So It Begins.

In search of better ways to use up spare time, I decided to make an effort in the realms of blogging. For those who stumbled upon the site randomly, my condolences and welcomes. How those two go together I haven't the foggiest but there you go.

I'm planning to use this blog to talk about Enhancement Shamans and their place in WoW, as well as anything else that crosses my mind when it comes to my various characters, guild, whatever. I'm a chatty Cathy, what can I say.

For my first trick, the new Alpha talents I totally haven't seen and probably shouldn't delve too deeply into. They look great and I'm incredibly excited for them. Now the big deal I'm seeing with them is the addition of INT converting into raw AP. This means I might actually be able to gear Svenge in Hunter gear as opposed to stealing Rogue and Feral leather out from under them.

For the time being I am raiding on a Protection Paladin, Vymes. We lost our previous tank and I decided to fill the gap in order to try something I'd wanted to do for awhile. Overall it's been a lot of fun, though not as enjoyable as Svenge. However there's certain fights I've gotten to Main Tank, such as Leotheras, that were a helluva rush. Morogrim needs to find the nearest fish fry and hop on the stove, though. He can take his Murlocs with him. Solarian is good fun too, though her adds get awfully friendly with our healers regardless of my best efforts.

Back to Shaman-ing, though! One of my biggest pet peeves when I inspect random Shamans (yes, I do this, no, it's not creepy, by the way the tree outside your window is a bit overgrown, I'd trim that a bit) is seeing fast offhands. Now, if you've got nothing else to use, fine, throw a Flametounge on it and call it a day. But for the love of God, a Fang of Vashj and any other dagger you may find is not a viable weapon for you. I know it's pretty, yes yes, very shiny indeed. But a Syphon of the Nathrezim or Rising Tide is so much shinier, and part of your complete DPS breakfast as well!

Now gems. Oh, these are always fun to see. "But Svenge," you might say, "AGI raises my crit, and I always need hit!" Well first off, shut up. Second, as it currently stand on Shaman gear STR is a rare commodity and should always be your top priority when gemming. Hit is different for Enhacement, in that we have no magic number like other classes. What you have is usually enough, and there's no need to strain for more.

There's more, but for later. Off to work.