However, the biggest change was experience in Battlegrounds. While questing, I’ll always have two battlegrounds queued, and, on a good night, I’ll actually do more battlegrounding than questing. While leveling Qwaitxsix in the Hinterlands, the battlegrounds were constantly popping. A quest turnin leveled me in Orgrimmar.

While I have run into the glass cannons or twinks so deep into a tree that they have sacrificed utility, I thought about making a hybrid shammy twink. The tough part is getting all of the quest gear that requires level 28 or 29 which allows me to switch from FC to Offense to Defending to escorting our Flag Carrier or supporting DPS. Unlike many of the players that can heal in our battlegroup, I’m not afraid to heal even though I am not specced for it. My shadow priest constantly topped the damage and healing charts in the 29 bracket.

While this set of gear isn’t necessarily easy to obtain, the survivability and the ability for me to switch roles when needed will be a huge bonus. I’ve thought a lot about what gear to have, and going after 3 different weapons and 3 shields along with a few other random item sets will be difficult in terms of experience, but, I believe while I won’t be at the top of the HKs, our side will have a considerable advantage because I can carry and have a good HP pool, or I can heal with a decent healing bonus and mana pool, or I can dish out the DPS when needed.

Head:
[Whisperwind Headdress]
[Catseye Ultra Goggles]
[Electromagnetic Gigaflux Reactivator]
Shoulders:
[Cutthroat's Mantle] of the eagle
[Watchman Pauldrons]
Cloak:
[Parachute Cloak]
[Battle Healer's Cloak]
Chest:
[Raptor Hunter Tunic] (quest chain starts at 28)
Bracers:
[Emblazoned Bracers]
[Barbaric Bracers]
[Gallan Cuffs] (To Steal From Thieves, Obtained at 27)
Gloves:
[Gnomish Mechanic's Gloves] (News for Fizzle, Requires 28)
[Headhunter's Mitts] of the Eagle
[Razzeric's Racing Grips] (Safety First, Obtained at 29)
Belt:
[Defiler's Mail Girdle] (AB, 20 marks, 175 honor)
Legs:
[Barbaric Leggings]
[Infiltrator Pants] of the Eagle
Feet:
[Defiler's Chain Greaves] (AB, 20 marks, 175 honor)
Weapon:
[Thermaplugg's Left Arm]
[Bleeding Crescent] (Parts of the Swarm, obtained at 29)
[Skullbreaker] (An Unholy Alliance, obtained at 28, RFK drop on Razorflank, BC enchants)
Shield:
[Forcestone Buckler] (Compendium of the Fallen, obtained at 28)
[Basalt Buckler] (The Corrupter, obtained at 25)
[Marbled Buckler] (A Vengeful Fate, obtained at 23)

While the above list is no means complete, I will try to farm for [Deadman's Hand] and will have other engineering items. Some of the trinkets that I had were just absolutely great. [Discombobulator Ray] isn’t cheap considering the Jade, but, it is a lot of fun.

The enchants are the tough part. I know I’ll put the [Nethercleft Leg Armor] on the Barbaric Leggings and will put [Golden Spellthread] on the Infiltrator’s Leggings. Skullbreaker will definitely get Enchant Weapon – Major Healing which will give +81. From those two items alone, I’ll be at +147 healing. I know that WoLK brings changes to the healing bonus and coefficients, but, they say it will even out. Coupled with the +27 healing from the Headdress and the Cloak and the +30 that I can put on the bracers, I should be able to hit +204 healing just from a midfield gear change. That is a considerable bonus for someone that won’t be specced for healing. I’ll be a utility healer for clutch situations. With some of the basic gear, I’ll easily have +600hp over the average player. With full enchants, I should be in the 1700hp range with about 2100 mana. My build will have Instant Ghost Wolf which limits some of the talent points I have to spend, but, I think this equipment will allow me the flexibility to run hybrid, or, when running with guildies, I can respec elemental or resto and be a little more specialized.

Looking forward to the battlefield.