Is obviously a chicken.

Stay tuned for the best talents in every priest tree spec; I’m going to be looking at each in depth and explaining the mechanics.

The Johannah the Smite Priest layout’s also undergoing a revision due to reading from the SEO land that I dedicate myself to from 9 to 6 on the weekdays. No worries, just testing to see if brighter is better!

Johannah the Smite Priest is participating in the Bloggers Unite International Animal Rights Day event by looking at Joh’s favorite vanity pet quest  chain; this World of Warcraft quest chain is definitely for the animal lover in you. Check it out!

WARNING: This is only available to the Alliance!

Freedom for All Creatures

This Lvl 47 quest chain is only available to the Alliance and ends with a Sprite Darter Hatchling reward. You’ll start by going to the Grimtotems in Feralas, which aren’t that far off from the Horde settlement. Climb up a thin path and find Kindal and Jer’kai Moonweaver:

• Freedom for All Creatures: Kindal requires an escort to open the cage below and free the Sprite Darters!
• Doling Justice (1): Slay those atrocious savages that dare hurt the Sprite Darters.
• Doling Justice (2): Go report how amazing you are to Tyrande in Darnassus.
• An Orphan Looking For a Home: You need to go back to Kindal for this; it isn’t immediately obvious since they send you to Tyrande in Darnassus at first. Apparently you loved these two Night Elves so much that you thought you’d go help them rescue the Sprite Darters again. This time, however, they have a baby they managed to save–and they want you to help the baby out!
• A Short Incubation: Make sure to bring 2 Elixirs of Fortitude with you before asking Quentin to fix your egg. By the way, this is all the way out at the Mirage Raceway in Thousand Needles. Crazy, huh? Wait until you see the next part.
• The Newest Member of the Family: Now you need to run to Aerie Peak in the Hinterlands! Oh noes! Hurry; there’s a timer!
• Food for Baby: Of course, now the timer is gone. You’d think the rush would still be on until you get your Sprite Darter, right? You need to go collect food for the baby to eat first, though.
• Becoming a Parent: You got your Sprite Darter Hatchling; congratulations!

Make sure to wish well for the animals during this International Animal Rights Day. Cheers!

My guild raids on alternating Fridays and Saturdays (this week being Saturday), so I thought it was time to look into raid breaking. Every raid has at least two of the following five archetypes floating around in it at all times:

• The player that lives with mom and/or dad and has to AFK randomly because of parent aggro
• The player that has a smoking habit and has to AFK way too often to suck on something
• The player that pushes for a raid to go past 8 PM and then tells everyone right before the Big Pull that they’re AFK’ing for dinner
• The player that has some personal problem that causes them to AFK inexplicably and stir up “he must have fallen into the toilet” remarks
• The player that says he’s getting water and doesn’t come back for five minutes

Either way, you’re going to have some raid break time.

You can do three things in this scenario:

1. Nothing. (This is usually easy for your fellow raid-mates to deduce because you whine about how long it’s taking.)
2. Browse the Internet in solitude. (This is a little harder to deduce but is generally obvious by how you are not available even though you have not AFK’d.)
3. Browse the Internet and share with other raid-mates. #1 people salute you.

The next time you’re in this situation, I encourage you to be a proud #3 and share some hilarious and/or adorable websites with your raid-mates. After all, that’s what we gamers like, right?–hilarious and adorable? We like gross too, but that usually defaults back into hilarious.

As a smite priest, I’m a hidden pro at this because I like to find ways to divert the conversations away from the DPS charts whenever possible. (#1’s seem to stretch their egos, fake or not, all over these charts during these quiet moments.) Here’s some of the recommendations that I make. Many of these were originally recommended to me.

The Hilarious

• Marvelous Man Boobs is perfect whenever there’s too much testosterone floating around.
• Get On My Horse may prompt singing.
• The Oatmeal is a general fix-all.

The Cute

• Cute Overload is a classic.
• Zoo Borns is the one I like to share with my fellow female raid-mates.
• Daily Squee is the first thing that comes to mind when people are squealing about gear in Vent.

The Hilarious and Cute

• Fuck You, Penguin is one of my personal favorites, but I’ve noticed some people get bored by it.
• I Can Has Cheezburger is always a win.

What sites to you like to go to when your raid AFK’s? Share and I’ll add to the list!