I realize the holiday work stoppage ended up extending a little past said holidays. However, be assured that I have not abandoned Re-Roll, I just needed a break. There /should/ be a comic on Sunday, barring any unforseen circumstances. Much love to those of you still with me through this.

-Lore

So, I completely forgot to make any sort of post yesterday. Obviously this means there’s no comic this week. But I don’t come entirely artless.

Back in November I put together a secret Santa art exchange on Twitter. I was chosen to draw for Fyreuni of Daily-Quests. Her comic is great and her characters were super-fun to work with:

In return I got this playful image of my Alliance rogue, Loreli, from Baenhoof:

I really really love it! Thank you!

The exchange went really well and I hope to do it again next year.

Also, this past weekend, I attempted to do a start-to-finish livestream. While I didn’t finish in one session, I did finish:

So, perhaps look for a short comic next Sunday. If not, deffinately after the new year.

Cheers!

Here’s wishing you a happy holidays and someone you can ‘put-up with’ to share them!

So, not only will anyone born after 1983 NOT get this joke, but it’s really not even that funny. If you don’t remember the old Kool-Aid commercials, have a look here. Now, don’t get me wrong, I fully enjoyed the new 5 mans introduced in 3.3 but what kind of web-comic artist would I be, if I didn’t find SOMETHING to make fun of?

Sylvanas had -just- finished talking about how Arthas was too powerful. He’s been dropping walls to stop your group, Sylvanas has been breaking them down and we’re supposed to believe that a mere rock slide is supposed to keep us safe from him?

Ah well, there’s damn good rogue loot! Although, Larscelia has been working on a weapon upgrade forever, her latest piece of shiny did NOT come out ICC 5-man. She picked up this sexy piece of stabbing equipment out of ToC 10 yesterday. After throwing a berserking enchant on it, I’m in love. I don’t see myself running a lot of random dungeons with her, as my guild is great and I perfer to run with them. However! If you’re part of the Cyclone battlegroup and you find yourself in a random 79 dungeon with Lorelitymara, say hi!

So, in cases like this, would you guys prefer filler art, guest comics, etc.? Or just a blog post?

Wow… is it Sunday already? I feel like I was just posting last week’s strip.

I realize Pilgrim’s Bounty is over, but there was NO WAY I could run a comic with a rogue as the main character and NOT do something about the Turkey Lurkey achievment. I play a rogue on TWO servers, so most of my past week in game was spent dodging Turkey Shooters. I’m glad to say that Larscelia was only turkey’d twice. Loreli on the other hand spent so much time as a turkey, she’ll likely be pulling feathers out of her hair for a week.

Anyway, I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving in the US. On to the next!

Oh! P.S. There is now a Re-Roll fanpage on Facebook! You can find it here OR use the FB link down below! Enjoy!

And thus the saga of Cosy and the Death Knight comes to a close. Or does it…?

Since we’re on the subject, he might also want to rethink his choice in friends. Something tells me Larscelia is bound to get him into trouble.

Enjoy!

As much as I hate to do this, the world has conspired to ensure that the comic won’t be done on time.

Instead, have a gnome >.>

For those of you who’ve seen this, I promise, new content as soon as I can figure out why my laptop is on the fritz…

However! I’m sure what you all really want to hear about is WoW.

Now, I don’t claim to be an expert on the Shaman class, but I did level my space goat from 1 to 70 in full Restoration spec so I’m familiar with how the whole thing works. My World of Warcraft career started off with a Night Elf Rogue and she was really the only character I played extensively until Burning Crusade came out. At which point I started Arliece and leveled her alongside my husband’s tank Druid. So for my first healer, I chose what may be one of the more complicated healing classes. Or the easiest, depending on how you look at it.

Priests gets two viable healing specs and whole lot of tricks, they are the original healy class. Holy Paladins have a few options in the healing department, and I know tree Druids have more than their fair share of HoTs. (Am I missing any of the other healing classes? Bandage spec Rogue, perhaps?) With all of these options your difficulty comes in deciding which heals to use in which situation. For a long time all Shamans had was; Healing Wave, (which felt like a lifetime to cast when in a pinch) Lesser Healing Wave (which was NOT mana efficient), and Chain Heal. Then, any aspiring Shaman healer was pretty much told “Just spam Chain Heal.” I’ve actually been yelled at for deviating from that perfect plan. Thus, your difficulty level with a Shaman comes from not having a whole lot of options. Shaman healers did a lot of what I called Preemptive Healing, casting a heal and hoping it hit at just the right time. There was Nature’s Swiftness, which gave us an instant-cast nature spell every 3 minutes. Also hoping your Healing Way procced and increased your critical chance on your next heal.

I got through Kara and my fair share of Heroics in this fashion. I loved Shaman healing, regardless.

When Wrath came out I did the great Server/Faction hop. I left my 70 Rogue and my 70 Resto Shaman on Argent Dawn and made the move to Hyjal with only a 20 Blood Elf Rogue for company. Larscelia has been my epic-geared and stalwart companion ever since. She’s been through Naxx countless times, downed a number of bosses in Ulduar 10 and made her way to Faction Champions in ToC 10. (I hate that fight, btw.) As inevitably happens though, I felt the call of the healer. The Schadenfreuidan Slips has a number of awesome Shaman and I’m pretty sure all of them has a healing spec as either their main or off spec. So I was a little intimidated when I rolled Thistlehoof and started leveling her up. Without the benefit of a Druid to tank for me, I went Enhancement and actually found myself enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. Those damn wolves are fun as hell! Somewhere around 40 I dropped the 1K to dual spec and picked up my Resto spec. At 40 not much was different from what I remembered about Shaman healing. But eventually Thistlehoof made 80 and I realized just how much things had changed since my last Kara raid.

I love the fact that Shaman have a bigger arsenal. Lesser Healing Wave is viable now, Healing Wave tends to be a waste. Rip Tide is love and if you glyph for Chain Heal you hit a fourth target! I’m having a ton of fun back in the healing role! I still don’t feel like I’m up to speed with all the changes but our guild’s resident healy Shaman has been coaching me. I’ve healed Naxx twice now and a fair number of heroics. No worries though, Lars isn’t getting the back burner, I don’t think I’ll ever get the hang of DPSing end-game content as Enhancement.

Next challenge: Death Knight tanking!

What about you guys, did you step away from a class only to come back and remember how much you loved it? What classes or specs are you struggling with? What classes or specs did you take to right away? What classes or specs do you want to take up?

Usually I’m hard at work, busting ass to get a costume done in time. This year I’ve gone the easy route and while I’ve made a few items or two, I’ve got no big projects. Instead I’ve been spending the time with family and friends. I’m a lot less stressed for it.

This is my second Halloween in my new home with my husband. While I’m very happy, I miss my aunt’s decorations. I can’t wait until we’re in a house so I can decorate.

Anywho, point is, I’m just super-busy and comic will be back next weekend.

I’ll try and make a WoW related blog post in the mean time.