Twìtch's Adventures: Episode 1 - Growing Up So Fast

I had mentioned before that I had begun to level a Tauren Druid named Twìtch in hopes of raiding with a friend on a new server. I thought I'd introduce you to him.

This is Twìtch just standing there near the druid trainer on Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff. I had worked on getting his bear form last night, and it seemed to be a little easier than the Alliance version...

It seems to me that getting Des's bear form was a little more difficult, only because I had to kill a bunch of moonkin just to get to the cave that had the right stone in it. I didn't have quest helper at the time (or any other addons for that matter), so it took me quite a few tries to find the right cave. I ended up getting a friend to help out of frustration.

The only obstacle that Twìtch met was a big Stormsnout lizard (level SKULL to poor little Twìtch, by the way) that kept trying to blow him up with lightning bolts. Once I figured out how to get to the stone without drawing the attention from the lizard, it was really easy to complete that quest. Then I hoofed it back to Thunder Bluff and learned bear form. Because I was completing a bunch of other quests on my way through, I ended up being level 12 by the time I actually completed the final quest to get my bear form.

I had forgotten how few skills you have at such a low level. Right now in his caster form he has:

• Entangling Roots
• Rejuvenation
• Healing Touch
• Wrath
• Moonfire
• Nature's Grasp
• Mark of the Wild
• Thorns
• Teleport: Moonglade
• Revive
• And he "should" have regrowth, but I don't think I put it on his hotbar.

For bear form...it's even less exciting at this moment. Twìtch has:

• Enrage
• Growl
• Demoralizing Roar
• Maul

Compared to my level 80 bear...that's so little to work with. I'm hoping to level him as a tank/kitty so that I can instance grind to 80. At 80, I'll either dual spec or switch over to Restoration. I don't really know if I want to tank raids again or not. It's a lot of pressure to learn fights and move correctly and there's less room for error with tanking than there is for healing. (Healing has a few extra "HOLY SH*T" combinations you can use to save the day.)

Only time will tell what fate has in store for this little druid. And you'd think I'd be sick of leveling and playing druids. I'm not. My main is a druid and she is, by FAR, my favorite character to play. It's been really cool to revisit the early stages of the druid again as well. You know, getting new forms and stuff. It's been really fun. Reminds me of the early days with Des. :)

Anyway, before I logged out last night I took a quick picture of Twìtch in bear form. He's fierce! He's terrifying! Rawr!!!

And there he is. My little Twìtch.

I'll be posting some of his adventures here. With him being a brand new druid (and a brand new Horde member), I'm sure I'll noob stuff up from time to time. I'm hoping to get to level 15 soon so that I can begin queuing in for dungeons to get him leveling and gearing faster. (I still hate questing...it's become the bane of my existence ever since I started and finished Loremaster on Destinae.)

Rawr!!