RL Gets In The Way - 2.3 Hits the Fan

So real life issues deterred me from posting. My father is ill (bladder cancer) and our 4 year old Bengal cat, Samurai, was diagnosed with cardiomyopothy. His fate, horribly, is determined by how long his heart can hold out after two strokes.

I give him two shots a day of a blood thinner, Lovenox, and 5 pills. He hates all of it, but he's doing so much better these days.

My father starts chemo today, but luckily (is there a luckily here?) it's directly to the bladder, so no nausea, no hair loss, just pain when he pisses it out.

During all this, Dato and I kept plugging away, realizing more and more that the priest class was just broken. We did, however, manage to climb to 2029 in our 2v2 bracket. We were so happy and clearly in the reach of Rival that we stopped 2v2ing and focused on 3v3 with Fishhead.

That had its ups and downs. Fishhead clearly gets diverted into attacking the wrong guy sometimes. Dato would say over Ventrilo, "OK, Fish, sheep the Pally then work on the Warrior with me..." which translated in Fish's head to "Sheep the Pally then try to blow him up!"

Needless to say, if a rogue was in the group, or a warrior...we lost. Warlocks always seem to go after Fish as well, and that REALLY messes it all up. We are hovering near 1800, and I KNOW we can do better.

During all this time, 2.3 came along. It went live yesterday. I had been on the PTR trying out builds when Dato fought a Disc/Shadow priest who was heavy Discipline, a little Shadow for Mind Flay. I thought it would be the stupidest thing I'd ever seen. It, quite literally, rocks. Focused Will, in conjunction with lots of +healing gear, Pain Suppression and Power Infusion are nigh unstoppable. I don't even fear rogues anymore!!! It really has renewed the game for me.

Beware...a new priest has come over the horizon and he can heal, takes tons of damage...he's...he's...dare I say it? "One tough cookie!"

I'll let you all know later if it really works in 2v2 and 3v3.