Liven up a little!

Well, after reviewing some of my posts, I realize that this blog is kind of boring, plain, and almost void of life. Therefore, we should Holy Shock a little life into this blog by adding some more personal stuff about my WoW-adventures, besides just links to builds, advice, and my complaining.

I respecced Retribution this morning, PvP style, and entered my first EotS in weeks. My heart was pounding as I entered the battle ground and 'Walk' by Pantera popped up on iTunes. Gorehowl was bloody as ever, maybe even more as it had been a while since it last tasted some orc flesh. As I was buffing, it started, and I hopped on Petunia my Charger.

"im going to BE, anyone?" appeared at the bottom of my screen, and I directed my horse down the rocks to a gentle landing. I knew what to do. Alongside a season 3 priest, a season 1 warrior, and a mage with some odd gear, I raced my way across the desolate ground and over the bridge. Surprisingly, there was little defense, and I cut a down a rogue that attempted to surprise the mage. It felt good to have that heft in my hands, Gorehowl spraying blood across the ground as the orc crumpled and faded.

The tower was ours! And every single Ally was up. Soon, we had a three cap, and things were going well with two nicely executed flag runs. But the Horde would not stand for this, and in a classic maneuver, zerged the broken Fel Reaver. We lost bases, the Horde lost bases, and the score began to even out, with the Alliance at the lead. There was so much chaos that eventually both factions were down to one base. That's when we stepped it up. Snatching up three of the four bases, I charged the center and nabbed the flag right before the rogue behind me tore through my armored chest piece and rended my back with a cruel dagger. As I turned to cut him down, I was amazed to see that same mage who I had saved earlier had frost bolted the rogue and shattered his body into a thousand little pieces. I was not pursued as I triumphantly ran the flag to the Mage Tower, setting us in place for the win. Only a few seconds had passed when the 'Victory!' stats page appeared before me. Second in damage done, behind a Grand Marshall hunter from the same server as me, and 3 in killing blows, behind that same hunter and a Tauren warrior.

As I marched down to the bank to deposit my marks, I felt emboldened. Petunia came to my side at a whistle, and I rode off. Today was going to be a fine one...

Comparison on Healers

I will admit that although I have not played any other healer over level 40 before, I believe that Paladin healing is the the hardest healer to play because we lack any HoT, AoE heal, or any useful instant cast. I really noticed this on things like the Void Reaver fight. There's so much movement, and although there is time to cast heals, it would be much easier if we had a HoT where we we could heal on the run.

I'm not complaining too much. All healers have their ups and downs. Paladins are considered the most mana-efficient and longest-lasting healer out there, and also the most durable when it comes to a mob running wild amongst the raid, and we can take a couple of hits. But I think that even though we have those, it would make sense to me to give Holy Shock a DoT/HoT component, or some other thing that gives us an instant cast heal. At this moment, I have used Holy Shock as a heal only 4 times, and I've been raiding for quite some time now.

Vroom Vroom!

Sweet dreams, Void Reaver! Your ass is grass.

On our second attempt, Fires of Tirisfal successfully downed Void Reaver last night even with the early loss of one tank and a healer.

We got a leather healing belt, and two Hunter, Mage, Warlock shoulder tokens.

Onto Solarian!... (After we slay Gruul again.)

Lurker Drowned!

On 12/13/07, Fires of Tirisfal successfully gaffed Lurker for our first kill on him!

Yes, he is the easiest boss of SSC, but it shows that even though a new guild, we're still capable of stuff without having to learn each other like most have to.

A DPS melee ring, a caster PvP ring, Shammy healing boots, and Plans: Boots of the Protector dropped.

Keep up the good work, Fires! Let's shutdown Void Reaver tonight!

PvP

PvP to me in Battlegrounds is a lot of fun, but only as Retribution. I for one cannot stand dueling or PvP (Besides Arenas) as Holy. Kudos to all of you healers who do it.

When I do go Ret, I'm always torn between what talents to choose. But I always pick up Imp. BoM (There really is no point in saving a little mana through Benediction when you can get the equivalent of 22 extra strength). Vindication is Godly now, and PoJ really shows its worth, namely by the way I can be mounted and not really have to worry about having Crusader on over Sanctity. Eye for an Eye can be helpful, but it's usuallt the last talent I put points in.

Crusade and Imp. Sanctity Aura truly are for PvE purposes. That extra whatever % isn't going to show up much when you're in those short fights. It's mostly for PvE purposes (Also, when is anyone in your group EVER close by?). I will basically go 5/0/56, as with my 100 hit rating I surpass the standard 5% hit by an extra point. I put 5 points in Holy for the strength talent, which adds about 108 AP to my stats.

For the second tier, I always pick up Imp. Judgement. Because of my libram, the more judgements the more AP I have during the course of a battle.

http://wowdigger.com/talent/view/2/050000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000050023003513200030100530313005000100

Here is the build I use, but it can easily be tweaked by taking points out of Deflection or Benediction and tossing them into Spiritual Focus. It's up to you, though. I find that bubble-healing is truly the best way to heal for a Retribution Paladin, rather than trying to heal while under attack.

Contact Me!

Hey again.

Wanted to let the word out that I am looking to increase Paladin spec-knowledge, and Paladin talent/spell information.

Rather than waiting on a message board or getting snide comments on the WoW Forums, send an e-mail to me: pcyr125@gmail.com with your questions! I will provide same day answers on all Paladin related material! (Unless it's a Holiday)

I want to help Paladins worldwide, whether they be Marshals or Privates. In my view, it is my contribution to all the people that helped me on my path to 60, then 70.