WoW Abilities I Wish I had... To Stay Alive

I spent two days at work writing ideas down for a multi-post blog topic of things I learned at my first job. I will probably post that eventually, but this morning I had an epiphany over the desire to have a cup of coffee. I will talk about this in a part two of this topic.

Abilities in World of Warcraft I wish I Had. People ask what super powers you would like to have and I can't really thing of any that I would like, so here is my answer. I want all of these.

The Obvious Choices

 

 There are some abilities found in World of Warcraft that are just obvious choices. Teleport, Portals, Hearthstones, various buffs like Arcane Brilliance... oh, and turning into a freaking BEAR!

 This includes healing and resurrection spells as well, because hey, just because important key figures die all the time in the game, our characters never do because people just rez them. (I guess nobody wants to rez all those random NPCs lying around...)


So these are no brainers and I'm not going to go into them. But there are many other ways to save your life, like...

 

Running Away & Hiding

There is nothing wrong with running away when you have bit off more than you can chew, or someone took that bite for you. I would love to have Invisibility, Vanish, Stealth, Camouflage, or even Shadowmeld.

I have found over the course of 7 years playing this game and 8 level 85 toons, that I have an uncanny ability to get the heck out of Dodge. I may not always be top DPS, but my survivability is fantastic.

After playing a hunter to level 71, I decided I didn't like it. Then I made one out of boredom (on a separate server without heirlooms-ugh!) She is now 85 and my current favorite class. One of my favorite abilities? 

Oh Feign Death, you let me live so that I can mass rez the morons that pulled the second (and third) group.

 

Staying Alive Through Prevention

 In Molten Core there is a boss that constantly throws up curses. Back in Vanilla this was a big deal and we mages were assigned to remove curses from everyone. That was my job my first time there. Just remove curses, no fighting (this was back before decursive kids). Debuffs were a big deal. They have grown gradually less important as time goes by. They still are a pain, but none are as devastating as they used to be.

Wouldn't the world be a better place if doctors could just spec Holy and cast cleanse? Sure, lots of people would be out of jobs, but no more syringes!  I went for blood work the other day and when she casually whipped out that sword with a tube for a hilt ready to steal my life fluids I immediately felt the urge to hiss and scratch her eyes out. I'm not a fan.

Imagine this: you and your friends go camping and it's fun (except for the whole sunlight and wilderness going on around you), when suddenly, a grizzly bear bounds into the clearing and decides you look like the sexiest piece of meat around. He's running at you, who chose not to get feign death, but ho! What is this?! He stops and looks longingly at your friend and switches directions. What happened? Is Danny more delicious? No, Danny has just turned that ravenous beast into his new pet, Cinnamon.

Tame Beast: Allows you to save friends and name wild creatures obscure names.

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