Raiding on Holidays

Well unfortunately last weekend was more or less a flop. When Saturday rolled around we were surprisingly heavy on healers and short on dps. I took the opportunity to roll boomkin for Naxx. After the first pull our raid leader, who is also one of our stronger healers had to leave due to getting called in for work. Which left us even more shorthanded. We were trying to do Naxx with about 21 or 22 people and we were struggling. Early wipes on patchwork got people discouraged. I ended up having to step in and heal a few fights that were harder on our healers, but the stand-in raid leader didn't really want me to respec because for some bosses we could use the extra dps over healers. Needless to say I was a true hybrid in the raid and cursing that dual specs wasn't out.

Not only was the raid struggling but so to was I trying to heal with a strong balance build that skips over most the neat mana management talents. I still had Omen of Clarity, but with only two points into Intensity and zero points in Dreamstate; my mana pool was failing. I haven't felt this way since I first started raid healing. Normally when I am resto I hardly even need to Innervate myself yet I was having to pop it before the fight was even half over.

The moral of the story here is that raiding on holidays even the likes of Valentine's day can have disastrous effects. I hope to see things pick up next week and I still plan on field testing the Dreamstate build I have set up.