Re: Number of Respecs Required to Play This Game is...

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Orion Ryder
<orionryder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know..

A trick question.

I just had to post it because some nosy person examined my priest in
the armory and looked under statistics and noticed that my number of
respecs was 1.

So this person found it odd and stated that I had my initial spec on
some patch launch (or some such) and that I merely built upon it as I
progressed from level 70 to 80.

Actually the truth is this. At 70 I put in my spec at the patch and
even held off for some time on progressing (pulling the old Diablo
trick) and waited till I gathered more info over the passing weeks and
when I hit level 76 or 77 I popped the unused points and then added
one each level after that.

Off the top of my memory I think my build is 23/48/0. Does that sound
right? I have the Divine Spirit point and the two in improved Divine
Spirit.

In a raid with full buffs I think my spell is at about +2300, varies
on the food and buffs and my Mp5 hovers around 400, mostly in the
390s.

I have a decent mixture of specs on my gear which is what Dwarfpriest
recommends and I save many different pieces of gear in case I
recognize that I would need it for a specific fight. My haste is
almost 10%. I have a green trinket still but I do have blues in the
bank and they mostly have Mp5 on them so I went with my green that
supplies + spellpower, because I have mentioned that mana management
has not been an issue. I am on the lookout for a better trinket. In
the meantime I am getting badgered by some players because I have one
green trinket. I probably appear to be a noob but if I am it is on
purpose, hah hah.

My glyphs are the 10% mana reduct on Flash Heal, the Renew one and for
now I have settled for the PW:S which heals but I want to replace that
one and as soon as my Scribe learns a better one I will change to that
one. I can?t remember what that is, maybe it is Greater Heal.

I built my WotlK build pretty much on the same principle of the advice
I received from all of you here during the TBC campaign. Divine Spirit
with a good mix of the Holy Tree.

The problem with that is that we aren't in the TBC campaign anymore,
the healing mechanics have chaged quite a bit. I wouldn't put any more
than 14 points into Discipline and I certainly wouldn't put any points
into Improved PW: S or Silent Resolve as you have. I'd suggest
rereading the Dwarf Priest blog or the Elitist Jerks forums to get a
better handle on healing gear/specs etc.

I'm not top on the healing meters when I go to 25 man raids but that
don't mean diddly to me, I'm not in a contest. And I am a stubborn
pisser who would likely request to be replaced rather than go out and
respec at this point. Perhaps I approach healing from a different
perspective. I mean someone has to be thinking "That mage can't die,
we need his leet DPS for this fight" or "This is a good time for a CoH
on the tank because the boss just lightly smashed everyone up close so
I will get them topped off" or "What' this? the tank has 100 rage?
Then a PW:S is not going to hurt now". Yeah I think weird sometimes
but someone has to look into the utter oddball oddities of this game.

BTW, I like my build and gear and it's all your fault.

That's why I love you all!!

OH! OH! OH!

Orion
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