So, before we broach this subject, let's see what's new ...
Guild was finally able to get sarth 3D down ( go guild!) making it official: Wrath has been cleared. Now we wait to see what Ulduar will bring, and its increased difficulty. Grats to everyone though who was there for the guild first sarth3D kill (gratz to Choebald for the drake, even if he is a stinkin' mage who obviously got healed...must find out who did the healing and break their spine). They also are under the assumption that I now owe them vent songs of brittney spear....i dont see how me singing "Oops i did it again" or "break the ice" is reward for getting Sarth 3D down...unless you're sadomasochistic, in which case, you need to see a doctor. (Trust me they do wonders, but i digress)
On a personal note, while i missed out on the Sarth 3D ( hoping to see it again next week) I did get the "Undying" achievement, so I'm pretty stoked about that, hopefully the "Immortal" will be next, so I can be like Foofy.
Now, on to more heady stuff....yeah right...
So, say you're a moonkin, and you want to dps? If you were like me and was around when Aerie peak was a nublet ( some would say it still is) you would have been laughed at and told to "spec resto". BC came, and you were told to spec "resto or bare". Now Wrath is here...and still no respect. We are the Rodney Dangerfield of WoW. All they want us to do is dance for their entertainment, battle rez, and spec into IFF becaue mages QQ and need help with hit cap.
While GC has said that we aren't supposed to be topping meters, a lot of people seem to have interpreted that as "do no dps". Even my guild, which is very openminded, seems to forget about me when it comes to dps talk: only mages, fury wars, hunters and DK's exist to dps, apparently. Nevermind that when you look into WWS, there's that orange text usually between #1-4....usually above a purple text that starts with R...which brings me to another point...
Why do we get orange texts? If anything we should have pink-flavoured texts, but noooooo, they give them do pallies. Pallies don't deserve them, druids do.
Pugs are the worst. Let's not even go there. Even if its an easy pug like Voa 25, peopel seem utterly amazed that a moonkin can do 3.5-4k dps.
What can you do about it? Sadly not much, at least you aren't a hunter who gets to live with the tag of huntard ( this will soon apply to DK''s as well, if it hasn't already). don't QQ about it, just shrug it off and continue to merrily dps your way through Wrath, and if anyone wonders how you do it, simply say " I work hard, in a boat" . If they laugh at you, beat the living crap out of them till they believe you. ( make sure to clean your feathers afterwards, no one likes sticky feathers)
However, if you do need resources, there are a couple of places that are very helpful to bring out the best moonkin you can be:
www.themoonkinrepository.com
www.graymatterwow.blogspot.com
Those are two of the better sites, Elitist jerks of course is the preferred one, but the theorycrafting there goes a bit over the head of most folks, plus the previous two sites lack the vitriol you owuld find on sites such as the WoW forums.
My next entry will help aspiring moonkins dps as hard as is possible, short of getting hemorrhoids ( if you do heavy weightlifting you'll understand the reference) In the meantime, here are some tips to help you get started:
1) Work out hard
2) listen to Barry White while working out hard
3) Don't be in a boat
4) If someone says you can't dps , break their spine. if they have a soulstone/self-rez , break it again. But remember, don't enjoy it and tell them "this will hurt me more than it hurts you"...
5) Groom your feathers; remember, cleanliness is next to OPness.
Have a good weekend....even if its friday the 13th (OOOooooOOO) and for you video game fans everywhere, its RE5! Wesker, i'm coming for you.
