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I am still kind of pissed I've never been able to run any of the 10-mans in WotLK. And I can't do any of the high level ones, because I don't have good enough gear to do any of the ones that people still run. I still have things I can do, but I want Cataclysm to hurry up and come out so I can actually do things as they come out instead of trying to catch up to everyone else on the server.
So other than raiding (which I can't really do) and running random heroics (which I do quite a bit and haven't been able to find much gear), what's a good way to upgrade? Here's my character: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Elune&cn=Meabh
I plan on checking out the Icecrown 5-mans, but I'm not sure if I'd do ok in those or not.
Yakob:
Your best bet would be tier 9 and the other gear that you can buy from the triumph badges you get from doing 5mans.
Another thing that'll do a lot of good for you would maybe be fixing up your talent specs a bit. It's typically a general rule to not dump all/most of your points in one tree. WoW Popular is a really good place to find basic cookie-cutter-type builds and also gives good suggestions on glyphs and other stuff like that.
Alex C:
Yeah, you should familiarize yourself with builds and tinker around with a reputable spreadsheet a bit if you have the time. For now though, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The top boomkin builds are as good as they are due to Intellect synergy and the sheer number of buffs you can get in a raid setting-- Intellect buffs, Kings, and Replenishment can team up together so well that a geared chicken doesn't have to worry much about mana anymore and Lunar Guidance makes 'em hit like a truck. It's been a long time since I touched my boomkin, but if I remember right a build like this* will definitely outperform your current one in a raid, but in a 5 man setting the advantage will be fairly marginal unless the group is composed just so. Ultimately it's stuff like Eclipse that makes or breaks a 5 man boomkin, and you already have that.
*I left a couple points loose there because the AoE talents aren't so hot if your mana regen sucks and you need to put points into Intensity. People mix and match those all the time.
Lines:
My mana regen is actually pretty decent. I almost never run out and lately I've been noticing I rarely go past half. And all of the points you spent in resto I think I will pick up, but I'd have to keep certain things you didn't take - such as typhoon, which I do use (I have a glyph that takes away the pushback).
Alex C:
Yeah, the Typhoon glyph is pretty hot, and AoE is one of the prime reasons why I kept those 2 points loose. Hell, if you really wanted to you could make a case for swapping a point from Omen of Clarity to really max out your AoEs. It's really just a matter of context. For 5 mans, the difference between having a full suite of AoE talents and having a couple points in intensity wouldn't amount to much difference on your mana bar. But in a raid setting with your level of gear having Clarity and a couple of points of Intensity can let you keep casting for an extra minute or two, which is either awesome or useless depending on the length of the fight or whether or not you're expected to use Innervate on someone else. Eventually with enough gear you can just blow off even Moonglow and just ride Replenishment and your ridiculously huge mana pool. My guildmate Khaldei just keeps casting. And casting. And casting. But then, it's sorta necessary considering how long some fights can take.
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