I’ve been pouring a huge amount of effort into my human priest lately. I’m trying to get her to 70 before the expansion, so I’ve still got some work cut out for me. It also makes a great excuse to check out the Alliance lore, particularly as it relates to humans. Because of the fact that all my frequently-played characters are Horde, I don’t have as many friends A-side; this results in a lot of soloing, and very little instancing. In fact, before this weekend I’d never done a level-appropriate instance on my priest. Level-appropriate, you ask? You know - doing it right. Not being run through by someone in epics. A full group of people of the level the instance was intended for.

I’m sure you get the idea.

So! Someone in a channel that I lurk in was looking for some people to help with RFD. I was bored, and I had time, so away I went! Turns out that it was two parents and their 10-year-old with myself and one other to round out the group. I completely approve of parents playing games with their children, and their kid did a fine job on their DPS warrior. In fact, the entire group did pretty well for being a pickup - we had close calls, sure, but we always managed to pull through. I think we only had one true wipe. The pally healer good, and I had great fun tossing shields on people when needed.

Things I learned from my first instance!
-Even at level 40, threat reduction talents, or rather the lack thereof, make a noticable difference.
-Power Word: Shield is love.
-Buffing as a priest sucks. SUUUCKS.
-When you shackle something… keep an eye on it to make sure it stays shackled. (Gimme a break on this one, my first time playing CC in an instance.)
-Mind flay is superb for running mobs.

I went into the instance about 5 bubbles away from level 40, but I didn’t have any rest experience so I wasn’t really expecting to level. We were on the last pull before the final boss (a six-pull), trying desperately to wrap up before people had to leave. I was out of mana, low on health, and had already used desperate prayer. The warlock was down, the DPS warrior was down, and the situation looked pretty bad. Just as my health was nearing zero, one of the warlock’s curses finished ticking on a mob, and *FWOOSH* - I hit level 40! Full health and mana, WOOHOO! I quickly tossed a shield on myself and the healer, faded, did a little in-combat talent spending to pick up shadowform, and we killed off the rest of those mobs!

I love opportune levelling, I really do.

Posted: 07|23|08 at 12:28 pm. Filed under: Priest.
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