Another night of no ICC raid.\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, rarely do we do anything near the reset.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It’s been a bit disjointed, as if killing the Lich King once was enough and right now, nobody wants to really see him again.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
At least we are attempting it on heroic.\u00c2\u00a0 But\u00c2\u00a0going\u00c2\u00a0from 5 to 6 nights a week raiding to\u00c2\u00a0once or twice a week?\u00c2\u00a0 And I’m not entirely sure if it’s because we don’t have the right group or not.\u00c2\u00a0 Not that I can do much about it since I’m pretty much just dps.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m edging closer to\u00c2\u00a0having my\u00c2\u00a0Warrior’s tank spec being decent in ICC but\u00c2\u00a0all it would take is one or two big hits and she’d be down for\u00c2\u00a0the count.<\/p>\n
Not that I think it’s tanks they’re usually lacking.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it’s heals.\u00c2\u00a0 But my highest level “healing” class is still my Paladin, all the way at level 54 or so.\u00c2\u00a0 And considering\u00c2\u00a0I’m not particularly good at healing, well, I’m not sure\u00c2\u00a0it would make a difference if I did have a geared healer.<\/p>\n
But in the meantime, it meant more gearing of my Warrior through the sure and steady method:\u00c2\u00a0 Random dungeons.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Except the wait queue is getting longer and longer.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It’s averaging 15 minutes\u00c2\u00a0for me to just\u00c2\u00a0get in a group, and assuming nobody punks out, as happened each and every time last night, given an average\u00c2\u00a030 to 45 minute run in an instance, that means I’m only doing at most an instance an hour.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ah well, the first up was the Halls of Stone.\u00c2\u00a0 Again,\u00c2\u00a0everyone had gearscores in the mid 3k range, but I also feel that Halls of Stone is a more moderate instance anyway, even in\u00c2\u00a0heroic mode.\u00c2\u00a0 But this time, the tank was slow and methodical in his tanking.\u00c2\u00a0 He would use LOS pulls, and for the most part, wouldn’t pull too many mobs at once.\u00c2\u00a0 Once again, one of the other dps was a Death Knight who was on top of things with his Death Grip<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for mobs who got past the tank.\u00c2\u00a0 And the rare times mobs got past both of them, I could usually do a quick Challenging Shout<\/a> to drag them back to the tank.<\/p>\n The fights were pretty standard, except I adjust where I stood more.\u00c2\u00a0 I would go to the rear of the mobs, execute a few attacks, then move back to their front arcs, absorbing some hits but keeping my rage up.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m slowly improving at my rage management, although I do probably give the healer a heart attack or two when I suddenly start dropping hp rapidly.<\/p>\n Otherwise, the fights weren’t that memorable.\u00c2\u00a0 We did pull off the Brann Spankin’ New<\/a> achievement.\u00c2\u00a0 I personally also picked up the Halls of Stone<\/a> and Heroic: Halls of Stone<\/a> achievements.\u00c2\u00a0 In general, a nice quick run where everyone did their job and also looked out for the other members.<\/p>\n Next up was a Utgarde Keep run.\u00c2\u00a0 This was a nice simple run, although one guy admitted that he had just pinged to 80.\u00c2\u00a0 Not that I mind, Heroic: Utgarde Keep is still pretty easy.\u00c2\u00a0 And for the most part it went well.\u00c2\u00a0 I did die during the Prince Kelesth, but that’s because I saw someone get iceblocked out of the corner of my eye.\u00c2\u00a0 I assumed it was the healer and tried to break them out, except it wasn’t and I got hit by a hefty ice block myself and died.<\/p>\n I really didn’t need the Shaman saying “I don’t know why everyone groups up in the middle?\u00c2\u00a0 If you stack on the tank, nobody dies!”\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I did stack on the tank and only pulled out because I thought the healer was in trouble.\u00c2\u00a0 But I let it slide, screw it if he thought I was an idiot.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Either way, it was still a quick run and the instance was practically over before I knew it.\u00c2\u00a0 The newly pinged 80 even got some decent loot for himself.\u00c2\u00a0 I briefly debated a third run but it was getting late for another run and I was a little tired.<\/p>\n Instead, I took a look at my currency page and decided to spend some of it.\u00c2\u00a0 For my tanking kit, I finally replaced my old item level 187 gloves with a pair of Gauntlets of the Royal Watch<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 For my dps kit, I replaced a blue ilvl 200 ring with a Bloodshed Band<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n It always kills me a little to suddenly spend a lot of emblems, but I just keep telling myself that I might as well do it and get my self geared as close to ICC levels as I can.\u00c2\u00a0 Both purchases pushed my gearscore for both specs above the 4k mark, which was nice.\u00c2\u00a0 I figure if I can do 2-3 random dungeons a night, I should be able to pick up some nice bits and pieces every week and a half at max.\u00c2\u00a0 Now it’s just a matter of figuring out what is the best upgrade at any given time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another night of no ICC raid.\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, rarely do we do anything near the reset.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It’s been a bit disjointed, as if killing the Lich King once was enough and right now, nobody wants to really see him 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