Author: Ethic

Foton over at AFK Gamer recently posted about people with Alt Addiction. And I quote:

Some players are freaking addicted to alts. They never max-level anything, just screw around with one of their 8 or 10 characters until even they, themselves, realize they’re an embarassment to the guild. I’m guessing they just never find their niche or a class they enjoy and can’t complete the deed. Given a long enough timeline, they’d be max level in every class. Which will be good for someday.

I am one of those people. I’m not proud, nor am I ashamed. However, I am tired of it. So much so that recently I have been pondering doing something radical. Well, it would be radical for me.

I have a full character selection screen in WoW. From a level 28 down to a level 6.

I’m thinking about deleting each and every single character except one. OK, maybe two since I need one for storage and auctioning stuff. I have one character I hate so that would be an obvious choice for the “mule”.

Can I do it? Should I do it? Hmm…

I’ve been pretty busy lately, but found myself with a little time to kill tonight. Tried logging into World of Warcraft and saw my old arch-enemy again: Authenticating.

Time for me to measure the cost:fun:frustration ratios again.

I’m going to take a shower and watch a movie.

[World of Warcraft] Had a pretty productive night. My Shaman made level 28 via some easy grinding (didn’t feel like questing) and I was amazed at how many new skills I got. Crazy. I also did quite a bit of herb gathering as they seemed to be growing all over near Durnholde.

Fighting spiders is kind of fun when you have an anti-venom spell. One click and no poison. Ha! Not a bad night at all.

[World of Warcraft] My rogue finished a quest tonight in Stonetalon Mountains. I read the quest description and it told me to return to “Some NPC I Don’t Remember As I Have Had This Quest For A Month Or So”. Well crap. Where is he? Look in description for hints, nothing. Figure he must be in Sun Rock Retreat so I run back there. Run run run. Nope. Oh yeah, he is near the entrance of Stonetalon. Run run run. Nope. Oh I think he was in that cave under Thunderbluff. Run to Crossroads. Run run run. Fly to Thunderbluff. Run to cave. Run run run. Nope. Damn it.

My thoughts while doing this: Can someone please put a level 30 mount in the game? I’m not sure I can stand to run run run for 14 more levels.

I hate it when I have to use an out of game tool to find something in game. Sure, I could probably ask in general chat but I hate people that ask stupid questions in general chat so I could never. But would it have been so hard to mention I should return to “NPC in Some Town”?

I found (using thottbot.com) that he is in Sun Rock Retreat after all. Oh yeah, he is up on the hill above the little lake. Crap. Hearthstone recall. Run run run. Quest complete. Log out. Grrr!

[World of Warcraft] Hitting level 6 with my Druid increased my enjoyment of this class due to the improved ability for Random Acts of Kindness (RAoK). It is one of my favorite things to do in an MMORPG. Being able to buff people as you run by them (with GOOD buffs) or tossing a heal at them during battle is something I really enjoy. I wish more classes had a higher RAoK factor.

[World of Warcraft] And thus I begin a new character, a female Night Elf Druid. Couple of things to learn about for me; how do other players treat a “female” character, and how can I tolerate playing a goody-goody Alliance character? Not to mention, a Night Elf.

Right now, she has reached level 5. Blazing forth into the purple-hazed woodlands of fancy and sweetness.

[World of Warcraft] Two weeks – 14 days. That is how much free time I have on my account so far. I was suprised when I checked my account status and saw I had that much free time built up.

UPDATE: Checked it again. I missed a few days, it is actually 18 at this time and I am expecting 3 more days shortly. So that makes 21 days. Three weeks of free game time.

[World of Warcraft] I spent some time playing my level 27 Shaman this morning. Took a while to get back into the swing of things. The gameplay is so much different for a Shaman than it is for a Rogue. I had forgotten how much variety there was in the class. I think I may start alternating my game time between my Rogue and my Shaman. Perhaps I’ll play one until it levels and then play the other. Be a good way to stay in full rest bonus. It may take me forever to get to 60, but I guess I don’t see the point in doing so anyway.

At 28, he gets the ability to walk on water. I’m not sure what benefit this has yet, but I look forward to trying it out.

Side note: I think I have strep throat. Going to have to see the doctor in the morning.

[World of Warcraft] Tonight was a short night, was really tired. Inhibit and I spent some time on our alts. I have a level 12 Warlock and he has a level 11 Mage. We each gained a level and it was enjoyable. I really like the Warlock class. It fits the Undead race too. It’s also a good way to let my Rogue gain some more rest XP. Damn stuff is addicting. Crack Rest. Crast? Crest? Erm, no. Nevermind.