This is just a short thought on the fact that I dusted off a mostly unused character that I leveled. Up until now Serephim, my mage, hadn’t really seen an of level instance. She’s 80 and my enchanter/tailor, so I’ve been working solely on those. But… for once I was needed as DPS. Lannia is not and will never be Shadow. I don’t play her like that.

Serephim, however, is pure fiery DPS. I loved leveling her, but I knew that any group I normally went with would need Lannia, not Serephim. I kept Serephim in the background in case I really wanted to do something else. Yet, since she reached 80 several months ago, I haven’t instanced or raided with her.

Honestly, as my first DPS, I think I was afraid that I would suck as her. Then, I realized that of course I suck with her. Her measly ~1500 DPS. I hadn’t learned her fire rotations. I didn’t have great gear… let’s rephrase that… most of her gear was crud. I had a few items above 170 and that was it.

But… it was fun. A lot of fun. I didn’t have easy little click bar for the monsters. Heck, I barely knew what I was supposed to do beyond Mage Table, Buff, and hit the pretty buttons, but I can learn. However, I know that Serephim will probably be booted out of pugs if I were to try and upgrade her gear through that. So, I find myself at a dilemma.

To Pug or Not To Pug? On Lannia, I’m fairly safe as long as I’m doing a decent job. So many things affect healing including bad pulls, squishies, but I know how to handle that. I know what can go wrong. Serephim is a new side of the game. One that I’m excited to learn about, but I also don’t want random people suffering while I learn and get gear.

It’s a hard call. I really don’t know what I’ll do. And while it’s not my first priority in the game… I do want to learn to play my mage and gear her up appropriately.

Here’s to dusting off old alts. *toasts*

No matter how many alts I roll, I will always be Lannia. Lannia is my baby, my priestess, my first character. She is everything about WoW that I like. There is nothing like the thrill of knowing that group survived directly because of my skill, and nothing more disappointing than not being able to keep up.

There have been times that I’ve been frustrated and even tired of healing, but I know why I do it. I want to help move my group forward. I don’t just play for myself. I play for my friends and with my friends and all the people I meet. Lannia, the warpriestess, is the epitome of that role. I have attempted to DPS with her even, but to me… nothing felt more wrong than going shadow. That definitely isn’t to say that there is anything wrong with shadow, but it’s not for Lannia or for me, her player.

Last night in Naxx 10, I was pleased when we only wiped once and that was on Heigan (a pain in the butt). We made it through even the Military wing without a wing. I was proud… not only of myself, but of our entire group. I feel as if we were growing up as a raid. Now, I’m not a hard core raider by any stretch. Only Naxx 10 so far and only once a week. However, I love learning about my party members, their play styles, and progressing with them. No deadline. No stress. Just us, once a week.

Recently, I’ve been looking at Lannia in a new light. Seeing how far she’s come and how precious she is to me as a character, I wondered why I’d been neglecting her for alts. She doesn’t even have Epic flying. She doesn’t have the rep to get head or shoulder enchants. The only thing I grinded rep for… a penguin. That’s it. That doesn’t do the Warpriestess of the Netherbane justice.

It is time to wake up and look at her once more. Why did I step away from her? Was the RP boring? As a friend of mine told me, sometimes if everything’s all too good and happy to have a story… then break something. I plan on it. Lannia’s waking up and I can hear her muse once more. She says that she’s ready to come back and kick some ass. Was I truly tired of healing? Well, I decided to mix things up and get healbot. That has helped me so much. I’m going to work on Power Auras and a few other addons to really scale up my healing. There’s no reason for me to just sit back and say… meh, it works. Why can’t I push that extra little bit? There isn’t one, so that’s my goal.

Perhaps, I just feel better today, but I can tell a difference already. I’m spending hours doing dailies and quests (I had to open up the Hodir dailies). I’m working towards dual spec and that epic mount. If I want something in game… I’m going to reach for it.

Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to neglect my alts. In fact, this will help them. If I can get and epic mount on Lannia, then she can earn gold to help Serephim get her epic mount. Then between Lannia and Serephim I can fund my other alts more. If I raid more then I can get BOA gear for my alts. My alts will not be forgotten, and will still play roles when I need a break from playing a character. They will still have RP and I will still love learning about the class. All of my characters are enjoyable.

I just realized that I didn’t want to leave Lannia behind, just to be logged onto when I absolutely had to. I felt that her presence was fading and honestly, I had no idea what to do. So, I’m going to ‘wake’ her up. RP-wise and playing-wise. She deserves it. She’s the character that began everything I do on WoW. My figure-head. And I’m going to make her worth being the center of this webpage.

I am Lannia, Warpriestess of the Netherbane, and I will protect the Netherbane til my last breath. Hunt me, threaten me, torture me and I will fight, but touch my family and I will bring the wrath of Elune down upon you… and I will make sure there is nothing to resurrect.