LFG ANY HEROIC OR ToC REG PST
Dual specced, epic flying, bronze drake with something to prove, give it up for Felairia!
There’s been something really magical about playing a character other than the one I’ve been for the past year-plus. Different playstyle (Melee vs. Ranged), more options (I can… I can tank?), and just a very different feel (…ALL THIS HEALTH OMG). I’ve sort of fallen in love with it, to be honest. Going back and playing Cel feels boring, lackluster. It doesn’t feel like it has the elegant dance that my DK does. Sure, Lock’n'Load is pretty neat, but there’s not really a tension there — it’s very rote. Fire an ES, wait, ES, wait, ES, continue rotation as normal, nothing to see here. Lining up Killing Machine + Rime procs, or getting the Rime and waiting for a KM, or maybe I should fire off that Howling Blast to get more Runic Power for Frost Strikes… or getting the KM proc, coming to the end of my rotation with six seconds left on it, and asking “Should I wait for the Oblit coming up in 3 to maybe proc it, or just blow it on a frost strike? Or shit, my diseases are almost falling off…”
Basically, the decisions I have to make are more intwined and elaborate on Fel than on Cel — I’m not sure if this is due to having internalized so much of a hunter’s behavior over the past year and a half, but I don’t really recall anything quite this intricate being part of my basic gameplay experience. And it’s pretty wonderful, I think.
And tanking! If I wasn’t so afraid of wiping groups or being in terrible PuGs, I’d be locked out of nearly every heroic nearly every day. Being so lynchpin to the group is a blast. If a DPS dies, you might miss the enrage. If the Tank dies, well, that’s a wipe. It also helps that I’ve got a well-geared warlock buddy running with me when I do manage to run things… good HEAVENS those guys are threat generators.
My big worry with my DK right now is that she needs a guild, one that’ll actually get her going through heroics, Ulduar, ToC.. whatever. Badges and gear are my big stumbling points right now with DPS, and experience is something sorely lacking in my tanking. When do I pop trinkets/cooldowns? Should I be worrying more about avoidance or effective health? Things of that nature. My housemate, a very well geared + skilled Pally tank has been helping me out, but man. DKs are wacky.
Fun wacky, though.
However, it’s also making me oddly disappointed with my hunter. She’s not fun, at least not for me right now. I’d been feeling lackadaisical about her for quite some time — it’s what inspired my hiatus from the game over summer. But especially now that I have another toon at 80, I almost don’t want to touch her. I haven’t logged in on her except for raids in the past two weeks, and even then I’d immediately hop right off to get back to my DK. I’m still waiting to find out of this is just a temporary fling or if my heart really is moving to a different place, but well.. I may need a more generic title for this blog than “I Was in Viper”. That, and Viper probably won’t exist come Cata. 
