At this point, I’m not sure if I’m more warrior or priest, but I hit 60 as a warrior first, and have yet to hit 30 with a priest. ๐
- For the first 5 levels, kill EVERYTHING in sight, everywhere you go.
- Find out what gathering profession’s goods sell best on your server, and pick that profession for financing your clothes and wands.
- Don’t waste money on potions, with the exception of a maximum health potion to save your butt if you’re getting hit by multiple mobs.
- Use your wand to save mana. You’ll need your mana to bubble and heal in a bind.
- After level 10, only buy armor that increases your stats. Don’t bother with a huge stat in one category (i.e., Belt of Intellect +9 INT) if there is another item with 2 decent stats that add up to a bigger bonus.
- If you’re in a grinding mood, get kill quests. If you’re bored, get point A, point B quests to boost your XP.
- Don’t forget to use Inner Fire at all times. Your health will stay up longer after your bubble goes down with that extra 15% damage reduction.
- Strike with a casting spell first, preferably a DOT, followed by instant casts, and finish the mob off with the wand to regenerate your mana for the next fight. I do not carry drinks of any kind while grinding.
- If you accidently pull 2 mobs, at least put a DOT on one of them while you take care of the other.
- Keep the best wand possible. With this style of fighting, your wand will influence your killing rate, and thus your leveling rate, the most.
I hope this list helps you in your adventures as a cloth-wearing healer.
Some thoughts…
Important item not mentioned and maybe assumed….go Shadow spec till 40. A Shadow spec priest rocks and when you are bored of grinding u can go to BG and have some fun.
Spirit tap is critical for grinding.
Wands are important but I would not spend talent points to improve it until I reached Shadow Form.
I have 5/5 and am going Shadow. Check out the profile to make sure I’m on the right track. I have a point to spend. Where shall I be heading now? I’m contemplating threat reduction so I don’t pull multiple mobs, but I’m clueless about priest until I experience what works and what doesn’t.