My posting schedule died a horrible death starting with Preview Weekend 2, and I've been messing around with my Rune Priest quite a bit. Mythic has made a number of big adjustments, perhaps the biggest being the addition of Grimnir's Shield (and subsequent change in that shield's introduction from rank 5 to rank 21). Rune Priests are still beastly healers with great survivability, and thrive in larger-scale RvR. Rune of Serenity is the best thing ever, at least until I'm in a position to level up to Rune of Sundering and pick up the Sundered Motion tactic.
In the course of Open Beta, though, I did test out the Curse add-on and was surprised to find that I discovered an item - I think this is the first time that's happened in any MMO I've played. I don't know if the discovery will carry over into live (or even if the item will), but for the time being I am forever linked with the Gale-Runner's Clogs.
My guild, Casualties of War, will be picking a server tomorrow when the CE list comes up. Thanks to nien years of higher education, I had the disposable income to ebay a CE and will be rising at the crack of 6:30 on Sunday to log in and help form the guild. I was hoping to take the week off, but unfortunately work calls so I'll be playing like a maniac on Sunday, playing in the evening Monday through Wednesday, and then taking off Thursday and Friday to play more. Missing some hours here and there is a good thing, as it lets more people level up to create a more dynamic pool of RvRers and hopefully cut the queues down for scenarios. I don't want to be so far ahead of the leveling curve that I'm forced to PvE most of the time.
I'll have more substantive updates after I get in game for awhile and see how the Rune Priest plays at the top end of Tier 2 and beyond. It will be nice to have the effort count. It will be a very long time before I hit RR80, but in the meantime there are many enemies to be crushed and goodies to be acquired. This is going to be awesome.
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