Dessyre, Queen of Demons: Episode 1

It's been awhile since I really talked about my warlock, Dessyre. It's about time I dedicate a post to her, especially considering our most recent adventures and how much fun we've had.

This is my warlock. If you're wondering, yes...she's completely decked out in Heirloom gear (including a staff and spellpower trinket). It's delicious. Last night in Slave Pens she had about 357 spellpower. Juicy, hmm?

At any rate, she's level 62 now and over half way to 63. I'm not going to lie to you and say I've been questing like a fiend with her, because I haven't. That would be the farthest thing from the truth...The last old world quests she did were in Stranglethorn Vale at level 40. I haven't quested with her since. It shows, I guess. Some of her gear is ancient. I mean, up until yesterday she was still wearing a ring from Deadmines...if I had actually just gone out and quested with her, I'm thinking that would have been replaced far sooner...but I digress. I hate questing. Period.

Let me tell you a little about her. First things first, She's an Affliction lock. Full Affliction, actually. I didn't branch out into any of the other trees yet because I really wanted to get Haunt as quickly as I could. It was worth it too! Great spell for massive mob grinding while questing. With haunt and drain life, there's zero downtime. Even in instance groups, I rarely need healing and I don't have mana issues...EVER.

Speaking of instance groups...I should probably tell you about Tinypickle, Dwarf Healadin Extraordinaire. Yeah...trust me...he was SPESHULL...

Anyway, here's the story:

I queued in for a Hellfire Ramparts run. When the group all teleported into the instance, we did our buffs and got ready to go. Because of a few previous groups wiping, I thought I'd be nice and soulstone the healer. Who wouldn't want a free rez? I also dismissed my voidwalker and summoned my imp. For anyone who doesn't have a warlock, the soulstone and summoning the Imp ended up costing over half of my mana. I lifetapped to refill and was ready to go...

...I thought.

Tinypickle (Holy Pally) "WTF are you doing?"
Me: "Um, soulstoning you?"
TP: "No, what did you just do after that?"
Me: "Um, I lifetapped?"
TP: "Don't do it again or I won't heal you."
Me: "Uh, well...I hate to break it to you but Warlocks lifetap to refill our mana..."
TP: "You better not, noob. You drink like the rest of us."
Me: "No, I lifetap like a good little warlock."
TP: "If you do it again, I'm not healing you."
Me: "Oooookay? You don't have to heal me like...ever. I have Haunt, Drain Life...I'll be alright."
TP: "Whatever! If you do it again I'm leaving group."
Me: "You may as well just leave now then..."
TP: "Don't. You drink like the rest."
*shrug*

I felt bad for the rest of the group, because obviously the drama starting right off the bat isn't really a good way to start the run. But people, please...Warlocks use lifetap. That's what we do. We don't stack spirit or Mp5, so we have no OTHER source of mana regeneration. Warlocks are DESIGNED for Lifetap. Why the hell else do you think we stack STAMINA as one of our main stats? Exactly. It's for lifetap...*sigh* Some paladins evidently don't know this.

About 3 pulls into the instance, I lifetapped to fill up then cast drain life on one of the targets. I didn't die. Between lifetap and haunt, I was damn close to full health anyway. But lo and behold, Tinypickle could not contain his rage! After telling me what a complete retard I was, he bailed on the group.

Tank: "Why'd you have to push it?"
Me: "I didn't realize that playing my class as it was intended was so offensive..."

We ended up getting a resto druid in the group to replace the Dunce of a holy pally. I made sure to warn him that I lifetap...

Me: "Sooo just so you know, I use lifetap when I get low on mana."
Druid: "I know. lol Just wanted to warn me?"
Me: "Well, no. The healadin that just bailed on us was terribly offended by it and I wanted to make sure you knew ahead of time. I'll self heal anyway, but just wanted you to know =)"
Druid: "ROFL Okay then."

The rest of the run was totally uneventful. No wipes and the druid didn't complain even ONCE about having to heal me. Well, he sarcastically complained...just to be a wise guy. But it was pretty fun.

Now, one thing I DID notice...My darling warlock's DPS was the SUCK...I had picked up a sword with spellpower on it for her and an offhand...but really...her DPS just wasn't great. I decided it was time to bite the bullet and get her the Heirloom Staff and the Heirloom spellpower trinket. Good times! Her dps is much better now, even as an affliction lock. I even had a few tanks complaining that they were struggling to hold aggro from me. Not that this is a great thing...it means I need to learn some threat management...but it's nice to be the top DPS in a group and really just enjoy the instance without fear of getting kicked out for "dps that's too low".

I can't even WAIT to send that staff and trinket to my mage and my priest! ZOMGOLLY!

hehe

*daydreams*

Oh, right...the warlock...To quickly summarize this post, I love my warlock and she is infinitely awesome! As soon as I get her leveled a bit higher, we'll be going back in for some more PvP fun. At level 62, she's just a sitting duck in battlegrounds. So I'll pass for now, but I can't WAIT!

And to think...way back when she was only level 10, I had taken her for a simple bank alt. I never imagined I would ever level her...I never would have told you that she would probably be my next level 80. Never. I wouldn't have even thought about it when I first started out with her. But now? Now I can't wait to get her to 80 so I can really see this class at it's full glory! Dessyre, Queen of Demons...SO...MUCH...FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!