Breaking up is hard to do

Its been 6 days since I loaded up the world of Azeroth and I am a happier man for it. I have rediscovered Day of Defeat Source after nearly a month hiatus of WoW play. CAL season 5 will be starting up soon and with practice for DoD and the release of a strong list of console games, WoW just won't make the cut.

I have achieved everything I had originally intended for the expansion (level 70). Any other illusions of grandeur I may have posted about previously came strictly from a pre 70 induced state. Meaning that I was really enjoying the grind to 70 and I was hoping to continue that fun beyond the level cap. Not 3 days after I hit 70 I was already getting bored with the post game content.

At this point pvp would be the only thing to keep me around, but I might as well play a FPS if I want skilled competitive play. FPS are largely based on skill while MMO pvp play is mostly just time put in equals skill (item based skill). I am sure there could be full debate on this, but this not the time or the place.

I will be canceling my account today and will most likely stop blogging here as well. I don't think there is enough content in day to day DoD play to warrant regular lengthy post. If I make a come back to WoW then expect a post here or hell if something exciting enough in DoD happens expect it too.

Peace For Now,

Jafer

We Rerollin...

Getting a bad case of 70itis over the weekend, I rolled a BE Paladin named Kick Sunday night. While no stranger to the pally, I had a level 40 human in years past, I had all but abandoned the alliance only class when I jumped to Horde. Now up to level 13 as of last night I am having thoughts of a full push to 70. I think it would be a nice change to be needed as a tank/healer in 5 mans. As opposed to my mage who is just another DPSer in a crowd of thousands.

One step at a time though. If I can do 40 without getting tired of running every where that will be a big accomplishment.

Pally Power,

Jafer aka Kick

Completing the Unnecessary

Being Karazhan keyed is not a goal of mine as I don't intend to raid, but sometimes an opportunity to complete something presents itself. I had traveled to the outside of Karazhan previously just to look around and completed the first two quest because they were so easy. Last night after a horrible run through Sethekk Halls a guild mate spammed that they had a cleared Shadow Labs instance for anyone who was looking to get keyed. Being so close I figured what the hell and got the first fragment.

20 minutes later while chatting in vent I found out about a group that was just clearing to the key fragment in Steam Vaults so I tagged along. Another 10 minute break later and another guild mate was spamming for a fully cleared Arcatraz invite for the 3rd fragment and of course I couldn't pass it up. So a little less than 40 minutes of work last night and I am at the last quest to complete my Karazhan key.

I am hoping that b/c it is only 10 man instance that eventually it will become more like ZG or AQ20 instead of the next MC. I'd love to get my Tier 4 gear, but I don't want to be on a raid schedule to do it. It probably won't happen for a while, but at least I will be keyed and ready to go when it does.

Keyed Up,

Jafer

Rollin in Style

Netherdrake style that is. So now that I have my Netherdrake rep up to neutral it looks like I will be waiting till the next content patch to continue my goal of Netherdrake transportation. I guess I should at least save up and pay for the epic training in the the interim though as it will most likely be required. Below is the blue post on Netherdrake availability.

the armored Netherdrake will be available through the arenas as a reward, and a Netherdrake that has a distinctly different appearance from the armored Netherdrake will be available through a quest line which has not yet been implemented. It's likely that it will be implemented with the next major content patch.

I had my first bout of boredom last night since BC came out, but I think it was due to it being a guild raid night so noone was on to do 5-mans. Hopefully this won't become a regular problem.

Ridin,

Jafer

The Biggest Ding

I hit 70 on Saturday night questing in Netherstorm, but before I get into life as a 70 lets look at some of the numbers/facts...

- Total time from 60 to 70: 2 weeks, 4 days

- Total played time from 60 to 70: coming soon

- Started TBC with 160 gold and at 70 I had 1,560 gold.

- Replaced 9 out of 17 pieces of my original gear.

- 5 epics left from my level 60 total of 14.

- Replaced 6 out of 7 pieces of my "tier" gear.

- I leveled to 69 without ever questing past Nagrand.

- I leveled to 70 without doing a quest in Blades Edge or Shadowmoon.

- Went to 10 different 5-man instances and ran them so often that I could not keep count.

- Went to 3 level 70 5-man instances where my lack of 70 caused the group to fail.

I have been looking forward to the trip for so long, that I haven't really planned out the destination. The first thing I did after hitting 70 was make my way to Shadowmoon to buy my flying mount. Then I went back to all the zones that I leveled in and discovered all of the flying mount only zones. The biggest surprise so far was finding Kil'jaeden's Throne right behind Thrallmar.

Last night I started a quest chain that is supposed to raise my netherwing rep to neutral in the hopes that eventually I can become exalted and haul ass around Outland on a dragon.

So now what? Most likely lots of pvp, from ganking to battlegrounds. The arena will be opening shortly so I will hopefully be joining a 2,3 and 5 man team. Dungeon 3 would be nice, but I think getting honor/gladiator gear will make my time pvping more enjoyable.

Of course there is also the goal of an epic flying mount, which means saving up 5,000 gold. Right now that does not seem appealing to me at all, but at the speeds they fly I think it will be a must down the road.

All leveled up,

Jafer

All too human

Apparently this is what my troll looks like as a human mage, pretty sick. Old Hillsbrad is by far one of the coolest instances in WoW to date. I first ran it at 65 and have run it 4 times since and the novelty of seeing myself in human form has still not worn thin. I don't know if reading Lord of the Clans adds to the fun, but playing along side young Thrall is pretty amazing.

Speaking of cool Thrall quest, I stuck it out in Nagrand to complete all of the quest there so I could unlock a Thrall quest. I have yet to finish the quest, but the prerequisite alone was killer, so I hope it is worth it.

I'm still 68, but my first run through Shattered Halls tonight put me one bar away from 69. Halls is a tough instance and I think me being the only 68 in a group of 70's may have been the cause of our down fall on the final boss. Most everyone in the group didn't like the size of the pulls, the layout or the random trash rouge respawns. I was secretly enjoying it all though, Rise of the Horde had a lot about the creation of HellFire Citadel, so my lore sense was flaming up like crazy.

Peace and 69 Grease,

Jafer