The Incredible Boomfowl of Death
Sasche was getting her daily quota of dinosaur bones the other day and saw a Boomkin fighting a large dino alone. Yeah … no, not that one. Did he pull it by accident? Sasche can manage the small dinos just fine. On occasion she’s accidentally pulled two, again fine. The big ones? No way, she can’t keep her Void alive AND damage it.
I watched the Boomfowl of Death quickly dispatching the large dinos with ease. I was impressed. I looked him up because I was just positive he must PvP. Yup, his gear was not vastly superior but he had lots of PvP experience. Ha! I thought so.
But then I started wondering about Balance. Cat was Balance once for about half an hour. Most of that half an hour was spent trying to unsuccessfully fight her way back to the trainer to change it back. She was awful. Okay, she was still wearing Feral gear but still. I mean she suffered from post traumatic spec disorder after that for I don’t know how long.
So this morning I’m drinking coffee and perusing The Godmother’s post on the iPad because I’m really lazy and she does all the hard work and finds out stuff. This means I can find everything out from her. Thank you Godmother!
So I see that we are getting Learn a Third Talent Specialization come 5.3.
Yeah … you see where this is going. Cat loves Feral when she’s alone. But fights, not so much. She doesn’t even mind the melee part so much, it’s the behind the boss part that puts her off. The bosses behind can move an awful lot depending on the Tank and she spends an inordinate amount of time trying to find his butt again. Can’t get rid of Bear spec either as she needs that for soloing old content.
Anyway, I’ve got to go study Boomkiness. I know zip about it. Cat is definitely going to give it a try … again. Maybe I should start making her clothes.
Great Dino Slaying Boomfowl of Fenris, I salute you! You are THE MAN … or THE WOMAN as the case may be.
March 26, 2013 at 11:06 am
Third talent specialization!!!!! Oh praise the god’s of wow, how awesome – I had no idea! ๐
March 26, 2013 at 12:05 pm
I thought that was the coolest thing ever! I doubt my chances of being good at it but I’m giving Balance a shot!
Oh, and thanks for that map of rares on the Isle of Thunder, I owe many valor to you!
March 26, 2013 at 11:31 am
/scratches head
So now I can be every spec?
/scratches head
Why not just make it so I can be every class and every spec on one character?
March 26, 2013 at 12:06 pm
LOL! It’s early days (sorta) that may yet come to pass!
March 26, 2013 at 11:48 am
Wait, what? Is that for real?? *eyes prot spec and starts plotting*
March 26, 2013 at 12:06 pm
I think it is! I have many plans!
March 26, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Uh-oh…
…NEVER! YOU CAN’T MAKE ME TANK ON THE PALLY! I REFUSE! RET/HEALBOT 4LYFE~!
March 26, 2013 at 3:57 pm
It’s okay, lol, I have a guardian spec and I sure don’t tank either!
March 26, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Heh. My paranoid fear is if this actually drops, those who have a tank/healer spec will be badgered into running as those to deal with raid/dungeon shortages. Which could be fine if you actually like doing that, but for those of us who don’t ever want to tank or heal (and, more importantly, don’t know HOW to do it), it could be more problems than it’s worth.
I might dip my toe into this on my warlock though.
March 26, 2013 at 2:59 pm
I laughed so much about the traumatic spec disorder paragraph! I know exactly what you mean ๐
Also, like everyone else here, I didn’t know about the third spec either!
March 26, 2013 at 4:00 pm
I know! it seems it’s almost easier to start a new spec with a new character. I might have to roll a new Druid so she can tell Cat how to do it.
Not sure what to think yet because of this tweet:
We haven’t announced triple spec. With that in mind, take anything data-mine-able with a grain o’ salt.
From Greg Street.
March 26, 2013 at 3:22 pm
YES
Oh sh*t just sold those extra tier pieces….
March 26, 2013 at 4:01 pm
I’m hoping it’s true but only time will tell. Cat wouldn’t mind giving it another shot!
March 26, 2013 at 7:12 pm
I dunno if I’d want to be boomy. I hit them in bear and it takes a while but at least I live for a while. Cat might be a bit squishy though and healer NO WAY! I look forward to a 3rd spec – I can finally be a cat or a boomy!
March 26, 2013 at 7:48 pm
Well I hope it’s really happening but that tweet form Greg Street seems to indicate it’s not. Maybe he’s trying to fool us, just have to wait and see.
March 27, 2013 at 1:52 pm
Nice this will help my poor neglected paladin tank/healer as now she’ll be able to get a dps spec to do her dailies same for my druid Guardian/resto maybe I’ll try the chiken business with him now for my rogue I’m thinking 3 variations of the same spec -_-ยก
March 27, 2013 at 4:05 pm
I hope they aren’t teasing us! I can sure see how nice it would be to get a third spec for your Paladin. Let’s hope it comes true!
March 27, 2013 at 6:43 pm
This is another vote for loving the “Post Traumatic Spec Disorder” line. It captures so much!
March 27, 2013 at 8:27 pm
LOL! I’m glad you knew what I meant, some specs are just not meant to be.
March 29, 2013 at 10:23 am
Looks like GC is clarifying things..
http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/patch-5-3-ptr-ghostcrawler-clarifies-tri-spec/
Wonder if it would ever be possible to code tier gear to switch stats/abilities with spec? Might save a little room at least and you’d still have to fill non-tier spots for each spec if they still want some sort of gold/VP sink…
March 29, 2013 at 12:00 pm
I know, I saw that this morning ๐ฆ I will continue to hope though. That is such a great idea, I’d definitely be willing to spend gold for that rather than trying to collect a whole set of new gear.
March 29, 2013 at 1:35 pm
I know the problems would be gems/enchants/reforgings having to change too. Not sure how to fix that, unless there’s space to code for “phantom” sockets and the like.