Comments on: Shared topic: Best Change to the Game

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:10:33 +0000

Oh yeah, the time saver is wonderful! I’m always thankful for that.

I like what you say about your secondary being yours. I’ve never thought of it that way. I’ve always ended up having to switch between both specs to raid (well, until recently) but it’s nice to think of it as that part of your character you can do whatever you want with.

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:01:03 +0000

I meant to also say… personally I feel as if my secondary spec is MINE. My main spec belongs to my raiding guild and it’s pretty conservative. It has all the talents I need to do the best job I can at whatever boss we’re stuck on.

But my secondary spec… it follows no rules. Some PVP, some talents that I’ve always wanted to try out, you name it, I’ll give it a shot. It’s MINE. I’ve stolen a piece of my priest back for myself

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:59:24 +0000

I think people forget how much time was wasted when someone needed to hearth back to a city mid-raid and respec, AND then sort out their interface (nothing was remembered like it is now).

I also remember how many players leveled multiples of their character so they could take on different roles. 2 paladins at level 70? I knew a few players with 2. Or two druids. And many players who tanked on their Druid, and leveled a Priest to heal just so they would always have a tank and a healing character on hand ready to go.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:40 +0000

One can never have too many druids! Looks like 3 would be the recommended number. I am leveling another pally, actually, and making her focus on dps but she’s on a different servers.

I’ve heard a few warrior tanks say they go prot/prot. If you never dps, you might as well use dual spec to be a more rounded tank and just keep your dps gear in the bank.

By: Wiredude

Wiredude — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:51 +0000

So far as druids go you could always do what my old raid-leader did. He had 2, both dual-speced, one feral bear/feral kitty, the other tree/boomie. Still wouldn’t help you out with PvP specs though.
On a side note, my warrior is dual Prot/Arms but I’ve actually thought of building a spec more geared for off-tanking and replacing my Arms spec. While the flexibility sounds like a great idea, I find myself not using the DPS spec very often at all. I usually just end up tanking, even when PuGing.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:58 +0000

Haha! For sure, druids win at the multi speccing game!

By: Skip Cocoa

Skip Cocoa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:15 +0000

Gotta love bispectuality. If I really wanted to branch out in my druidness, I suspect I could do with more specs too. Let’s see, PvP Moonkin, Raid Moonkin, PvP Feral, Raid Feral Bear, Raid Feral Kitty, Solo Leveling Feral, PvP Resto Tree, and Raiding Resto Tree. When does Octospec come out? Wait, I really should have Raid Tank Bear and Raid Off-tank Bear. They have different Rage generation needs. And then there’s…

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:35 +0000

You know, I didn’t stop to think about those flexible classes who don’t want to be flexible. Shadow priests everywhere must have sighed heavily when their excuse for not healing was taken away. But I suppose you could go always go with a PvE/PvP combo, as long as you have tank and healer friends you can count on.

Now that I’m pugging regularily, I really am seeing the huge difference between playing a tank/healer and playing a dps class. Actually, I even find it hard to get groups as a healer. I don’t like tanking for strangers, so I get into LFG as a healer. 15 minutes later, I sigh, click the tank box and immediately get a group invite.

By: Shawndra

Shawndra — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:13 +0000

Dual Specs. How could I have forgotten dual specs? Probably because, when I was blathering on in my post about yay for change, I forgot how much that changed the game for me. My shadow priest, who used to be able to get away with saying, “Sorry, I’m shadow.”, now cannot get away with it when there is a need for a healer. Same with my warrior. She loves that Titan’s Grip, but a tank she will be, with a side of fury, because of dual specs.

I miss the days when I could just pop into shadow form and discourage people from asking me to heal! But then again, I never would have been able to gear that toon any better than as a healer. Dual specs turned my dime a dozen dps toons into sought after specialists. So, yay for change! *cheer*