Tuesday, October 6, 2009

T9 Balance Druid Set Bonuses

Ever since patch 3.2 tier gear has become increasingly simple to get. I mean hell you can get your T9 (ilvl 232) 4-piece set bonus for only 160 Emblems of Triumph and you can purchase the entire T9 (ilvl 232) set for a mere 210 Emblems of Triumph. Now that Sated has cleared 10 TotC I'm getting to a point where I get at least 30 Emblems of Triumph each week. Now my only issue is what do I spend all of these Emblems on. After buying the Band of the Invoker (35 EoT), the Idol of Lunar Fury (25 EoT), and whatever pieces you need to ensure you get your T9 2-piece set bonus (MF critting is an amazing bonus that you must have) between Runetotem's Mantle of Conquest and Runetotem's Handguards of Conquest (30 EoT each) there's not much out there. There's a decent hit trinket Shard of the Crystal Heart (50 EoT) but considering you should be hit-capped already and new gear is having and an increasing amount of hit on it the 128 hit is kind of a waste of a stat. Now my first thought was to work towards the 100 EoT needed to purchase gear for my T9 4-piece set bonus. Unfortunately the 4% increase to the damage of wrath and starfire isn't worth the loss of my 15% increase to eclipse until I can get ilvl 258 gear... which is a ways away. So I guess what I'm saying is I'm going to have a lot of crusader orbs and Icecrown Citadel hurry up and get here so I can collect new emblems that hopefully aren't worthless to me.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Just Dru-it

Now many people ask me why I decided to spec my druid balance, or "Moonkin" if you prefer. And the reasons are as complicated as they are numerous but it really comes down to two major things:

1. Balance Druids have some of the coolest as well most numerous nicknames of any class. In case you doubt the validity of that statement here are a few examples:
-Moonkin
-Boomkin
-Noobkin (e.g. Whoapaw)
-OOMkin
-Chicken
-Boom-Chicken
-Owl
-Owl Beast
-That furry thing that just passed me in dps
-God

2. NO EFFORT NECESSARY (just like picking up Shystechris' mom). For you to gain a better understanding of why this is a reason for speccing Balance I will fully explain my approximate rotation.
-Spam Wrath
-Circle pops up over your head
-Spam Starfire
-Circle pops up over your head
-Repeat