Comments on: Introducing Cassie the Superbear!

By: Qwicksylver

Qwicksylver — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:33:02 +0000

I like some of the new changes but I find that the swipe cd puts me at a disadvantage compared to the trigger happy dps i get from LFG. UGgggghhh I am glad to hear that others are not having issues. But Swipe was my favorite thing about bear tanking and losing it kinda hurts. Its not because it was an easy aoe threat hold, its just that I felt so bad ass swiping everything left and right like a real bear mauling crap. you know. Oh well i can still get through a heroic and its all good.

By: Thromean

Thromean — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:13:00 +0000

Super Rogues too.

I’ve been leveling a Belf rogue via BG’s as a change of pace and had gotten her to 67 and twinked her out with some cool engineering gadgets. I was death on casters and hunters but Plate wearing classes were my bane. After 4.01… heh heh heh. 7k ambush crits, All my attack power gear with agility now also adds up to a metric butt ton of crit. I went from 15% to 30% crit. So where before I would ambush the priest or druid then vanish to strike from the shadows again, I ambush-evis the Pallies before they can bubble then just turn and melee down the casters. Then when they try to kite me, engineering rocket and grenade to finish them off.

By: Changrey

Changrey — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:42:14 +0000

It’s a wonderful feeling when your class goes from “omg I need more rage/mana/combo points” to “I nevar runz out and go forever!”. Going from BC into wotlk I had a blast with my retri pala, even if I eventually lost interest and played my shaman more.

I always get a kick out of stories where players find a new love in the class they play, even if it isn’t their main. Tells me that maybe Blizzard is doing something right after all. Like, you know, making games more fun and such :)

By: Mystryl

Mystryl — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:44:49 +0000

This sounds so familiair! My husband and I are leveling two druids (one each). I level as a bear, he as a cat. When things get hairier then we are, he shifts out and throws me a heal. Before the new patch he did a lot more dps than I did, and especially being rage starved sounds so familair too.
We are both level 32 now. Since the new patch I am doing a lot more dps and so far have been able to keep aggro from my cat husband just fine. Mangle is just lovely. He still does more dps than I, but the difference is smaller than before the patch. We duo-ed The Deadmines to test our new abilities a bit and it was a breeze (ok, we are 10 levels above the level when you normally go in).
So far I only see an aura when clearcasting procs. No problem thus far. I am curious how it will be like later on higher levels.

BBB I just love your blog!

By: Beerbear

Beerbear — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:34:20 +0000

Not just Super Bears.

Super Cats too.

Solo I’m usually running as cat (going bear at 3+ mobs.) And yesterday, after bumming around on my baby bear at level 60 for a few days, I took on Hellfire Peninsula (which I always called Paladin Paradise, cause running my paladins through it was always a blast.) I was 60, living off quest rewards in terms of armor and weapons. I was fighting Terrorfiends in the Pools of Whatever (always forget the name.) These are usually lvl 62. My common strategy, up until now, as druid was to FF them, then give the mob 4 combo points, keep Rake up and then, with the 4 CPs, give them a Rip and smacka way until it’s dead. Always worked fine.

But yesterday I barely managed to apply the 4th combo point. And the moment those 62s had it… they just fell over dead. I’m tearing through them. I soloed that rockflayer matriarch Blablablawhatever the Savage at 61. It failed to knock me under 50% health. I just tore it a new one. Literally.

That’s the cat. As for the bear… I’m now going bear at 4+ mobs and even then I’m tearing them to shreds within no time.

My druid turned from “I’ll eat your face!” to “ALL YOUR FACE ARE BELONG TO ME! RAWR!”

But I don’t mind it!

By: Roseqwartz

Roseqwartz — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:24:25 +0000

I highly enjoy my bear. Since the patch i’ve been tanking quite often. My mage hasn’t seen any action except the target dummies. and when im not tankin on my bear im leveling a priest. o so much fun.

by the way, the “no face rolling aoe tank” aspect that is the bear atm is simply awesome. Almost reminds me of old school tanking (early BC) when swipe was only 3 targets…almost.

By: kylaia

kylaia — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:55:47 +0000

I haven’t seen any savage defense procs come up when I’m tanking, only the mangle and clearcasting. Odd

And the new way of tanking is growing on me. I’m beginning to like this patch more and more. Happy druiding to Cassie!

By: Mama Druid

Mama Druid — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:34:50 +0000

Mama Bear! RAWR!! =D

By: Hugmenot

Hugmenot — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:18:15 +0000

I also level characters with my wife but we usually spend the majority of our time 3-manning dungeons. As we normally level pairs which include a potential healer and tank, finding a third to run a dungeon (when no friend is available) is not a problem.

But with the release of Cataclysm, we may start a new pair and try to 2-manned all dungeons.

By: Gnomeaggedon

Gnomeaggedon — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:49:09 +0000

Welcome to the New Mage Order!

Good to hear to you have someone, as powerful as Cassie, protecting your new fragile butt.