Well, it's offical. My World of Warcraft account expires today. I played for about a year and a half. I started out on a trial account from a friend Nurdl, started a druid. I got him up to 36 or so, then we switched servers. My next character was a priest (27), who was ok, but I didn't really get into him as much as my next character, the mage. My mage is now level 62. He was the most fun character, with whom I spent much time. I will say that my fun in WoW declined rapidly after another friend, Zork, quit (I was ~45). Nurdl was taking a long break, and my other friend who played was on another server, on the other faction (he was a noob anyway). I didn't find playing solo or with pickup groups very fun. Make more friends, you say? No, I hated my server. It was always low population, and the people who actually did play on a regular basis were mostly jerks, weirdos, or bots. Most of the time I had only my RL friends on my friend list,
and many, many people on my ignore (thanks Impy). After trying to come back to the game every month or so, I accepted the fact that I had lost the desire to play. I think it was the BC expansion that ruined it for me. It would have been great if I had had time to get to level 60 (the level cap at the time) before it came out, but it turned out that it shipped when I was still around 52. I found myself, once so close to my goal, back to being many days of playtime away from it. It's like if you were running a 60-mile strip of road. You started out a little late, but you got close to the end due to your sprint at the final half. They extend the course by 10 miles, and you just can't go on. Everyone who had been at 60 for a long time had had plenty of time to rest, and were good to go the first second of installing the giant patch, maybe even more so than when they were at the beginning. Of course, if I hadn't made a new main I would have reached it, but I don't think the druid was really right for me anyway. The only thing I really liked about it were the cat and travel forms (yes I like cats). Anyway, I think that this game has a very small appeal if your friends are not also playing. It is really fun for me to get together with some friends and quest, but unfortunately time happens, things get old, night comes, and sleep attacks. I think I was probably the one who played the most, which left me ahead of the others most of the time. So ANYWAY... when your friends leave, it seems that you have to leave too. (I do not blame them of course)
and many, many people on my ignore (thanks Impy). After trying to come back to the game every month or so, I accepted the fact that I had lost the desire to play. I think it was the BC expansion that ruined it for me. It would have been great if I had had time to get to level 60 (the level cap at the time) before it came out, but it turned out that it shipped when I was still around 52. I found myself, once so close to my goal, back to being many days of playtime away from it. It's like if you were running a 60-mile strip of road. You started out a little late, but you got close to the end due to your sprint at the final half. They extend the course by 10 miles, and you just can't go on. Everyone who had been at 60 for a long time had had plenty of time to rest, and were good to go the first second of installing the giant patch, maybe even more so than when they were at the beginning. Of course, if I hadn't made a new main I would have reached it, but I don't think the druid was really right for me anyway. The only thing I really liked about it were the cat and travel forms (yes I like cats). Anyway, I think that this game has a very small appeal if your friends are not also playing. It is really fun for me to get together with some friends and quest, but unfortunately time happens, things get old, night comes, and sleep attacks. I think I was probably the one who played the most, which left me ahead of the others most of the time. So ANYWAY... when your friends leave, it seems that you have to leave too. (I do not blame them of course)So there... there is my farewell tribute to the World of Warcraft. Maybe if we all get to be 30 or so ill call everyone and order them to all install it again so we can play... lol =p
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