Back to a changed world

I’ve been playing World of Warcraft. Pretty fun. Got my 60 Hunter restored after more than 2 years in Blizzard’s trash can. Leveled my Warlock to 70, but I do fail dps with her, and Hunter is just overall much more fun, so I play Hunter. Currently level 71, I’ve been soloing some pre-TBC content, such as Scholo, Strat, BRD, LBRS.

A lot has changed since I played last. My main has always been my Priest who is probably older than 4 years by now. I landed her in the Vengeance landing and killed some mobs. Ran out of mana instantly because Vampiric Touch has been vastly changed and no longer gives a percentage of damage dealt by Priest as mana to the party, but gives the Replenishment buff (1% mana every something seconds for something seconds) when struck by Mind Blast. Pretty harsh.

Really, I was so let down I couldn’t figure out how I’d ever be able to rush through mobs like I did grinding Netherweave and Scryer marks in Netherstorm. Now I’ve seen Priests using Dispersion and a very different rotation (something like Vampiric Embrace, Mind Blast and just mindflaying it down), so I should give her a try… maybe. I’d love to bring her to groups again, but I’m so Priest-rusty so I don’t know if I dare. I miss healing, too – I’ve probably not joined a group as healer for 3 years. Healing is awesome, but way back when Talent Specializations didn’t exist, it was just too much of a hassle for me to constantly respec. Grinding as holy, do not want. (Also, I was a horrible player back then, but don’t tell anyone.)

The new Dungeon Finder is quite cool. Nowadays I can say “I’ll play an hour to complete my random daily dungeon” and actually finish it under an hour. And I got to see Scholo, Strat and Dire Maul a few times, even though we only finished Strat, DM East and DM North. I am bit disappointed with the selection of random dungeons, though. I have gotten the same instance countless times the same day (I am very tired of Auchenai Crypts). Also, getting a group for the 70 instances is barely possible because when you reach 69 the Random Burning Crusade Dungeon is replaced with Random Lich King Dungeon. I’d really like to run Shadow Labyrinth but I guess I’ll have to solo it.