Deadr hits 30

Deadr went after dinging 30 last night with gusto. I started the night with 1000xp on the level and flew to Ashenvale to kill the Satyrs. First, I decided to finish the hunting quest, and went after the Bear Druid and the panther. That ended up being almost 7k of non-rest-affecting xp. Now it was time to go slay some demons.

I went on over the bridge and discovered through a fluke of aggro and repops that I can effectively get Deadr to handle 3 level 27s and 2 more in quick succession before the previous one is dead. Someone had buffed me with INT before I left Org and I had 2,400 mana to cast from. I cleared a path on up to the higher level demons and just started making the rounds. It is actually a very nice grinding area, similar in repop times to the Gitr-favorite gorilla area in STV. I like going after the rogues the best, because I just dps the crap out of them with my wand. I don’t like the casters as much because I alternate Mana Drain and dps and just end up wasting more mana. I actually had to start taking breaks last night when the only things in the area were casters.

I kept getting invites to RFK and had to keep ignoring or turning them down because all I wanted to do at the time was ding. I was on track for dinging by 9:15 or so when my fiance came over with all of her clothes and shoes from her closet and required my assistance. I finally got back on around 11:00 and had 20 minutes left to level. It took about 10g to train all the spells that were available at 30, but it was worth it. I got Mind Control and Mind Flay Rank 2.

I don’t know what the plans are after work today, what with the wedding being next weekend, but I’d like to go do some instances as a raging healer. I have 3 pieces of Healing gear to balance out with my INT and SPI gear, but those 3 pieces give me +84 Healing. If I got my hands on those really cool Necromancer Leggings, then I would do more damage at the same time. Can you say Power Word: Pain FTW? There is a pair of those pants that keep going up on the AH for 38g, with a normal price of 46, but I have too much wrapped up in inventory on the AH. It’s driving me nuts to not have the liquid assets to get something that I have the worth to get. I almost asked a guildie for them since I would have the money in a couple of days, but decided that I’ll have the money in a couple of days, and THEN I can get the pants. Besides, it would be stupid to get them and then not be able to play for a little while. I’ve updated Deadr’s profile again, so take a looksee at his cool gear now.

I almost forgot about my Honorable Kill last night. I was running to the West coast of Ashenvale to the outpost. When I got to Astranaar, I swam along the northern section of the moat to the area just off the flight point so I could avoid detection by any high level Alliance toons that might be flying in. As I made my way to the road on the West side, I saw some red text in the flight point area. It was a level 25 Night Elf Hunter, and he was just standing there. I ran back to the side of the water and got in a good distance away and swam closer and closer until my spells became in-range. I Pained him and then started wanding. I expected that the wanding would stop at any second as he ran away or that the Flight Master would attack me. Nope. He was dead in about 10 seconds, and I had an honorable kill. I chuckled as I thought of him coming back to the keyboard and finding himself dead, just as I have several times on this crazy PvP server.

To all of you priests out there, what do you feel is most important: +Healing, +SPI, or +INT? This would be assuming you are in a like-level instance as a healer. Most of the gear is still cheap, but I’d really like to get some gear strategy down before it gets too expensive.