Ding 65... and phat loot! (?!)

Hit 65 in Nagrand the other day... does that place screw with your sense of direction like it does mine? For some reason whenever I'm in that zone I have to check the map every two minutes, only to discover I've taken the wrong road out of Halaa, like I do every time.

But I've already obtained some fantastic loot for my drood - the Staff of Natural Fury. Mmm. Purples. I managed to buy it from a guildie at a substantial discount, too, joyous day!

Of course I had to dip into my epic mount money. Oh well. Flying faster is a luxury just like having epic druid staves. ;)

Stealth is still incomparably fun - like doing quest after 70 and learning to fly I can just sneak right up to the named mob I need to kill and do so instead of having to fight through an entire camp to get there.

What else...? Ah yeah, Lifebloom! This spell is SO sweet. Another instant-cast HoT to throw on yourself after a fight is always welcome, and this comes in incredibly handy when main-healing instances, as any class with the ability to heal will eventually be asked to do. I have 450 +healing or so (in my healing gear) and stacking lifebloom 3 times on a single target will heal him for 240 or so per second as long as I maintain the stacks. Oftentimes this by itself is enough to keep a target alive, and if not, I can just toss on a Rejuvenation or use Regrowth.

Ding 62... wtb STR

Per the post title, I've hit 62 with my Druid, and Maim is pure awesome. It's spike damage a la Ferocious Bite (not nearly as strong, but unlike Rip it can crit) with a nice long Incapacitate effect that isn't broken by DoTs. You get a nice little break to heal or cast Roots or both, and you get to watch your enemy's life get ticked away by Pounce and Rake.

But where's all the leather gear with Strength? I'm decked out in Rogue gear, doing plenty of damage, but I have about half as much Strength now as I did before I left Azeroth. This totally kills the effectiveness of the Nurturing Instinct talent (increases healing done by 50% of your Strength), which is ordinarily a great levelling (and PvP) talent. So far I've seen exactly one piece of leather with Strength, the blue chest from Zeth'gor Must Burn.

I've taken to wearing +healing rings instead of dps rings, it helps downtime some and gives me more mana to boot.

Ding! 58

Mah dr00d hit 58 last night, joy of joys, and he's already picked up a significant boost to his already crazy cat form damage and a whole ton of health, not to mention upgrades to his healing set.

One thing I can't seem to figure out, with all this new Outland gear... where does my Mana come from? All the Feral gear I can see is damage stats and Stamina, no Intellect at all. Unless I want to wear boomkin gear and sacrifice my DPS I don't see where to find it, and the mana pool is a significant contributor to a druid's longevity.

I logged onto my Hunter as well to help a paladin guildie get his Charger - what a cool event. Not as cool as the Warlock event, but still very fun. And Rattlegore STILL hurts like a b#%@h.

I had a nice complement from this party on my pulling skills... made me all happy inside.