Status isn't Quo

So, I've been taking some time off from WoW lately. I've had way too many things going on in the Bright World to be able to devote any real effort to the game. By the time I got home from work, I was so worn out all I could do was stare dumbly at the Big Blue Box as it delivered unto me episodes of Bones and The Mighty Boosh. But last night I got back into it.

You know something? Raiding is hard work. I've got real respect for those folks who go out there and rip up progression content. The guild last night was doing the 10-man Trial of the Crusader stuff. Northrend beasts and all that jazz. I took one look at the strategy guides, threw my hands up, and logged into Kranthis instead. "I'm available if you need me" was my mantra - knowing full well that 16 people had signed up for the 10-man raid.

Don't get me wrong, raiding is a ton of fun, even when you wipe a lot (at least as long as the drama stays mainly to a minimum). But it's way too much work for me and good ol' mushbrain right now.

Anyway, on the plus side I got to play with my Druid for a while. I really love being a feral druid, levels 77-79 have been soooo much better than 70-77 (when I was trying to level balance). Feral is where it's at. You've got good stealth and don't have to change forms once you break stealth, do huge damage, take little damage, and don't need to manage mana. Why oh why did I ever try to level balance? Plus, all this running around in the Storm Peaks (finished the Sons of Hodir chain last night) meant I ended up swimming in herbs. I found about three stacks of icethorn and two of lichbloom just going from quest to quest.

I love my druid.

My only real complaint is about the new catform skins. I object to the necklace and wristband look. It's way too hip for my 10,000 year old elf dude to wear a necklace and a wristband. Why can't we just go for the naked cat like travelform? I'd spend gold on a minor glyph that made the travelform cat my catform cat. Easy-peasy.