Pro Survival

Remember how I said Druny levelled very fast in Wailing Caverns? Well on the second run that we did, all the dinosaurs on the north face of the cliff decided to randomly aggro us as we fought the druid boss. Usually when over ten mobs ravage the party, its a wipe, especially at these levels. However as you can see:

You can see here all the dinos, the druids, and even a slime has succumbed to our competency.

Dinosaur Invasion Fail

Druny the Mage

Druny the Mage - Progress

How is Druny the Mage you ask? Well err....as you can see here she is fully decked in her Lame BoA gear ready to take on the beasts of Tirisfal Glades as a freshly dinged Level 10! The 20% bonus exp got her three levels farther than my last mage before I got bored, may he rest in piece I mean peace in Durotar.

Here she is, showing off her Frost Nova! "Watch out undead guy I freeze your ankles off!"

Yeah Arcane Missiles! I know they use a lot of mana but hitting three times with shards of purpleness may just be the thing to keep Druny going!

They have been hitting for 25 damage each, sometimes critting (omg) for 39 damage WOOT! Though this spell takes out probably a third of my mana bar and can be shortened when hit.

Druny and her tiny-ass Imp Fireball. Enough said. After getting used to a Warlocks crazy destructive fire, Druny does not really use this spell a lot...

Also, I still have not decided where to spend Druny's first talent point and will see how long I can hold off talentless (probably till late 20s realistically speaking since Turny healed with Feral spec...hmm...)

Take that Tirisfal Bat, I melee you down!

Hey a little bit of free healing when Crusader procs is not bad, plus it beats sitting to drink and gives me something to do.

That's the extent of the levelling Druny got for today, in creating these screenshots..so.....she will hit 15 tomorrow, or at least I will try for level 12!


Druny the Mage

Truny the Warlock on Mages - Disposing Dispositions

Why did I choose to play a Warlock and not a Mage? Was it because of the shadow damage? Or was it because of the Demons? Because Warlocks are supposed to be more "evil"?

I think so!

I mean come on, people make Mages sound malevolent and crazy with their fire spells but...it just doesn't cut it for me.

To me, Mages feel too Hocus-Pocus.

"Oh 'abracadabra I create a fireball, Shazam, a larger fireball which I shall call Pyroblast."

Whereas a Warlock gets spells called Incinerate, Immolate, Conflagrate. There's action tied to these names, they have intent. To kill.

Am I just a weird person with murderous intent? Maybe...

But anyhow, I had created a mage a while ago and got him up to level 8 before I got tired of having to drink after every fight and deleted him. Rest in peace whatever your name was. Oh yes it was Bran. After Brandon Stark.

What was with this downtime? Where's your lifetap?

A few month's after Bran's death, I decided to (yes I did Mihael) give Mages another shot since they are obviously quite strong at end-game. I thought..well if they could match damage with Truny....fine, my Shaman can die and I shall remake a mage.

And then Druny was born. To help with the downtime, I equipped her with Runy's relic sword, enchanted with the Crusader powers. Yes, I shall cast AND melee until a reasonable level to save downtime. And it worked. I also purchased the relic chestpiece to go with the shoulderpads for 20% bonus exp and lo-and-behold Druny is already level 11 (or 10).

I found casting Fireball to be quite unsatisfying as its just......its...the same fireball my IMP casts! However at level 8/9 or so I found a taste for Arcane Missiles as it was something new and dealt reasonable damage. Though I still didn't feel very malevolent. Still a mage in training. Druny has yet to see the big spells.

Now the question is, should I go Fire/Ice/Arcane? Also, this video makes playing a mage seem UTTERLY AWESOME and I must be privy to it!



Perhaps I can get used to this "clean" sort of caster dps.

Truny the Warlock

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Druny the Mage