Oyayu

Since the version 3 patch I have been playing some WoW to test out the various changes to all my favourite classes, and see what the future holds for the game.

As all WoW players will have realised, Retribution paladins got a massive boost (they’re getting nerfed again soon though, hooray for Blizzards decisiveness) so I decided to spec retribution and make the final push to getting my paladin to 70. My paladin jumped right in at 60 using the refer-a-friend system, so I’ve been prot my entire paladin career. Having never tried retribution before I can’t really give a comparison on how the two differ, but apparently the new one is (was) pretty good! In PvE in resulted in them actually being competative DPS in raids, good for them! However in PvP their damage was far too much burst damage to be considered balanced. So once again Blizzard have to nerf something they should have worked out during the PTR phase… Good job. I digress…

So my Paladin got through to 70 in relatively good time, and I had to consider the options. There is only a couple more weeks until WotLK hits, so gearing up properly would be entirelly a waste of time. I did however put some effort into doing a Karazhan run with the guild to pick up a few items, and practise by tanking a few instances. Overall protection is a lot better now, mana issues are all but gone, and threat generation is seemingly much better… Obviously trying to tank as a fresh 70 against T6 DPS is going to cause a few issues sometimes, but I was quite surprised just how well I held up.

As for the future, WotLK is coming around fast, so I need to decide what class I am going to be levelling primarily… That’s a post in itself however.

Here’s a screenshot of Ainia now, she looks alright considering she only got 70 a few days ago I think!

My Warlock and Priest combo reached level 59 last night, so I decided it was time to boost the paladin.

I created the Paladin and Shaman combo and boosted them to level 30 using the following method:

1 - 8: Intro quests

8 - 15: Ragefire Chasm.

15 - 23: Shadowfang Keep. I have virtually perfected the boosting in here now, I may well make a video on how to Paladin-boost this place in a couple of pulls for excellent exp/hour.

23 - 30: SM Library.

I kept on going until I was a couple of bars from 31, and then granted levels from my Priest to my Paladin. Once I completed the Dark Portal introduction quests I had dinged 59. The screenshot of my played time upon ding is included below.

Once these 3 are level 60, I may well start on my Mage (currently been relegated to being my bank) and the Shaman I used to boost my Paladin. That would give me every class at 60… Interesting decisions to be made once WotLK comes along then, do I carry on levelling something that I already have at 70, or pick another class to push through the outlands content double quick and start with? Hard to say right now.