I know I promised a post this weekend, but I haven’t been feeling too great. The move taxed me pretty heavily (no pun intended), and it’s about 2 degrees outside. But my lovely fiancee has agreed to post for me today. Here’s her commentary in its entirety.
The Angry Raider and I play WoW sitting side by side. My main character is my 70 night elf hunter, Serrafina. I love her; she is my favorite character in every way. She’s the prettiest, the most fun, the best all around. I am content to fly around picking herbs, to win or lose in AV, to do instances, to sit around in Shattrath waiting for something to happen.
Angry Raider also plays a hunter, a (currently) level 62 blood elf. I don’t know exactly why he rolled a hunter, maybe just because they look so fun, and he would watch me while playing his mage, having to stop and drink every other pull, while I would be burning through mobs every 15 seconds or so. [All of the above. -Ed.] In any case, he has quickly surpassed me in knowledge and skill.
I fully and unabashedly admit that I’m kind of weird player. I don’t read blogs (except this one!), I don’t read “theory-craft,” I don’t really care all that much about “min-maxing.” I like to have fun. I like to get gear that benefits my hunter (ap, agility, crit, etc.), but I don’t get unnecessarily upset when loot gets mistakenly given to the paladin because the raid leader didn’t see my roll (Steelspine Faceguard). I know it will either drop again, or something better will come along. If I was in a Black Temple guild, loot would be completely different, but I’m not (probably because of my lax attitude about it all.) But I have fun, regardless.
This weekend I’ve been doing AV a lot. It’s AV weekend, and I decided that I need to finally upgrade some of my ancient gear. My guild fell apart over the holiday, and I’m trying to get Serrafina to a place where she will be a desirable app to a guild on a different server, thus, I need to upgrade my Felstalker Bracers, Felstalker Belt, and so on. The Angry Raider, who is very involved in “theory-craft”, and knows exactly which stats will help me the most, excitedly helped me find the best gear for the least amount of effort. I love him for it. He has always helped me be a better player.
In AV, my formula is to run with the group that heads for Drek. When we get to a group of horde, I dismount, send my cat in, and start shooting. I usually do arcane shot, followed by a slew of steady shots, and maybe a multi-shot. Then I tab-target to the next horde and repeat. Sometimes The Angry Raider will sit and watch me, without my knowing, and will chuckle to himself as I smash the buttons on the keyboard as I try and get out of a cluster of horde. Sometimes he’ll interject and tell me that it would be more beneficial if I did something a different way, and I’ll usually try it, but in the end, my formula is already ingrained in my mind, and it’s hard for me to change it. I usually come out pretty high on the damage done list, pretty high in the honorable kill list, and that’s good enough for me. I genuinely appreciate that he wants to help, but I’m kind of set in my ways, even if they are “wrong.”
I know I’m not the best hunter. I know I could do more. But at the end of the day, I still have fun. I’m open to new things, and if I try them and they seem to work better for me, I’ll stick with it. I’m going to try and be more outspoken about loot in the future, but at the end of the day, it’s still just a game, and it’s still just a few extra numbers on the screen.
You make my day!