Leveling question
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:09 pm
After the announcement of the release of a pve server I instantly knew I was going to be coming to nostalrius to play once the server was released. Now with a release date announced and approaching quickly I have been talking some of my family and friends into joining in on the fun once the server goes live. I have decided to main a priest this time around, as opposed to rogue which I played during classic, since it became my favorite character on live from BC onward. My girlfriend has decided to give it a whirl with me this time around and experience for herself what classic was like since she didn't start playing WoW until early WotLK. She is going to go with a rogue for her main. One thing I was wondering though is what I should do about spec for leveling up.
I plan on being a healing priest for group content and raids once I hit 60, but I know usually the preferred leveling spec for priests is shadow. I also know, from maining a rogue during classic, that a rogue has plenty of dps to level rather quickly and the only thing that limits them is their survivability as they have no way to heal themselves besides bandages and potions, leading to a lot of downtime between killing to regain their health.
Would it be worthwhile to spec shadow for leveling through quests and dungeons with my girlfriend still, or would a heal oriented spec from the start be more beneficial? I ask this because as a healer I would be able to keep my girlfriend's rogue alive easily during quests while she mows through mobs and have an easier time healing dungeons. I also feel trying to DPS in shadow spec while my girlfriend kills mobs as well as healing her so she doesn't need to eat as much food will just end up draining my mana more, and lead to me needing to drink more, than if I just let her kill stuff while I sit back and heal.
I guess what the question boils down to is, with a priest/rogue duo for leveling is it better to try to take a more efficiency focused play-style (Mainly healing and throwing in a bit of smite etc when mana is high) to keep our time killing mobs higher, or more of a rush focused play-style (Spec shadow and do as much dps as I can while also throwing in heals as needed) to speed up kills and rest when we need to. I feel that a healing spec may end up being faster over-all as it should almost completely eliminate any down-time we would have as I should not need to med very much and she shouldn't need to stop to eat at all, as well as having the added benefit of making dungeon runs even smoother as all of my talents are focused around healing. Would love to hear what others opinion would be on this matter, or if anyone has any experience playing a priest while leveling with another person.
I plan on being a healing priest for group content and raids once I hit 60, but I know usually the preferred leveling spec for priests is shadow. I also know, from maining a rogue during classic, that a rogue has plenty of dps to level rather quickly and the only thing that limits them is their survivability as they have no way to heal themselves besides bandages and potions, leading to a lot of downtime between killing to regain their health.
Would it be worthwhile to spec shadow for leveling through quests and dungeons with my girlfriend still, or would a heal oriented spec from the start be more beneficial? I ask this because as a healer I would be able to keep my girlfriend's rogue alive easily during quests while she mows through mobs and have an easier time healing dungeons. I also feel trying to DPS in shadow spec while my girlfriend kills mobs as well as healing her so she doesn't need to eat as much food will just end up draining my mana more, and lead to me needing to drink more, than if I just let her kill stuff while I sit back and heal.
I guess what the question boils down to is, with a priest/rogue duo for leveling is it better to try to take a more efficiency focused play-style (Mainly healing and throwing in a bit of smite etc when mana is high) to keep our time killing mobs higher, or more of a rush focused play-style (Spec shadow and do as much dps as I can while also throwing in heals as needed) to speed up kills and rest when we need to. I feel that a healing spec may end up being faster over-all as it should almost completely eliminate any down-time we would have as I should not need to med very much and she shouldn't need to stop to eat at all, as well as having the added benefit of making dungeon runs even smoother as all of my talents are focused around healing. Would love to hear what others opinion would be on this matter, or if anyone has any experience playing a priest while leveling with another person.