The Angry Raider

They pull me back in.

Sort of.

You see, I did what so many other addicts do. I reactivated WoW. I didn’t stop playing EVE. Oh no, no way. I still log in and manage my skills and certificates. I did a few missions last night to earn more standing so I can move up to Level II. And so on.

But this post isn’t about that. It’s about reactivating WoW. Again.

Our story begins just over a week ago as my wife, my brother, and I dined at Granite City. Between bites of his Cuban sandwich, my brother brought up his sadness about the lack of an MMO for us to play together. We had done it all (except EVE, which he absolutely refuses to play, but there I go again, talking about EVE in a WoW post). WoW, Warhammer, EQ2, RF Online, DDO, Lord of the Rings Online, City of Heroes, City of Villains, even freaking Tabula Stinkin’ Rasa. That’s not even counting the games that one of us tried and the other didn’t (EverQuest for him, EVE [oops!] for me).

He suggested we give WoW another go, just take it a month at a time. And to make it interesting, we would reroll.

Long story short, I got my priest to 16 before I gave up, and my brother trudges on with his 20something mage.

The story would end there, except for one minor detail: I fell in love with my hunter again. A confluence of events occurred that, like a chain reaction, led to me actually enjoying playing my hunter once again. First, a few posts by Pike really got me interested in huntering again. Second, we transferred to Emerald Dream, where we have several friends. Third, patch 3.2 hit, bringing with it all kinds of new stuff. And fourth, I rediscovered the joys of playing a well-geared hunter in battlegrounds.

Over the past week, I’ve farmed 70k honor and bought PVP gear. I’ve done more BGs than I can possibly remember. I’ve grown addicted to Wintergrasp; I do it every time it’s up. Mercilessly murdering Alliance players gives me much joy.

It’s sick, I know. But I haven’t enjoyed WoW PVP like this since, well, a very long time.

I’ve also run two VoA raids, a Sartharion raid, several heroics, and the new dungeon, whatever it’s called (ToC). I got a bronze drake, new gear, and I’ve had a lot of fun.

Will this sustain? Probably not. But I don’t mind, because it’s fun for now.