Without any time to raid over the past week or so, my play time has mainly consisted of a few BGs, an occasional Skoll patrol on the PTR, and some quiet time on my unguilded Death Knight. Yes, that’s right… I’ve forsaken the Hunter community by playing a lesser class – and a Death Knight at that!
Fear not though… it’s this Hunter’s opinion that Death Knights are ricoculous. Consider it more of a covert counter-intelligence op. Also, I just really enjoy the sanctity of being able to log on anonymously and not have to worry about being asked to join a failing raid, or even pay attention to guild chat for that matter. Sometimes it’s nice to just go back and experience play much in the same way as it was when I first entered Azeroth… nice and quiet.
By rights I should probably be leveling my 74 Druid Herbalist/Alchemist so he can make raid flasks for Garwulf, but I really don’t feel like it. Right now I want to destroy everything in my path with a sword weilding plate wearer, instead of going around and picking flowers. That, and I want to be left alone.
Just like everyone else did when WotLK came out, I rolled a Death Knight. I played him for a couple of hours, then thought, “bleh”… A few weeks later I decided to reroll a Human DK and played him very casually for a few months. I’d play him for a day or so, then grow pretty tired of it. The DK starting quests are fantastic, but once you’re done with those it’s on to the drudgery of Outland and even worse, Hellfire Peninsula. Ugh… I hate that place. HP is one of my least favorite areas in the game.
I think the combination of respeccing to Bloood along with being out in Northrend so long, I’ve found that questing in Outland has become fun once again. I leveled from 55 to around 62 as Unholy, then thought I’d give Blood a go. While Unholy has the nice decrease in travel time from On a Pale Horse, I really think Blood is the leveling spec. It is absolutely absurd how I am able to tear through elites and multiple mobs without nary a scratch. Once I take the time to actually learn how to play a Death Knight it’s going to really be smooth sailing.
I’ve got about a level and a half left before I’m on a boat to Northrend. I think during that time I’m going to pause for a bit to get my keybinds situated and start getting familiar with all of the OP skills. Once I hit Borean Tundra I should be 80 in no time. I’ve leveled what are arguably considered two of the top solo classes in the game, but I don’t think my Hunter or Druid were as capable of handling what my Blood DK can. It’s ridiculous I tell ya.
Here’s a screenshot I took in one of those tombs near Auchindon. I pulled the entire room along with the mobs in the hallway leading to it. It may be a little hard to make out, but there were 10 mobs total. Now granted I was level 67 and the mobs I was fighting were only 63-64, but just look at my health bar.
I haven’t run any dungeons on this character, so all of his gear is the standard green quest stuff, along with my 2 starting DK quest trinkets.
I dunno… taking on 10 NPCs at once that are beneath your level may not be the best measure of how OP a class is, but it still felt pretty OP to me. I suck on this class, yet I didn’t even have to summon my pet or use a health potion.
That reminds me… tell me again why this class needs a pet..?!
Anyhow, I should let you know I’m enjoying the DK so much, I’ve decided to devote most of my upcoming posts to Death Knight leveling builds and how to gear before you start raiding. Well, at least until I hit level 80 with this guy. Should only be a couple more weeks.
Just kidding. 
I have so much Huntery stuff I want to get to I don’t know where to begin. Therefore, you get this Death Knight business instead. I’ve got at least six posts I want to write, but they’re all big’uns. Not ones I can just sit down and bang out.
And…
I want to overhaul this website by giving it a fresh new look with some added functionality and usability. The thought of undergoing that task is both exciting and painful.
All in due time…
In the meantime, I’ve decided to take a break from my Spirit Beast hunt and do some BM DPS testing on the PTR. Unfortunately, there were no less than 15 players beating on the target dummy in IF tonight, so it had debuffs out the wazoo. I’ll head over to Darnassus tomorrow and see if the dummy there is a little less popular. My only problem now will be how to acquire more blue ammo. Garwulf was poor (only 109G) and nearly arrowless when I hastily copied him over.
Well, that’s all for tonight… see you next time. 
Unholy is a mean spec, but its damage leaves me saddened. I like it cause of its utility. 16% speed boost from unholy aura pluss the 20% mounted speed = crazy fast questing.
