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Now, I’ve been to Hyjal Summit a handful of times. Thanks to the Remnants, I’ve seen and downed four of the five bosses there and even managed to acquire the Boots of Divine Light while with them — a slick pair of healing boots if I’ve ever seen one. I’ve reached the point where the instance is no longer new to me and also nothing should really shock or amaze me too much. Yet every time I’m also deliriously happy when I step into the instance. Why?
One word: Jaina.
For those who have yet to explore the Battle of Mount Hyjal within the Caverns of Time, the first two bosses are fought in the Alliance camp following eight waves of Scourge creatures for each boss. Situated there are a number of Alliance forces, including mounted calvary, priests, mages, and — my personal favorite — Lady Jaina Proudmoore. In fact, the very first thing I do in each raid is go up to the woman and give her a fierce hug.
Now, I’m a bit of a lorewhore and I did enjoy learning more about this important character in the World of Warcraft, but that’s not why I cling to her side throughout the raid and weep dragon tears when we’re parted. Nor is it her supposedly good looks or even her winning personality. No, the sole basis of my attraction for Jaina is Brilliance Aura, an absolutely divine buff that she places on all friendly units within thirty yards of her. Oh, and did I mention that it increases their Spirit by a full 100%?
I have to admit, I do have a reputation within my priest’s twenty-five man raid for being overzealous about priests and for enjoying each minute detail of the class. They’re not shocked to learn that I have three priests alone on Feathermoon US and that I’ve leveled four priests to 60 or beyond. Furthermore, they know my unbridled affection for the Spirit stat. It’s true, I’m absolutely hooked on Spirit, so to say, and was cooing the evening that I snagged my Ethereum Life-Staff from High Astromancer Solarian in Tempest Keep. In fact, they refer to me as the Spirit Goddess — though I’d really rather nominate Jaina for that title.
So, really, you might be wondering what the big deal is. Let me show you. While waiting for various people to show up for the raid, my dear fellow raiders started bothering me about my mana regen, curious as to what effect the buff was having on my perky priestess. The following image is a copy of my stats while standing within Jaina’s glorious Brilliance Aura:
At the time I in full raid buffs and consumables — which doesn’t change the fact that this is absolutely amazing. I was casting Flash Heals until I went below 50%, stopping, and then watching my mana bar as the mana literally gushed back into it.
But it couldn’t get any better than that, could it? Ah, you poor unimaginative peons. Consider for a moment the joy that is the Soulful Earring of Meditation. For those who don’t know about this priest class trinket, it increases the priest’s Spirit by 300 on use. Coupled with Brilliance Aura, we get:
I may have cried when I saw that. 2,500 Spirit? 2,851 Bonus Healing? A glorious 3,113 mana regeneration while not casting? That’s not just awesome; that’s heavenly. I wish, however, that I’d managed to capture a screenshot when some darling druid cast Innervate on me. My mana regeneration was over 9,000! I just could not heal quick enough to get my bar to drop; every two seconds it jumped right back up to full no matter what spell I cast. My Spirit was so high that a fellow healer joked that her Spirit went up by 1 just by standing by me.
Mind you, she also claimed that it would have been 100, but I kept the other 99 Spirit to myself like the greedy Spirit whore that I am.
So, seriously, do you know if Jaina is seeing anyone lately? Or if she prefers a Bouquet of White Roses instead of a Box of Chocolates? Or maybe both? Now I know that I’m not an amazing virile orc like Ratshag and I’m not interested in what she does while in the closet, but I’ve got to find a way to make her mine!