Archive for August, 2009

19
Aug

mmo mmshmo

By angryraider 0 Comments
Categories: General

In my most recent post, I told you that I was playing WoW again. But I wouldn’t go so far as to say “I’m addicted.”

In fact, other than a Winterspring here and there, I haven’t been playing much. I did spend some time this weekend leveling a warlock with my wife, via Refer-a-Friend. That was fun; we got to around 27 (took about 9 hours) and then we tired of it a bit. The more things change, the more things stay the same.

There currently isn’t an MMO that consumes my time, and to that extent, I haven’t really had much to say about them lately. I can update you with my EVE goings-on, but other than training Targeting V on my main and Gallente Industrial IV on my miner alt, I haven’t been playing.

I think that I’m a casual now. I like to log in, play for 30 minutes or so, and then log out. This is true of WoW and EVE. I don’t know if that will change any time soon, but admittedly, I plan on reactivating EverQuest II when GU53 comes out.

See? The more things change, the more things stay the same.

In non-MMO news, I accepted a new position at a software company so that will be consuming so much of my time that all of this MMO talk may very well be moot.

We’ll see!

10
Aug

just when i think i got out

By angryraider 0 Comments
Categories: PvP

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.