Druid of the Moon

Having fun playing a Worgen starting toon… Druid of course.

I think they have done a really good job with the zone and phasing, I like the “This is where we show a movie of you turning into a worgen” indicating where a cutscene should be I assume.

Unfortunately my regular server was down so I could not start back up in Hyjal with Jacemora… but this is fun too!

New players starting Worgen characters will not be disappointed, the story line and quests are way more fun than the level 1-5 ones I remember from starting other races. Hopefully those are undergoing a revamp as well… lets face it, killing 10 level 1 boars on a farm isn’t overly exciting.

More play by play updates…

• First new Disenchant mat – Lesser Celestial Essence, 3 makes a greater…
• My first escort quest was nice, the NPC could stealth too… Woot!
• Argent Squire is bugged, no option for mail or bank… grumble.
• I just noticed my mailbox is full of Achievement rewards that I already had in Wrath… weird.
• Maps now show Flightmaster locations… or at least one in Moonglade… the shoe with wing is actually on the map.
• So far mobs do not do enough damage. Some mechanics while leveling and questing can be completely ignored because I am never in jeopardy of dying.
• I found one flight path in Hyjal…. and it is not connected to any other flight paths… interesting. I also can’t find anywhere in Hyjal to get rested so it is looking like hearthing and flying back each time will be necessary… /Grrr

Ok, on to Sunday type activities, will pick back up tonight. I am reporting quite a bit of bugs and suggestions to hopefully make the leveling experience in Cataclysm more enjoyable, that includes making it more difficult in some areas and easier in others.

More Beta tidbits…

• You cannot fly from Darnassus to lets say Bloodmist Isle on your flying mount… BAM, Fatigue. Lame!
• Whoa… Maps remind me too much of work… They look like typical ArcMap Imagery… pretty nice though.
• Some of the bigger old world trees look… well… wrong for some reason.
• Starting my leveling in Hyjal… Went straight to Nordrassil and recieved 3 quests. Got there from Moonglade flying through Winterspring.
• Quests in Hyjal give Gardians of Hyjal rep… will prob be useful for something.
• Cinderbloom… new Herb
• Get ready to have Moonfire Keybound kitties, even in the beta casters are ninjing my quest mobs… /sigh
• Obsidian chuck – New Ore
• Stormvine… new Herb
• Volitile Life – New element
• Disenchanting first few guest greens (What is with all this caster crap and strength stuff?) yielded Infinite Dust… Boo, Hiss.

Questing has been cake in ICC Heroic 25 and 10 gear, except for the fact that it is tough with all the players in the area competing for the same mobs, nothing new on that front.

Ok, Back to Wrath to check my AH stuffs then off to bed.

Thanks to a reader I was directed to a thread explaining why I can’t learn Dire Bear Form (or any bear form for that matter). Apparently if you Character transfer you will not have bear form trainable unless you drop a profession.

Another note, I was flying in Darnassus and logged out, when logging in I was instantly dismounted. Also you can know fly in Dalaran.

Ok, Back to beta.

Ok, had to load a bunch of patches before I could start…

Logged in, selected my Main that I transfered over…. Jacemora, Druid, Feral

Flying in IF ROCKS!

Where to first…. GNOMER!

On the way to Gnomer I fly over a Troll settlement of some sort… might be new, don’t remember it being there.

Ok, no Gnomer is not a city yet… I don’t think… I left after flying around a little bit. I have no clue where to start leveling again… hmmm. Probably need to hit a trainer first… lets hearth to Moonglade.

Lets SPEC!

• 2 Points in Feral Swiftness – We are leveling again and the speed bonus alone makes it a no brainer.
• 3 Points in Heart of the Wild – +10% AP in Kitty +10% Stam in Bear
• 2 in Primal Fury – Extra Combo points is good.
• 3 in Fury Swipes – 12% chance to gain an extra auto attack every 6 seconds.
• 3 in King of the Jungle – Tiger Fury restores 60 energy
• 1 point in Feral Charge
• 2 points in Improved Feral Charge – +30% Haste for 8 sec after using kitty charge (I open all fights charging in)
• 1 Point Infected Wounds – Needed to get to the next tier and slowing mobs trying to run away will speed up leveling.
• 2 points Primal Madness – Tiger Fury and Berserk increases max energy by 20 points.
• 1 Point Survival Instincts – Tough named mobs when leveling, extra health will help in bear when things get rough.
• 2 Points in Endless Carnage – 6 second longer Rake, Savage Roar, and Pulverize.
• 2 Points in Nom Nom Nom – Ferocious Bite will refresh the Rip duration.
• 3 Points in Rend and Tear – Increase Crit chance of FB by 25% and increase shred damage by 20% (Target must be bleeding)
• 1 point Berserk – 50% energy cost reduction to all kitty abilities for 15 seconds, Immune to fear, I call this talent the Lockroller.

Note… I have 5 points left. The is no Omen of Clarity and you can’t get Master Shapeshifter so i am going to put more points in the feral tree for leveling leaving out Natural Shapeshifter (reduced mana to shift) and Furor (% chance to gain energy on shift.)

• 2 Points in Feral Aggression – FB damage increased by 10%, FFF applies 3 stacks on 1 cast.
• 3 Points in Thick Hide – 6% reduced chance of getting crit and 33% more armor in bear (This will help while leveling)

Ok Houston, we have a problem… I can’t train Bear form or Skull Bash…. So I have no Bear shift button… so no bear… going to check Google and head out for the night…. will update tonight on my Beta goings on.