitting stuff with two huge axes is just as much fun as I anticipated. It was easy enough to adjust to the rage gain difference. Levelling to 70 will be fun indeed. ^^

I have decided to drop Blacksmithing in favour of another gathering skill. If I pick up Skinning, then essentially I will have three skinners. However, I prefer playing a warrior to both druid and hunter, who are my other two skinners. Besides, gathering professions are likely to increase my income a little bit.

In getting my journeyman riding skill, it pretty much cleaned me out. Gaiwyn only has about 60g right now. I will have to do a whole lot more Borean Tundra questing and maybe see if enchants are in demand at all.

After all, I have to save up 1,000g by level 77 for Cold Weather Flying. :/

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Build 9038

The classes continue to be tweaked as we draw ever closer to the release of the expansion. And the dilemma of getting my hands on a copy still plagues me. It will be disappointing if I can't pre-order locally and have to get a copy sent over from NZ.

Anyway, the latest release sees a handful of changes to skills and glyphs across the board. Head over to MMO-Champion for a summary of what this patch entails.

Recently, I have not played my warrior much. However, my druid reached exalted with Shattered Sun Offensive and I have been doing dailies with my rogue.

When 3.0 is released, I intend to do some oldschool content on my mage to aim towards some of the achievements before being able to level past 70. I am currently grinding Wintersaber Trainer rep.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Sunday, September 28, 2008

8982 Builds

Death Knight
54/17/0 Blood DPS

Druid
0/55/16 Feral Combat DPS

Hunter
0/59/12 Marksmanship

Mage
20/51/0 Deep Fire

Paladin
0/58/13 Protection

Priest
14/57/0 Holy

Rogue
53/0/18 PvP Mutilate

Shaman
56/5/10 Elemental DPS

Warrior
0/63/8 Fury DPS

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Glyphs Continued

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Updated Builds

I do not have the time to test all of these proposed builds, but this is just a compilation of what interests me, and a preview of how I may spec my toons according to the current talent trees.

Death Knight
54/17/0 Dual Wield Blood DPS

Key Blood Talents
Subversion
Bladed Armor
Dark Conviction
Bloody Strikes
Veteran of the Third War
Bloody Vengeance
Abomination's Might
Heart Strike
Might of Mograine
Blood Gorged

Key Frost Talents
Black Ice
Nerves of Cold Steel
Annihilation

Druid
0/52/19 Feral Combat Cat DPS

Key Feral Combat Talents
Savage Fury
Sharpened Claws
Shredding Attacks
Predatory Strikes
Primal Fury
Heart of the Wild
Leader of the Pack
Predatory Instincts
Mangle
Rend and Tear

Key Restoration Talents
Naturalist
Omen of Clarity
Master Shapeshifter

Hunter
0/63/8 Marksmanship

Key Marksmanship Talents
Lethal Shot
Careful Aim
Improved Hunter's Mark
Mortal Shots
Aimed Shot
Ranged Weapon Specialization
Piercing Shots
Trueshot Aura
Wild Quiver
Improved Steady Shot
Marked for Death
Chimera Shot

Key Survival Talents
Improved Tracking

Mage
0/53/18 or 20/51/0 Deep Fire

Key Fire Talents
Improved Fireball
Ignite
Pyroblast
Burning Soul
Improved Scorch
Playing with Fire
Critical Mass
Fire Power
Pyromaniac
Molten Fury
Empowered Fireball
Hot Streak
Burnout

20/0/51 Deep Frost

Key Frost Talents
Improved Frostbolt
Ice Shards
Elemental Precision
Piercing Ice
Icy Veins
Frost Channeling
Cold Snap
Winter's Chill
Arctic Winds
Empowered Frostbolt
Fingers of Frost
Summon Water Elemental
Chilled to the Bone
Deep Freeze

Key Arcane Talents
Arcane Concentration
Focus Magic
Arcane Meditation

Paladin
0/56/15 Protection

Key Protection Talents
Anticipation
Toughness
Reckoning
One-handed Weapon Specialization
Holy Shield
Ardent Defender
Redoubt
Combat Expertise
Avenger's Shield
Hammer of the Righteous

Key Retribution Talents
Deflection
Conviction

Priest
14/0/57 PvE Shadow

Key Discipline Talents
Twin Disciplines
Inner Focus
Meditation

Key Shadow Talents
Improved Spirit Tap
Shadow Affinity
Improved Shadow Word: Pain
Shadow Focus
Mind Flay
Shadow Weaving
Vampiric Embrace
Focused Mind
Mind Melt
Darkness
Shadowform
Shadow Power
Misery
Vampiric Touch
Pain and Suffering
Twisted Faith
Dispersion

Rogue
52/19/0 or 53/0/18 PvP Mutilate

Key Assassination Talents
Malice
Puncturing Wounds
Lethality
Vile Poisons
Cold Blood
Seal Fate
Deadly Brew
Find Weakness
Master Poisoner
Mutilate
Hunger for Blood

20/0/51 PvP Shadow Dance

Key Subtlety Talents
Master of Deception
Camouflage
Serrated Blades
Initiative
Preparation
Dirty Deeds
Hemorrhage
Deadliness
Premeditation
Cheat Death
Sinister Calling
Shadowstep
Shadow Dance

Shaman
0/8/63 PvE Restoration

Key Restoration Talents
Improved Healing Wave
Tidal Force
Healing Grace
Tidal Mastery
Healing Way
Purification
Mana Tide Totem
Blessing of the Eternals
Improved Chain Heal
Nature's Blessing
Earth Shield
Tidal Waves
Riptide

Warrior
15/56/0 Fury DPS

Key Fury Talents
Armored to the Teeth
Cruelty
Commanding Presence
Dual Wield Specialization
Enrage
Precision
Death Wish
Flurry
Bloodthirst
Improved Berserker Stance
Rampage
Titan's Grip

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Monday, September 8, 2008

Sweet Grafx

At lunch time, my brother and I did some PvP. I played my muti rogue and he played his resto druid. Running the game through WoWTunnels is freaking sweet. I get 50-60FPS out in the game world, 25-35 in cities, and 40-50 in battlegrounds. My ping also sits at around 150ms. Suffice to say, PvP is a lot better; in fact, every aspect of the game is sweet.

I will probably spend my honour points on Merciless Gladiator's Leather Helm and then replace my shoulders with the S2 ones if I manage to get enough arena points before the expansion. I may get the throwing weapon instead of shoulders for the sake of having full epic PvP gear. :p With changes to mutilate in the upcoming patch 3.0, I will stick with daggers for now and give that a spin. I still want to go swords at 80, though.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Saturday, September 6, 2008

I'm Baaack!

Last night, I did SSO dailies with my druid. I also started the Onyxia attunement quest chain with my shaman. BRD is a tricky place to solo -- the dwarves have a shield bash ability that locks you out of your school for eight seconds.

This morning, I picked up fishing and cooking with my mage. They will both be a real mission to level. :/

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Return of the Player

When I get back in-game, there are a few things that I intend to do.

Mage

Reach Exalted reputation with Gnomeregan Exiles, Ironforge and Stormwind.
Quest with Wintersaber Trainers to reach Exalted reputation and get Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber.
Reach Exalted reputation with Timbermaw Hold and Thorium Brotherhood.
Raid Zul'Gurub, Onyxia's Lair, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj for Achievements, to reach Exalted reputation with Zandalar Tribe and Hydraxian Waterlords, and to get both Arcanist Regalia (Tier 1 Raid Set) and Netherwind Regalia (Tier 2 Raid Set) again -- this may have to wait for the pre-expansion patch.
Level Fishing and Cooking professions -- which makes me wonder: what level NPC will teach you how to be a Grand Master of any given profession?

Priest

Get attuned for Onyxia, Molten Core and Blackwing Lair.
Speed mine materials for my Shaman's epic flyer.
Respec PvE healing.

Rogue

Get enough honour for Merciless Gladiator's Slicer.
Respec Hemo Swords until the expansion.

Shaman

Get attuned for Onyxia, Molten Core and Blackwing Lair.
Level his Engineering to 375.
Craft his Turbo-Charged Flying Machine.

Druid

Get attuned for Onyxia, Molten Core and Blackwing Lair.
Reach Exalted reputation with Shattered Sun Offensive.

Paladin

Reach Level 70.
Get attuned for Onyxia, Molten Core and Blackwing Lair.
Level her Blacksmithing to 375.
Wait to level Enchanting -- might get Inscription instead with the pre-expansion patch.

Warrior

Roll a Warrior and level her as far as I can by the release of the expansion.

Looks like I have my work cut out for me. I think the most important thing is levelling my Paladin to 70 and getting my Shaman's Epic Flying Mount.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Talent Builds at Level 80

Despite the fact that skills and talents are constantly being tweaked, we do have a fair idea of what most classes' final trees will look like. As I currently have so much time around here, I felt like putting together my intended build for each character. For most of my characters, I will be respeccing into a different tree -- which should make the game more interesting.

Mage
Level 70 -- 2/48/11 -- Fire
Level 80 -- 53/0/18 -- Arcane Frost
My reasoning: I tried arcane for a while at 70 but it was just too mana intensive (a lot of downtime in heroics, even after the mana gem changes). I love fire for its DoT and mana efficiency while also putting out a steady stream of damage. However, I look forward to a change and believe that if I will be raiding at 80, arcane will benefit me the most in terms of overall damage and fun. With frost as my second school, I am also optimising my efficiency as a caster. Essentially, it's time for a change and the new talents provide me with the excuse to do so!

Priest
Level 70 -- 42/19/0 -- Arena Discipline
Level 80 -- 14/0/57 -- Shadow
My reasoning: I want to play as a PvE shadow priest. However, I might respec to my old holy build at release of the expansion and level to 80 as a healer, seeing as I have much better healing than damage gear. Still, levelling to 70 as a shadow priest was fine when it came to healing level 60-68 instances, so I guess I'll see at the time.

Rogue
Level 70 -- 49/0/12 -- PvP Mutilate
Level 80 --19/52/0 -- Combat Swords
Reasoning: Of course, I would have Remorseless Attacks as I levelled. I still intend to finish getting the honour to afford my Merciless Gladiator's Slicer so I can respec to hemo. However, I am contemplating not PvPing with my rogue at level 80, but rather having fun doing damage as a combat specced sword-wielding rogue. Once again, opportunity presents me with the excuse to change.

Hunter
Level 70 -- 5/53/3 -- Marksmanship
I have no plans to level him to 80.
Reasoning: Too much effort for a toon that I only really used for cooking and fishing (and dailies) -- even though I did level his leatherworking and got his epic set and a few more crafted epics for the sake of it. I think I will level those secondary professions with my mage between when I start playing again and the release of the expansion.

Shaman
Level 70 -- 41/0/20 -- Elemental
Level 80 -- 0/5/66 -- Restoration or 51/0/20 -- Elemental
Reasoning: I haven't tried a healing spec as a shaman. I have healed a bit as elemental and I really enjoy being a caster, so elemental suits me as a player. However, I can't decide at this point if I will try the whole restoration spec thing or stay elemental. With the changes to spell pushback, Eye of the Storm and Healing Focus will probably be reviewed, as well.

Druid
Level 70 -- 0/47/14 -- Feral Combat
I have no plans to level her to 80.
Reasoning: Levelling a druid was an experiment for me. I just wanted to see how playing a druid was. I must admit, I really enjoyed it (it was the fastest class to level). I might level her to 80 before the third expansion, but I really don't want to spend time levelling a toon I will barely play except to do dailies a little differently.

Paladin
Level 62 -- 0/51/2 -- Protection
Level 80 -- 0/63/8 -- Protection
Reasoning: I don't know why I took so long to roll and level a paladin. It was easy to quest alongside my friend as holy but when he stopped playing I had to go retribution. I didn't particularly like that spec, and since giving my warrior to my brother my only tank was my druid. I intend to level Dvaenya to 80 as my main tank toon -- and I am contemplating dropping enchanting for inscription, too. Prot pallies FTW!

No doubt as talents are altered between now and the release of WotLK, I will think more about these possible builds. I still want to respec into these particular trees for my toons, but some talents will possibly be juggled around a bit. I want to raid at level 80 with my mage and priest and run heroics with the other toons that I eventually level.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

WotLK Cinematic and The Hog

Maxconsole.net reported the following mail from Blizz PR regarding WotLK. It has been widely circulated but has yet to be officially confirmed:

Just wanted to let you all know that Blizzard will be unveiling the opening cinematic movie for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King at the Games Convention in Leipzig. The cinematic will be shown at 1:00 p.m., Thursday 21 August at the Blizzard Entertainment booth (D01 in Hall 5). A Q&A session featuring members of the cinematics team will immediately follow.

Blizzard’s lineup of activity will also feature hands-on gameplay with StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King, Q&A sessions with members from the StarCraft II and Diablo III teams, and more.

Also, The Hog has been confirmed in-game:

A few more changes have been or are being made to classes: Druid armour; Hunters' pet growl, boar charge and kill command; Shadow priests (I'm looking forward to seeing these changes); and Shaman totem tweaks and earth shock downranking.
The recently added /cower animation is being tweaked. Source.
Some passwords on the beta server may have changed to new ones when refreshed from live accounts. Source.

It seems that some players are excited about the release of the expansion. Even blues. XD

And finally, there is an update to the Blizzcon ticket lottery.

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Monday, August 11, 2008

The Beta Rolls On

There were a lot of beta changes over the weekend. More blacksmith craftable weapons and armours have been released; Lake Wintergrasp (PvP zone) was made available; Mages, Warriors, Rogues, Shaman, Druids, and Warlocks all had their talents updated; Naxxramas tokens can be used to purchase a healer shield and a tank shield; many new class glyphs for the inscription profession have been released.

I still yearn for a laptop to hook myself back into playing, grarghhh. :o

Gaiwyn of Proudmoore

Friday, August 8, 2008

Character Overview

Last edit
-Tuesday, 15th of February 2011 (Patch 4.0.6)
-Updated links
-Separated characters into sections and rearranged in order of importance and level
-Waiting for XML update to us.battle.net before replacing embedded character profiles and achievement feeds

Character Summaries

Main characters

Gaiwyn
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Ilyaena
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Selaena
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Alts

Elvanus
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Zlaenya
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Mordreth
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Baeryc
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Aedrianel
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Dvaenya
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Bank Toon

Kynthaea
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Gaiwyn of Proudmoore