Yesterday I officially started raiding on Mingle as a disc priest, and it was pretty enjoyable. Apart from the Faction Champions.
I’m not saying I dislike that encounter – indeed, it’s very much the opposite. Healing through the Champions on 10-man was Awesome! Seriously, that fight alone was the most fun I’ve had playing WoW in quite some time. And the rest of the night was pretty good as well.
I’ve yet to get some feedback from the Healing Officer about my performance so far (I’ve been told not to expect too much until I’ve several raids worth of WWS for officers to study), but I’m cautiously optimistic. I think part of that is the fact that healing (at least, Disc-style) plays up one of my strengths (reaction time) whilst avoiding my two biggest weaknesses (targeting mobs at range as a dps class, and hesitation when starting to dps). But it’s quite a turn-around from the last time I did the Faction Champions on my priest – that left me fuming and probably the angriest I’ve been in a long time, when I last did it as shadow. (That was the 25-man version though; I’ve yet to see what it’s like to heal)
I was also in for the first guild 10-man run of VoA and the new boss, Koralon, on tank Dingle. It was easier than Emalon (and probably almost puggable, given decently geared people with at least a little competence), but a fun little fight. I still haven’t been able to get in there on priest Mingle; missing out on the 25-man VoA run last night was annoying, but considering that we had so many new raiders that we ran a 10-man Ulduar simultaneously with the 25-man ToC run to give people something to do, it’s not really worth getting upset over. (I guess I’ll have to see if I can get Mingle into a VoA25 pug)
Anyway, I haven’t done any ToC25 so far this week – I’m really hoping I get the chance, as I have enough emblems of triumph saved to be able to buy a t9.5 piece (probably the Shoulders) but need to get my hands on a Trophy of the Crusade. It’s a pity the tier 9 is such a plain, characterless set – hopefully the tier 10 from Icecrown will make up for this set’s boredom.
But I have been in ToC10, and the guild group managed to clear it all – even Anub’arak (which was more fun than he was in AN). After the 25-man raid, we went back to do heroic ToC10 and managed to get through both the Beasts encounter and Jarraxus. (Sadly, the bosses don’t drop the Trophy I need for my shoulders – apparently they only drop from the tribute chests after killing Anub’arak, if you have enough attempts remaining)
Unfortunately we’re stuck on the Faction Champions again, which is even nastier than it was first time around. Fortunately while it’s irritating to be wiping on the encounter, it’s challenging to heal and not mind-numbingly frustrating the way I found it when specced as shadow. We’re going back tonight after 25-man, and I’m looking forward to the challenge.
For now, though, it’s time to get busy with the little bits and pieces I’ve been putting off – not least of which is grinding Netherwing rep on Fingle, who’s going to be my designated drake-rider.
/wave
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