First Ever Heroic Instance

As the title says, last night I ran my first ever Heroic instance, Slave Pens. The group consisted of:

Honorshammer
Wichita
Baconstrip
Origami
Brambles

I was a little nervous about the run because, it was my first heroic, I had never even been to normal slave pens, we had 2 healers (Wichita resecced resto for the run) and therefore I would have to step up my DPS (no slacking) as well as being the only CC (for the most part).

I have to say, I was actually impressed with my performance. I was able to step up my DPS a little bit, (really need to download a DPS meter so I can compare my numbers between runs), I think I CC'd effectively and I managed to keep my aggro under control (most of the time).

Although my boots did not drop I did receive a nice +spell hit/+ stam gem to stick in my gear. Plus my first 3 badges of justice, and a sheep-load of fun. Overall the evening was great and I can't wait to do it again.

Next up for me is some stuff with Rhubarb, trying to get her better geared and more experienced. I am also thinking of trying the Darkrune event in Ogrila as I have 2 darkrunes to use.

Arena night & SV run

Well, last night was Monday which means arena night. Monday is such a great night for Arena matches, queue times are so low its rediculous. A couple of times the next match was ready before the loading screen completed. Our team last night consisted of Rhubarb (Holy pally), Wichita (Elem. Sham), Origami & Zadorr (Feral Druids), and Paymon ( ?? Hunter). For the first time I actually had fun in the Arena !! We went 4-6 for the night, our rating hardly went down at all, yay for more points :) . My performance, while inconsistent, was much improved I felt. My biggest areas to work on are: getting the PVP trinket, bubbling too soon, BOP'ing too soon. I also need to improve my gear so that I can spam my fast heals more often than relying on my big slow ones. Anyway, the night was a lot of fun and I am actually looking forward to next week, crazy.

After we ran our 10 matches, the group stayed mostly the same and we went to Steamvaults. I switched out Rhubarb for Brambles, and Paymon was replaced by Jagdelf, another fine hunter. For this run, Origami tanked so Zadorr could DPS, and Wichita brought the heals. Everyone did a great job, although Brambles was quite low on the damage meter :( . I must say, Jagdelf does an amazing amount of damage, he was a fair margin ahead of Zadorr, and VERY far ahead of Brambles. Overall, a fun run that ended with Brambles getting Revered with the Cenarion Expedition and receiving Incanters Pauldrons off of the last boss.

I'm a little concerned with how low my damage is with Brambles. Now, I'm not one to concern myself with being #1 DPS, in my opinion if the run succeeds than it was a success and I do as much as possible to ensure success. I enjoy CC and I like to think I do it well. I try to put Slow on mobs to make others kiting a little easier or to slow casters, so our group takes less damage. There are some macros that I intend to make which will improve my DPS which should help, and obviously gearing up will help too. Ideally I would like to keep my CC going well and improve my damage to competetive levels, that's what I will shoot for.

My next task is to run some instances with Rhubarb as main healer. Our guild is a smidge short on healers at the moment and I intend to see if I would enjoy healing an instance at all. If I don't I will stick to the Arena with Rhubarb and gear her up that way. If I do enjoy healing, I will gear her up more quickly and get her keyed for Kara (need only BM), so that we can get 2 groups going a little quicker.

My next time playing is Wednesday where I hope to make my first foray into a Heroic instance. There is a heroic Slave Pens scheduled and I am itching to get some badges. Should be an interesting test. If the run does not happen, hopefully I can get a group together for an instance with Rhubarb as the main healer, doesn't really matter which one, it's really just a test of my enjoyment as stated above.

Thats all I've got for now.

Introduction

Brambles is a level 70 human Mage on the Altar of Storms server. This character is specced Arcane/Fire and has professions 375 Jewelcrafting, 366 Tailoring and 375 First Aid.

Rhubarb is a level 70 dranei Paladin on the same server. This character is currently specced Holy/Prot but has the best gear in Ret.

Both characters are in a great guild Heroes Inc. The people in this guild have been very friendly sinced I joined 2 months ago and I have enjoyed grouping for both PVE and PVP with them.

Brambles is currently my main and is geared and keyed for Kara if only barely in some areas. I am currently trying to finish her tailoring in order to craft the final piece of her Spellfire set as well as improve her gear in all other areas. I am also trying to improve her general play through improving DPS through a better/more efficient spell rotation. I have never had a character at this level (raiding) so everything is a learning curve. I am also trying to get her keyed for Heroics, the closest being Cenarion.

Rhubarb is my alt which I would like to get keyed and geared for Kara as my guild is a little light on healers. We've even had a couple of players (better players than I) respec healing in the interest of getting 2 groups going to Kara. I would like to get Rhubarb ready so they could go back to the pwnage I know & envy. Rhubarb is also my arena character being a charter member of the 5v5 team "MewMewPewPew and Bubble". I'm going to say right off, I absolutely suck as a PVP healer. My first match my team went down with me at 0 healing, incredibly sad. Hopefully i can improve my game so that I can at least join my team without the burning shame.

That is all I have for now.