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Happy New Year!
I'm do apologize for being offline for sometime. Just after the New Year my Grandfather passed away which kept Chris and I in California a bit longer than expect. Upon our return to Virginia I immediately returned to school and Chris went off on a voyage. During the first few weeks of school the workload has been substantial. Most of my classes this semester involve a lot of reading they include: Macroeconomics, History of Western Civilization II, and Oceanography. My math class doesn't really require much by way of reading...more by doing...XD

Great raid this weekend Band of Misfits! I got to DPS this week (=O /le gasp) as we ended up with 9 healers in the raid this weekend. I of course wasn't SO great I'm pretty geared out with my DPS set though I think my rotation needs a little reworking. This weekend I did acquire some new gear =D I got Deathwhisper's Chestpiece and got enough Frost Emblems to get Lasherweave Pauldrons. We didn't get to any new bosses this week but I think we did well.

Swiftmend: Are you a mender?
Currently, in my healing spec (which can be seen here) I am specced into Swiftmend. Personally I have a love-hate relationship with Swiftmend. Now I love what Swiftmend does and if you have it glyphed (as I do) it can be a lifesaver if you have both Rejuvination and Regrowth up on your target. Personally I've had Swiftmends crit for +20,000. I get very excited when I see big healing numbers like that, bold, green, numbers flashing before my eyes letting me know that I am helping out in a big way. But I've never seen a big need for Swiftmend, I can keep tanks or raid heal perfectly without having to use it. It's just seems to me like a wasted talent point. With my haste as high as it is, its not a problem to pop a Nourish on people getting low on health or even pop Nature's Swiftness and Healing Touch. So possibly I'm not using the mechanic correctly. Fact of the matter is with or without it I can heal pretty damn well. Swiftemend to me only seems to pad my healing numbers and in all honesty I forget to use it from time to time. I can see uses for it but with my healing rotation (Tanks: Rejuvination, Lifebloom x3, Regrowth, Nourish, re-apply; Raids: Regrowth, Rejuv, Nourish?, Repeat) it doesn't seem to work out for me. Maybe I'll play around with it a little more and we shall see.

This last week I leveled Kochanski to 80 and am currently gearing her up to be a Tank. I quite enjoy tanking though I am trying to learn the mechanics of how Parry, Dodge, and Shield Blocking all work. I must delve into some Paladin Tank blogs and figure it out. I think I'm doing okay but it often pisses me off when pug DPS-ers hit other things than my target, have you guys ever heard of assisting off the tank? Clearly you haven't and if you did that in a raid you'd be kicked in a second. The random dungeon tool can be a blessing but it can also very much be a curse.

I made a new Druid!!! Her name is Elheaux (a name more or less given to me by Matheo) and I plan on making her a kitty/bear specced. She's only level 2 right now and I've equipped her with Stained Shadowcraft Spaulders and will probably equip her with a Stained Shadowcraft Tunic. We'll see how it goes.

As for Nymphidora, I finally transferred her over to Azuremyst and made her a Gnome! Yay for Gnome Warlocks.

This ends this transmission from Teh Elo...See you on the flip side!!
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