Welcome to Tales of a Priest
This blog pays homage to Derevka and keeps his helpful WOW articles available online for posterity.
Welcome Post by Derevka
I’ve always somewhat been the anti-blogger, I’m more of a forum troll myself: Guild forums, mmo-champ forums, Blizzard Realm/Class forums. But after reading a lot of the other blogs out there, I’ve decided to make the leap.
Don’t get me wrong, I really like the content that is put together at a lot of the other priest blogs, but, perhaps, if I focused on only Healing (which is what I do, I don’t raid shadow) I could work on a great Priest Blog. There is always room for more blogs out there.
I think I’d like to apply my write ups with a more live raid healing perspective, provide some insight that may (or may not) be missing out there. I’ll leave the shadow analysis to my DPS brothers and sisters, I’m going to focus on mainly healing.
Background of me: I am a Dwarf Priest and have been playing since January 2005. I’m in my late 20′s. I’ve been in a guild that has gone over the years through the gambit of being a social leveling guild, to raiding, to end game raiding. In classic WoW I’ve raided all of MC, BWL, AQ20, and nearly got C’Thun in AQ40, as well as the early bosses of Naxx 1.0. In TBC (pre 3.0) my guild and I have cleared all of MH, BT, and Kalecgos.
Healing all the way- It’s time for the Shadowpriest discussions to have a ying to their yang. Don’t get me wrong, I love my SPriest brethren. Perhaps the priest community will like my perspective on healing in WotLK, perhaps not. But we’ll see. Close your eyes and jump!
You can find Derevka at the HowToPriest.com website!
Featured Articles
Chakra and Why You Should Be Concerned
I don’t like writing posts like this – and by that I mean posts where I completely disagree with the direction the development team is going with the priest class. That said, I do believe and trust that Blizzard can
…
Holy and Disc Best Practices
Inspired by a post by my good friend Vixsin, I’ve decided to do a quick “Best Practices” post. In the interest of full-disclosure, she did toss me an email while I was at a work conference asking for a
…
Mists of Pandaria: Initial Impressions
First I am excited to say that my Goal of Hitting Realm First! Priest was completed! That was only one-upped by the fact that I also shared Realm First! 90 as well. My friend, guildmate and hunter, Esoth, was
…
Avalonna Rides Off into the Sunset
This is probably one of the most difficult posts to write. To most of us, World of Warcraft has become a huge part of our life: we talk about it, blog about, we even have get-togethers focused around
…5.2 Discipline Guide – Thunderstruck!
Now yes, we know 5.2 is just riddled with tons and tons of AC/DC references all over the internet… so why not one more? Sorry! I have updated my 5.2 guide which can be found in full as well as
…
Keep Calm and Keep Healing
Despite having a crazy busy month both in game and out, I’ve spent some time reading at the official forums, the HowToPriest.com forums, Twitter, and a number of emails I have received… and there is a very large negative cloud
…
Stay Healthy During Mists of Pandaria – How to care for your body during the release
Yes… I am planning on staying up until I hit 90. I am going for Realm First! Priest with a few of my other guildies going for their realm first classes as well. Being a Bostonian, this means Mists launches
…
Holy Word: Sanctuary – Scaling in Mists of Pandaria
Holy Word: Sanctuary has been a spell that has been in flux since its introduction at the start of Cataclysm… and that continues to happen even on the Beta– HW: Sanc has undergone a few changes in preparation for Mists
…
Update on Heroic Throne of Thunder Raiding – Part 1
I’ve been pretty quiet as of late on the blog, but I hope to do some more visual posting. Firewalls at work have ramped up preventing me from doing ANY editing at the office— but video posts are always more …
Latest Posts
Chakra Khan or Chakra Can’t?
“Ain’t nobody… heal you better. Makes you happy, gets you healed this way. Ain’t nobody heals you better than me….
Ava did a great post last week recapping the Priest preview for Cataclysm – I agree with
…Mt. Dew Game Fuel Pet Now Available
You can get the Battle Bot Pet Today! Visit http://www.mountaindewgamefuel.com/index.php register, and you can pick up your Battle Bot Pet, provided you have a merged Battle.net account.
They will fight provided you have Fuel for them, which from the
…Derevka’s Account Hacked? And A Contest!
With account hacks/keylogs being a topic of much discussion, I wanted to recap what happened to me this past weekend…
It was a dark and stormy night… Ok it wasn’t stormy, but it was dark – I went out
…Why Raiding Guilds don’t care about your Gearscore
Because it doesn’t tell us jack shit about what a raiding guild is really looking for in a player.
Thanks for reading! See you next week!
What, you actually want an in depth answer? No one wants an
…Heroic Lich King 10-Man Down!
Are More Tank Cooldowns the Solution?
There has been a lot of talk in the community about Shamans and Druids getting a cooldown… a lot of talk. First, want to be very clear that this article is not intended to play into this whole one class
…Naxxramas Achievement Tips
The concept for this post was thought up by a IM conversation I had with Matticus after my guild banged out a bunch of achievements in Naxx last night. Thanks for the brainstorm!
You’ve cleared 25 Man Naxx and
…
Chakra and Why You Should Be Concerned
I don’t like writing posts like this – and by that I mean posts where I completely disagree with the direction the development team is going with the priest class. That said, I do believe and trust that Blizzard can
…More Changes on the PTR
Yep, lots of new changes and different ways to look at stuff. Which, of course, means some of my notes from the last 2 days are out dated.
I’ll write up more this weekend (and likely we’ll have a
…
Is Rapture a Sign of the End of the World
I am not sure what I am asking for in this post, but wanted to bring something to everyone’s attention— something that has been bothering me— bothering me from a mechanic perspective. Ultimately, I am asking for a nerf…. yes.
…
Check out these cool fantasy and gaming sites:
World of Warcraft main website
DnDAdventure.com – free D&D adventure and resources
http://www.mydracula.com – true history and stories
Sangraal.com – Holy Grail mythology
BonusPromoCode.com – gaming promo codes
Do you enjoy watching League of Legends tournaments and other eSports? Now you can bet on the results! Get your free eSports bets at https://redeembonuscode.co.uk/william-hill-promo-codes/
We like video gaming but also enjoy casino gaming. USA visitors can check out BettingSitesUSA.net, and CasinoSitesUSA.com for site reviews and recommendations.
If you would like to try your luck and play for real money, we recommend redeeming the Bovada bonus code at https://usacasinobonuscode.com/bovada-bonus-codes/ for a huge welcome bonus available to USA residents.
Become a winning fantasy football player at Fantasy Footballer!
Bet on eSports such as League of Legends at the DraftKings Sportsbook. Get up to $1,000 with the DraftKings Sportsbook promo code bonus. Click to learn how.