D.E.H.T.A Quest Chains

Druids for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals is considered to be a "radical portion" of the Cenarion Expedition. I happen to be exalted with the Cenarion Expedition...what can I say - Zangarmarsh is easy on the eyes. =)

Anyway, even though they're radicals, I completed all their quests. I usually don't pay attention to quest reward names, but DEHTA items are fun! If you're in the Borean Tundra and looking for a chuckle, I highly recommend the quests. They're not difficult and you can help poor little mammals.

Quest: The Assassination of Harold Lane
Item Rewards:
[Band of Wholesome Preservation]
[Ring of Indignant Rage]
[Activist's Signet of Blasting]
Note: the quest giver gives you a horn that will aid you in the fight. Make sure you use it, it'll call a stampede to arrive! =D

Quest: Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer
Item Rewards:
[Faux Leather Hood]
[Ethical Epaulettes]
[Moral Sabatons]

Quest: The Nefarious Clam Master
Item Rewards
[Rod of Poacher Punishment]
[G.E.H.T.A] Item Text: Gun for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals
Note: these aren't the only rewards available

Second That Emotion!

If you haven't sampled these yet, I suggest you cook yourself up a batch or hit up the AH. They're delightful!

Buff Duration: 2 hours
Effects: Fun icon and text. No effect on stats.

[Tasty Cupcake]: Cupcakes make you happy
Buff Text: "Having a fantastic day!"
Ingredients: (2) Simple Flour, (1) Northern Egg
Yields: 5

[Bad Clams]: Bad Clams make you angry
Buff Text: "Be Nice or Stay Clear."
Ingredients: (1) Succulent Clam Meat, (1) Mote of Shadow
Yields: 5

[Last Weeks Mammoth]: Eating old mammoth makes you sad
Buff Text: "Things are not going terribly well."
Ingredients: (1) Chunk o' Mammoth
Yields: 5

[Haunted Herring]: Haunted Herring makes you scared
Buff Text: "No loud noises please."
Ingredients: (1) Fangtooth Herring, (1) Essence of Undeath
Yields: 5

Patch Day: Thinking Positive

Must. Not. Flail.
"Mana Regeneration: The amount of mana regeneration derived from intellect and spirit has been reduced by 40%"
/sputtering noises. But...but...spirit tap out-of-combat...noes!
Thinking positively: Shadowfiend and [Earring of Soulful Meditation] are still viable for in-combat use.

"Shadowfiend: No longer has a 75% reduced chance to be hit by melee, ranged and spells."
;_;
Thinking positively: Shadowcrawl sounds fantastic.

"Blackout: This talent has been removed."
...why you do this?
Thinking positively: I only use it in leveling builds. My raiding spec isn't affected.

"Players are no longer required to do the Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme quest to gain Artisan fishing."
This is Not Okay. I spent hours trying to get the four fish. Tears of my frustration have fallen onto SoS's Misty Reed Strand.
Thinking positively: If I ever intend to level fishing on another character...it's easier now.

"Mind Control: This spell can no longer be cast while it is already active."
/wail If I can only recast MC after it breaks, there's going to be a lot of dying in my future.
Thinking positively: I've only had to MC in Pre-lich king 5-mans. This might not affect me anymore.


-Jac-

Patch Day: Dual Spec

1,000 gold for dual specialization
Considering how potentially convenient this is, I'd say paying a thousand gold for dual spec'ing is a pretty good deal. Back in the day of Burning Crusade raiding, there were days I would respec twice a day. (Shadow for dailies and 5-man dps, holy for nightly TK/SSC raids)

Right now I'm shadow spec for leveling. I've run a few lich king instances and healed with a shadow spec. It's doable, but a little challenging without the holy spec benefits. It would be in the group's best interest if I respec'd holy, but:

1. It gets v. expensive, v. fast.
   
2. My mana pool and gear can handle healing a non-heroic instance
3. All of the deaths would have occurred even if I were Holy spec
   

Not only does dual specialization allow me the ability to switch specs at a whim, (Do I feel evil today? Why, yes I do! Fumes: arise!) dual spec lets me have two sets of glyphs. Instead of having a generic leveling-instancing mix, I can focus on convenient leveling ones for shadow, and group-benefiting ones for holy. Also, I no longer have to manually assign talent points every time I respec. Glee!

-Jac-