Check Point - 3/30/2010

Thought I would post a blog about how I enjoy the different classes. I've played them all (except Death Knight) to at least level 20, which I know isn't that high, but I felt like letting you know how much I liked or disliked the classes during the early stages of the game.

Paladin
The Paladin was my very first roll when I started WoW over a year ago. To tell you the truth I didn't much like the Paladin in the early levels (I think up to 20) because I thought the mechanics (judgement, seals, etc.) was confusing. The whole game was new to me at the time so I think the Paladin was just too challenging for me. That is why I rerolled to something easier, the Rogue, which I will get to next. I also didn't like the fact that I couldn't pull mobs to me because there was no range weapon or spell that I could use.

I then started playing him again to level to 30 and got the Exorcism spell which solved the pull issue. I also began to understand the mechanics of using the Paladin and in fact I really started enjoying the class. I love having a strong spell for pulling in mobs and also being able to melee with the mobs. After the fighting is done, all I have to do is heal myself. A very self sufficient class. Especially since they can also wear heavy armor. Right now this is one of my favorite classes, although if I do end up pulling to many mobs, I tend to die rather quickly. I have to time my heals right.

Rogue
This, I suppose, would be my main character although he's only 4 levels higher than my second alt. I rolled him second because I thought it would be an easier class. I wouldn't say that the rogue is easy to play but it was nice to have something different than the Paladin at the time. I'm not much of a stealth guy as I felt it took to long to move around. But I did use it if I was going up against multiple mobs. I really liked dual wielding and also the poisons. After leveling the Rogue for quite a while though, I got burned out. It seemed like I was doing the same thing over and over again so that's why I rolled again.

Warrior
My 3rd character and he is almost to 30. At first I didn't care too much for the mechanics of the Warrior, but I have learned over the past month to really enjoy it. It is becoming really easy to kill multiple mobs, even if they are higher level than myself. All it is is charge, rend, block, revenge, thunder clap, and so forth. The only bad thing is I have to use bandages quite a bit, but lately that hasn't been the case. I may fight 3 mobs at once and then after they are dispatched I look down at my hp and only about 10-20% is gone. That's basically filled up by the time I get to the next group of mobs. I'm really enjoying my Warrior.

Mage
My Mage is my 4th character and I rolled him because I wanted to try out the true caster class which I rarely do when playing rpg games for some reason. I haven't played my mage in several months as he is next on my list to level to 30 once the Warrior is done. But, I think I remember enjoying the mechanics behind the mage. I would frost the mobs and then hit them with spells until they were dead. Created my own food and water so didn't take long to recoup between fights. I look forward to getting back to my Mage this week (maybe tonight even).

Warlock
For my fifth character I wanted to try out a pet class. I was really wanting to stay human as I knew the starting area better so I went with the Warlock instead of the Hunter. My warlock is at 23 right now and I actually really enjoy playing this class as well. The Void Walker as the tank is very nice. It makes it pretty simple to level with the Warlock. It is difficult sometimes to manage the Void Walker and make sure he doesn't pick up too many mobs. Although when this happens you can simply start high tailing it away, because once a couple of mobs focus on you, you're in big trouble with only cloth armor. I can't wait to get back to this class as well.

Druid
For my sixth character I decided I wanted some new scenery so I went with the Night Elf Druid. Ugh. This is my least favorite character. I've already played a Mage which is basically what the Druid is in regular form, just a lot less powerful. I had already played the Warrior, which is the bear form, but with a lot less options. I just got the cat form at level 20, or maybe I have to do some quest for it first, not sure, but since I have already played the Rogue it seems like it would pretty much be the same but with less options, like bear form was. Maybe it will be better, I'm not sure. I tried to play the Druid in Bear form but it was so darn boring. I thought regular form was at least a little interesting, but unfortunatly I died a lot because my spells were not that powerful. I know a lot of people like the Druid but I just haven't found anything to like yet. Hopefully it gets better, but I'm not looking forward to leveling him to 30 when the time comes around.

Priest
After the Druid I wanted to come back to the Human lands so I rolled a Priest for my seventh character. I didn't think I would like the Priest much so that is why he's my last human character. Something about healing didn't excite me too much. But when I started playing I actually grew to enjoy it. It was nice to hit mobs and be able to have some powerful heals to keep you alive. The only problem was the mana drain. I have to stack up a lot of juices and take breaks between fights. He's at level 20 right now so I look forward to seeing how he does on the way to 30 in the next couple of months.

Shaman
The next character I was just trying to get one of the last classes in. So number eight was the Shaman. I wasn't too excited about using totems and even after leveling to 20, I'm still not that excited about them. They're ok I suppose but they annoying as well. I suppose the good thing about the Shaman is that he can survive since he's not too squishy like other caster classes. The Shaman never really excited me that much.

Hunter
The final character (since I don't have a DK yet) was my Hunter. Not sure why I left him for last, mostly because I couldn't get a Human Hunter. I wish I didn't wait so long though, because I really enjoyed leveling my hunter to 20. Much like the Warlock, it's great to have a tank out there while you sit back and shot your gun or bow and arrow. It's really simple to play the Hunter and leveling is a breeze. I can't wait to get back to him.

In order, this is how I would rank the classes (from worse to best):
9. Druid
8. Shaman
7. Rogue
6. Priest
5. Mage
4. Warlock
3. Warrior
2. Hunter
1. Paladin

So I suppose Paladin wins out so far, but it may just be because I've just played him recently. We'll see if my feeling change in my next check point blog.

Weekly Blog - March 29, 2010

Played some over the weekend with my Protection Warrior, Dotsmadathre. I'm up to level 28 now. Getting pretty easy to kill things using my sword and board routine. Just revenge everything and they quickly die. Starting to get better equipment as well with the quests I've been completing. I'm still in Duskwood. I was able to kill the Mor Ladim (or however you spell it) that is in the graveyard. He's a level 30 elite and I killed him by myself, I think at level 28. Still had plenty of hp left too. Didn't need any healing potions either. Comparing my warrior with my paladin I think I still prefer the Paladin. I really like to be able to heal myself. Hopefully I'll be able to level my Warrior up to 30 this week and then start on my Mage. I've been playing these heavy armor classes for a while now. It will be interesting to mix it up a bit with some squishy magic users.

February 3, 2010

Currently traveling around the world for the next 2 weeks for work. I'm currently in Oslo, Norway at the moment. Have played a little since my last post though. I reached level 30 with my Paladin and have reached level 22 with my Warrior. I'll probably play some more once I get back to my hotel tonight. Good thing about traveling is that I can do whatever I want when I get back to my hotel. No taking care of kids or anything like that. I will be in London over the weekend so hopefully the hotel has fast enough internet for me to play.

Daily Blog - January 25, 2009

Well, I've finished all my quests in Duskwood and I'm still not quite at level 30 yet. I could do some grinding and probably get there pretty quick, but that's boring. I decided to go ahead and move over to the Wetlands as I believe it is somewhat comparable to Duskwood level wise. I'll do all the quests there and I should make it to level 30 by then. My alternative is to try and run the deadmines, but I think it would be pretty difficult to solo at level 29. Plus I don't get any experience from killing mobs there only completing a few of the quests. Not worth it. Stranglethorn Vale would be the next logical step after Duskwood, but I believe I would be out of my league there as well. I don't want to stuggle fighting mobs a couple levels above me. So that's why I pick the Wetlands. It'll take some running around, but shouldn't be too long before I reach my current goal of level 30 for my Paladin. After that I will play my Warrior, although I am getting partial to my Paladin. I fee like I really have a hang on what he can accomplish and have a pretty good battle rotation going after playing for the past 10 levels. It's been a lot of fun. I'm sure I will find the same thing with the Warrior as well once I get into it. For the Paladin I was able to kill that elite guy that's in the grave yard which was a couple levels higher than me. I was out of mana, nearly out of health and used my potions as well, but I did end up killing him all by myself. I thought that was pretty cool.

Daily Blog - January 19, 2010

Played again last night and got my Paladin to level 27. Still in Duskwood but starting to get into orange quests which mean the mobs are a higher level than myself. Not that big of a deal, but if a bunch of them get on top of me then I may be in trouble. I had 3 of those werewolf things on me at once (all level 27 or higher) and I was able to take care of them. I was almost out of health and out of mana but was able to manage. If one more was to get on me though I would have been toast. I will play again tonight, but may not get to 28 as it'll take alot of quests to get there. We'll see. I wonder what new skills if any I will get..... I get an upgrade in Exorcism which will be nice in Duskwood, new spells Judgement of Justice and Shadow Resistance. The Justice one prevents the mob from running off which would be nice and Shadow resistance can be used against those werewolf thingys. Nothing too exciting though.

Daily Blog - January 18, 2009

Been a little while since I've posted an entry but I have been playing. My paladin is up to level 26 now and I'm running around the 4 corners of Duskwood doing quests. Still have several more to do, but not sure if I'll hit level 30 before I'm done. I hope so though since the next area would be too high level for my Paladin. Duskwood is a good area for Paladins though with my Exorcism spell. It's pretty nice having a long range spell to bring in mobs and a good start with a crit on the undead which there's plenty of in this area. Will play some more tonight and probably end up on level 27.

Daily Blog - January 13, 2009

Played my Paladin again last night. Had a couple quests left over in Westfall so finished those and then did a couple more in Redridge. Right now the quests are really simple considering my level is a little higher than the mobs I'm fighting. I almost died once as I got 3 condors and a dragon thingy (don't remember their names), but I kept healing myself and was barely able to make it through. As I mentioned yesterday the healing spell for my Paladin only heals about half of his hit points. Part of my problem is probably my gear as I really haven't upgraded it for a while now. Maybe I should spend some gold to do that, but I'm still having a pretty easy time as long as I don't attract too many mobs...

I think I will start upgrading my gear and focusing more on + strength and attk power gear. I also need to level my engineering as it's only at about 60 right now. Need to add enchants to my gear and also get the necessary strength scrolls and some potions, probably the lions elixir and the elixir of defense would be good. I also need bigger bags. Lots of stuff to do. I'll probaby start with leveling engineering as I'd like to get the head gear and the dynamite.

I dinged level 22 so got some new spells. Will continue to play tonight. Seems like I go up a level each night so by next week I should reach level 30 and will then move on to my Warrior.

Daily Blog - January 12, 2010

Played my Paladin some more last night and finished all of the Westfall quests. I'm at level 21 now and headed over to Redridge to continue questing. I died once on the beach of Westfall. I've noticed that the healing spell for the Paladin is not that great. Not nearly as much as my Priest. Should play again tonight.

Daily Blog - January 11, 2010

Played several hours over the weekend and got all my characters up to level 20. My Druid didn't take too long as I was halfway there before the weekend started. Needed a lot of drinks to get there though as his mana ran out quickly. Bought him a horse and once I start playing him again I will try out the new cat form. Hopefully it's better than the bear form. Next up was my Priest which I've mentioned before is one of my favorite characters. I take down mobs left and right and never die. It may take longer to kill off mobs, but there's usually no waiting in between fights as his mana rarely gets low unless I'm fighting multiples. It was easy to get to 20 with him. I also bought his horse. Finally it was my Shaman that was left. I brought him to level 20 last night. Wasn't too difficult, but not really excited about using all the totems. I got his elephant afterwards.

My next step was going back to my original character, the Paladin. I think it's been several months since I've played him, but I think I will go ahead and level him to 30. Looking at his quests my Paladin still hadn't completed all of his quests in Westfall, so went back there and started going through them. All I have left there now is the Lighthouse quests. Should be simple since he's level 20. Once I finish Westfall, I'll head over to Redridge and get through all of them. I'm pretty sure I won't be level 30 by then so I'll finish up by going to Darkshire.

Meet Dotsmada the Retribution Paladin....

Dotsmada is my very first character. ThePaladin class is probably one of the most difficult to play so it was definitely a challenge when I first started. I haven't played my Paladin in probably several months now. He's been sitting at level 20 while I level the rest of my characters to 20. Here is his current stats:

Level - 20
Strength - 68
Agility - 36
Stamina - 59
Intellect - 34
Spirit - 37
Armor - 952
Engineering - 40
Mining - 59
Fishing - 1
Cooking - 85
First Aid - 64

As you can see, I will have a lot to level as far as his skills are concerned. He currently has the highest strength of all of my characters, just edging out my Warrior. He's a distant second in Armor behind my Warrior. He is my fourth most powerful player.

Daily Blog - July 14, 2009

I leveled my Paladin's engineering up last night so I could make my Hunter some bullets. I made 1,200 bullets and sent them over to my Hunter. That's about as far as I got though. I went to bed early (around 10) last night. I've been staying up past midnight for the last several days and it's catching up to me so I decided to take a break. I also helped my wife a little bit. Tonight I should be able to take my Hunter back to Duskwood and kill more wolves for medium leather and finally get my Druid's Leatherworking up to 150.

One other thing - why doesn't the WoW armory ever update? It's so sporadic. Sometimes it'll update every day, other times it won't update for weeks. Pretty crappy if you ask me.

Introduction - Dotsmada

First of all, I've named all my characters Dotsmada with each subsequent character Dotsmadato, Dotsmadathre, etc. I know it's not very creative, but it's easy for me to keep up with them this way.

Dotsmada is my first character that I created. It is a human Retribution Paladin and he is currently at level 20. His professions are Engineering and Mining.