5LP: Xiaojing level 15!

Level 15

Remember how I mentioned that I had made a Pandaren Hunter? Well, I've been playing her, and she's level 15 now! She's on the Earthen Ring (RP server). I didn't do posts every five levels, so here's a big compilation instead!

As a side note, I wish that this post's pictures would behave. They won't go where I want them to!



Level 5

Level 10

Well this is weird.

Was going through the Pandaren starting zone with a new Hunter on Earthen Ring.
I am in the middle of a very odd glitch.

I was doing the quests to wake up Wugou. I did the quest where you had to have Shu wake him up, and the animation played (kind of), except Wugou just kept sleeping. Shu didn't even run around like as if Wugou was chasing him or anything.

The quest said to take the cart to the Temple of Five Dawns, and I figured that it would probably be okay, since I had completed the quest. Obviously, Wugou didn't follow me. I got on the cart; no Wugou. He spawned in, running after the cart instead of sitting in it like he usually did. But there was one thing even weirder. I currently have two Wugous following me.

Here, have a picture.

 

Really, really odd.

Funny thing I just remembered

Does anyone else remember the Mists of Pandaria beta?
And do you remember how the level 2-ish Hozen that you fight early on in the Pandaren starting zone had a glitch towards the end of beta where they had an attack that could one-shot you?

I'm so glad that attack never made it to the actual game. One-shot bananas are bad.

Very happy

I could not be happier about my boosted 90. I love her. It is letting me experience things that I would probably never accomplish. My only previous 90 was a Monk, who I enjoyed leveling, but hated end-game. I just didn't enjoy her. I decided to use my boosted 90 on a Shadow Priest, which was a class I had been enjoying leveling, but was having difficulty questing with. My highest Shadow Priest was about 66 before I finally succumbed to the Outlands rut.

My new Shadow Priest plays in the way that I expected, and I am not feeling overwhelmed like I thought I would.

But anyway, on to why I'm so happy!

I just soloed Onyxia! I've been wanting to do this for a long time, since the Onyxian Drake is one of my favorite mounts in the game, and I've wanted to grind for it. I had tried to with my Monk, but it just wasn't working for me. I just did it, and I actually enjoyed utilizing my character to the fullest.

And just to prove that I indeed did know what I was doing:

Made sure that I had Power Word: Fortitude and Inner Fire up before entering the dungeon.
Cleared the trash. Had Power Word: Shield up when I could. Vampiric Touch > Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast > Mind Sear Mind Sear Mind Sear > Mind Blast. Repeat unless I had 3 Shadow Orbs or Divine Insight proc'd.

First stage of Onyxia wasn't bad. Mostly my usual rotation + Power Word: Shield + Renew.
Second stage was a little trickier. Used Mind Sear on the trash. Kept using my rotation on Onyxia. I'm pretty sure I used Vampiric Embrace here.
Third stage was easy, spammed my rotation. I'm pretty sure I used Mindbender and Fear Ward as well. Didn't run low enough on mana that I needed Dispersion.

Throughout the entire fight I kept Power Word: Shield up whenever it was available and used Renew if I had taken hits before.

I want to learn to utilize Silence and Inner Will more, but I'm pretty happy with myself otherwise.

Just a question though: Does Mind Spike have a purpose? I mean, it says that Mind Blast does 52,986 damage and Mind Flay does 42,849, but Mind Spike only does 35,505? Is it because it does "shadowfrost" damage that it has a purpose? Because currently I don't see the purpose in using something that does lower damage and gets rid of my DoTs. Am I just missing something totally obvious here?
Oh, and gear!
Most of what I was using was just the gear that was provided with my boost. Although I do have three pieces 496 pieces from Timeless Isle (Amaranthine Robe of the Wavecrest, Amaranthine Handwraps of the Decimator, Amaranthine Cord of the Impatient). Slowly working on Timeless Isle to get gear.

My eventual goal is to learn how to DPS in dungeon/raid setting. I've only ever healed through dungeons, and not even high level ones. I really do love playing a Shadow Priest though, and would love to learn one. Pretty lofty goal for me though.
First step I think is to solo some stuff, learn basic mechanics such as silencing, maximizing DPS, etc. After that, I'll work on two-manning some raids with my dad (much more experienced in raid settings than I am), so he can explain the things I'm missing.
After that, group up for scenarios. Then dungeons. Eventually raids, although that probably won't be until the next expansion...
I want to be confident in my skills. I don't want to doubt myself the entire time because then it will start being fun. By the time I'm entering raids I want to be indistinguishable from a non-boosted character. I don't want to go in and have it be obvious that I didn't play this character from 1-90.

Good plan? :)

5LP: Huilang level 10!

Huilang is now level 10! I think I need to switch her spec when I get to Orgrimmar, because I'm not having a great time with Arcane (which I chose for a change of pace). I've died twice against Tigers on the Wandering Isle because Arcane Blast takes too long to "heat up," so to speak. It does very little damage in the first three hits, only doing decently for 4+ hits, and this effect doesn't last very long, so I end up having to start back over if I walk any sort of distance to the next Tiger. Plus, the Tigers have been ganging up on me, which isn't very nice. That combined with the time it takes for me to start damaging the first Tiger that's hitting me, I end up not killing them fast enough to survive with my squishy Mage-ness.
I'm sure I'll have a better time with her once I respec into Fire like I usually do for Mages.

No point in listing gear since it's the same as any other cloth Pandaren at this level.

Playing WoW Again: 5LP: Huilang level 5

So, I've started up WoW again, but with a twist!

I have restarted on Earthen Ring, an RP server! My new character here is Huilang, a Pandaren Mage.
She is currently level 5.

I also used by level 90 boost on this realm. If you happen to see a level 90 Undead Shadow Priest named Quintella running around, that's me! I'm the proud owner of a level 90 Shadow Priest, like I've always wanted, finally :)

Just something I noticed the other day...

So, I was watching my boyfriend play FFXIII: Lightning Returns (I was reading him a walkthrough).

Just a question though...
If time has stopped then is Valfodr dead? I mean, he is the Arbiter of Time, so doesn't that mean he has some connection to time, and is therefore dead now that time doesn't exist? Or is his whole area just outside of time altogether and so he's fine?

I've been playing the game too, and I think I enjoy it much more than my boyfriend does. He gets frustrated with the new combat system because he's so used to the old one, but this combat system works much better for me!

Playing FFXIV again!

Started playing FFXIV: A Realm Reborn again! For some reason, my game just would not connect to the Adamantoise server, so I had to start over. Name is still Panha Fashonti, but I'm on Leviathan server now.

Currently a level 9 Thaumaturge and going strong! :)