Not really much of a blogger myself, (I’m a late bloomer) but I have finally discovered the true usefulness of this concept. And no, it is not necessarily to share your thoughts and feelings with other people, but rather to feed your own ego-balloon and to get things out of your system. The possibility of influencing the few souls that may wander in here by accident also adds to the benefits, however far-fetched.
And thus i commence the insanity:
The title of this post refers to the fact that I quit playing World of Warcraft over two months ago. This has not been a hardship for me, and has gone quite smoothly up until this Friday. As I was browsing through the Dark Legacy Comic forums I found a link to the 2.3 patch-notes, and found to my tremendous surprise that they have actually made some crucial changes to the Rogue class for the better!
This discovery instantly spurred the thoughts of re-installing the game, and get back in there as soon as possible. But before i started rummaging through the house for the CDs, I started thinking. What on earth would I possibly gain from this? Sure, I really wanted to put these changes to the test. Sure, I have been craving for a new game to play lately, and the only other promising MMOs aren’t due to be released until 2008. Sure, I would have had a great time for one or two weeks. But this would be followed by a month of annoyance, grief and anger over almost exactly the same things that rightfully pissed me off about the game while I was playing, and which led to me tossing it away. Almost everyone i knew and enjoyed playing with have also quit the game, so I probably wouldn’t last long before starting to curse the game followed by a brutal uninstall.
So despite the urge to re-install, log-in and melt faces all day day, I shall continue to suffer through this celibacy until a new, promising game emerges.
Woe is me.
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As with you and blogging, I’m a late “bloomer” (a bit careful about using this term, for obvious reasons), when it comes to WoW. Only bought the game yesterday, and plan on installing and playing it when I get back to Trondheim over the Winter Solstice Holidays. It might be too late to start, but I’m currently 22 years old, and have yet to play any game online whatsoever, unless the MSN MineSweep counts…
Anyhoo, welcome to Natse Corma! Hopefully, you’ll have better stamina than the others who have just posted one single post about some random topic, and then gone away…
Hey!
Sorry about commenting so late in the game – I wasn’t aware you’d gotten this thing up and running. Like Terje said, a lot of people suddenly appear and posts a few rants before they vanish of into whatever dusty lees they came from. I hope you’ll be sticking around longer than those promiscuous buggers!
Hey, I intend to be more active from now on, hopefully maintaining a few-posts-a-week average:)
Hope you’ll enjoy the game, Terje. I recommend leveling with a mate, as it can get a bit tidious at 40-ish if you’re alone.:)
Thanks to both of you for the welcomes.:)
At 40ish? I must say, I’ve only played it with friends a couple of times, and while I see the social draw, that wasn’t too interesting. However, at least it was somewhat interesting. But playing alone got me sick and tired of the game beforel leve fourteen… BOTH times I’ve tried. (Gnomen mage and Orcish shaman) I get the social aspects of the game, but other than that, I felt it was horribly repetitive and uninteresting. _Looks_ pretty, though.
Just followed the link in your comment on Amras’ weblog here, hence the odd sudden comment.
Yeah, leveling alone is usually boring and repetitive. This can be countered, however, by using sites such as ThottBot, and by choosing the talents that are most suited for leveling/farming purposes. For a Warlock, the Affliction tree would probably the best choice, and for a Shamans, I would recommend Enhancement.
If you play a Gnome, I would also like to recommend moving to the Human starting zones at about level 5, as the Gnomen/Dwarven zones can get a tad tedious, while the Human zones are – in my oppinion – the most enjoyable of the Alliance starting zones.
Also, choose your servers wisely. Despite my love for PvP, I would recomend leveling on a role-playing server, as these servers attracts mature players, and have the highest average age, compared to PvP and PvE servers. PvP servers attracts a staggering amount of young players, and is plagued by drama, flaming and players with too much to prove.
A popular saying among WoW players is that “The game doesn’t start until you reach level 70″. While that is true, and the road there seems long, it can be a very enjoyable ride.
I’m sorry for this late reply, but I have been unable to log in these last weeks, and have thus been unable to moderate comments.
P.S: WoW Wiki Is an excellent site for all things concerning the Warcraft Universe, whether it’s guides, items or lore.
No worries. And thanks for the tips, but I don’t think I’m likely to give the game another go anytime soon. My brothers, whose accounts I had my Orc and Gnome on, have probably deleted my characters long since anyway.
If I should stumble into trying again, though, I’ll remember this comment and go back and re-read it carefully. ‘Cause you seem to know what you’re talking about.
I’m somewhat familiar with the Warcraft universe, having played some of the strategy-games in my teens and owning the board game (the Warcraft-one, not the WoW-one). Also by being in general more interested in the lore than in the games themselves and thus leeching information about it whenever people talk about WoW anyway. ^^
I know how you feel about lore, as I have always been a great fan of it ever since I first played Orcs & Humans. Those good ‘ol strategy games is what led me to WoW, and my recent devotion to WoW Wiki.
I have never tried to board-game, as none of my friends share my fascination of the Warcraft universe. But then again, that’s what Outland is for, I suppose
We haven’t played it that much, actually. My board-game-activities can roughly be divided into three groupings – when I’m invited by a group where two of the regulars are friends of mine and they need extra players; when I invite myself which usually includes another section of my friends and probably one or both of my younger brothers; and when the eldest of the mentioned brothers invites and I play with him and his friends. The Warcraft-game has only seen play in the middle of those categories, and only twice so far, seeing as it, while being a decent game, isn’t among our favourites. We don’t play often enough to branch out to the “good but not great”-ones that much as we don’t have time to get sick of the truly awesome ones. Mostly, we play “A Game of Thrones” in different variations and expansions, and sometimed “Citadels”, “Condottiere” or a couple of other ones.
Still, it was by no means disappointing. I keep considering to buy the Frozen Throne-expansion to see if that’d bring more play to it.
As far as PC-strategy games went, I always liked Warcraft well enough back when I still played computer-games, but I usually vastly preferred the turn-based ones, especially “Warlords III” and the different “Heroes of Might and Magic”-editions.