April 18th, 2007 (08:08 pm)
current mood: uncomfortable
Name: Tsukii
Race: Night Elf
Class: Druid
Level: 70
Realm: Stormreaver
Highest Lifetime Rank: none
Profile link: http://ctprofiles.net/4902521
Tsukii is my current main World of Warcraft character with about 24 days played. He is the sixth character I leveled to 60. Originally I was going to make a Tauren druid, not a Night Elf druid, but I wanted a character to play on Stormreaver with people I know, and the only character I had on there was my hunter, and I hate my hunter. Tsukii's name is based on the Japanese word “tsuki,” which means moon. I had to add an extra ‘i’ because the name Tsuki was taken. Night elves are worshippers of Elune, the moon, hence Tsukii’s name.
Tsukii is a member of Fighting Gobblers on Stormreaver. This is the guild comprised of current students and graduates of Virginia Tech; most of us know each other in real life. We only have 9 level 70s in the guild, and several of those are alts. About 8 people play regularly.
I leveled Tsukii using a Feral spec. I had a hard time deciding what my end-game spec should be. I was torn between a Feral build for tanking, a Restoration build with tree form for healing, or a 0/30/31 or 0/31/30 mix between the two. I enjoy both tanking and healing, but I wanted to pick a build that would help out the guild the most. Since we often play with Mike, who has both a tank and a healer, it was really hard to choose. I finally decided on a Feral spec since Mike’s main is a priest, and I already have two healers who are healing spec.
Playing a tank that is not a warrior has been refreshing and new. I have learned a lot about druid tanking. Gearing up was very confusing because I never knew if I should prefer Stamina, Defense, or Dodge. I have learned that Agility is a great tanking stat because it adds armor and dodge. I have learned that defense is actually a good stat for druids to have, and that the “magic number” to hit is 415 defense. At 415 defense, a druid with the Survival of the Fittest talent is virtually uncrittable (he has a very, very, very low chance of being crit). I have learned that armor is a very valuable stat for tanking, probably the most valuable for druids. I made the mistake of disenchanting two quest rewards with very high armor on them; I requested the item restoration of one of them and the request was granted by the Game Master. I am glad that in the future, items with a high armor value on them will have the armor value displayed in green. That way, I will be less likely to overlook the armor value and accidentally dispose of the item.
I have maxed out Tsukii’s Mining, Cooking, First Aid, and Riding. I am one point away from maxed out Enchanting. I still need to max out Fishing. Tsukii’s Weapon Skills still need a lot of work, as it is not possible to skill up weapons in feral forms. Tsukii is missing 49 Enchanting recipes and 11 Cooking recipes (and most of the Cooking recipes are Horde only and will need to be bought through the Neutral Auction House).
Tsukii is Exalted with Darnassus, Gnomeregan Exiles, Ironforge, and Stormwind. I am currently working on my Exodar reputation.
Gear-wise, Tsukii has 5/8 Wildheart. I am missing the chest, kilt, and boots. He has 0/8 Cenarion, 0/8 Stormrage, 0/5 Genesis, 0/5 Zandalar Haruspex’s Garb, 0/3 Symbols of Unending Life, and 2/5 Moonglade Raiment. In his resistance sets he has 167 fire resistance, 138 nature resistance, 63 shadow resistance, and 77 frost resistance, respectively. Tsukii has +951 healing in his healing set and 2152 melee attack power in his cat gear.