Development Plans
Keredria of Tree of Life has mixed the corporate world of the warcraft world to come up with her "development plan." While I am forced to agree that these usually are a waste of time, they can serve as useful tools and help in clarifying goals and providing focus in achieving them. Keredria tells us:
So here in a nutshell is what it looks like. It starts by asking:
* What are your short term goals/plans?
* Your long term goals/plans?
* What are your 3-4 areas of skills/knowledge that are your strengths?Then in the next part you have to come up with a couple of "development needs" (bleh… corporate mumbo jumbo). And for every need, you list out:
* Why is this a priority?
* What is your action plan to achieve this need?
* Do you need anything to achieve this need?
* What are possible obstacles and constraints?
* What are the projected results and how will you measure success?
What are my short term goals /plans? This is an interesting question all by itself. Mage from 69.3 -> 70 is one. Raid at least once per week is another. I need to spend more time figuring this one out is a third.
What are my long term goals/plans? Somewhat easier of a question to answer. I have 4 level 70 characters, with a fifth quite possibly this weekend. I would like to have nine. I have a Paladin and a Warlock at about 50, so they won’t take long, but the rogue from 35 and the Warrior from 16 will take more work. I would like to tank Brutallus. This is a crazy dream, but I would love to go toe-to-toe with him on Lushere (druid tank).
What are 3-4 areas of skill or knowledge that are my strengths? A chance for hubris! I am a fairly good player. I know the classes I play well, I know the theorycrafting behind them, I have no problem doing the research outside of game to support that.
Development Need #1: Lushere needs Tier 4
Why is this a priority? Even if I never tank Brutallus, I want to "be on the path" (1)(2). Overall, I have gear that I can go into Tier 5 content with, but it would not be enough to excel. The Tier 4 set bonuses for feral druids are really good, particularly the two piece bonus in context of cat-form dps. I know that as a druid tank I will be spending a disproportionately large amount of time not tanking and that means I need to be able to both tank and dps at those end-game levels.
What is your action plan to achieve this need? I have to continue running Karazhan until I can get the two pieces from there and attempt to organize or join runs to Gruul’s Lair and Magtheridon’s… Lair?
Do you need anything to achieve this need? Sadly, 9 to 24 other people in appropriate class balances that have goals of their own that can be worked on by pursuing those activities.
What are possible obstacles and constraints? There are two giant obstacles: The Stormseekers guild can barely and only sporadically field a Karazhan run, let alone move into 25-man content. Goals related to content progression may require changing guilds, which I am not happy about. The second obstacle is that even if The bosses are defeated, there is no guarantee that the items I desire will drop or that I will get them.
What are the projected results and how will you measure success? Honestly, the projected result is that I will fail. As of today, I lack the desire to guild hop which is probably the only way I can accomplish this. Success is measures in having the items or not: no equivocation possible.
Development Need #2: Four more 70s
Why is this a priority? I like variety in play, sometimes jumping from character to character every twenty minutes. I like the flexibility (when other goals are not in conflict) in being able to fill a wide variety of party roles/
What is your action plan to achieve this need? Continue leveling my additional characters.
Do you need anything to achieve this need? Time.
What are possible obstacles and constraints? Few things can interfere with this. The only issue is whether I devote sufficient time to this endeavor or not. The additional characters will not be well-geared or progressed, that is understood up front, but time is the only issue.
What are the projected results and how will you measure success? This one is constrained primarily by the release date for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. I may not finish by that point (at which point the goal becomes ten level-80 characters) but it can continue past that. Success is measured by character levels. Again, objective.
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Hm. Not sure what else needs to be added. I’ll call this a work-in-progress, I think.
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