So…I apparently managed to cause quite a stir with my previous post about not being eager to reach level 70. First of all, I want to say that if I offended anyone, I’m sorry. And I wasn’t really mad at anyone either (even you Pelides 🙂 . Mainly, I was just ranting in general about how some people like to force an ideal on you, like getting to level 70 as quickly as possible.
Now, apparently there are some people who play the game like me, some who have come to enjoy the end game, and yet others who rushed to level 70 because the end game is specifically what they wanted. Before, when I had been reading blog posts about raiding and such, I got the impression that I was somehow less of a player because I didn’t have that mind set. I’m an explorer by nature and I like to see everything in the game. Also, something that has carried over from the RPGs that I usually play is that reaching the end means…well, the end. In RPGs, once the storyline is finished and you’re all decked out in the greatest gear, the credits roll and that’s it. I was always sad when it ended, especially if it was a particularly good storyline that I was really into.
The point is though, that I have found that just because most people really enjoy the end game and like to get there fast, doesn’t mean that they expect me to get there fast as well. Okay, yeah, there will always be those that force their ideals onto me but meh, I can ignore them.
So hopefully no hard feelings and I wish everyone a good time at whatever they do, be it raiding, PvPing, exploring, RPing…or just whatever. 🙂
I’ve been playing Nicora for a looooong time. Other people would have her to level 70 by now. And those people have looked at me quizzically and asked why the heck haven’t I been playing her. Do I want to get to level 70? Yes, eventually. But I’m in no big rush. Here’s why:
- What on earth am I going to do once I reach level 70? Raid? I don’t like dungeons in the first place and even if I did, there’s no way I could meet all the requirements needed to raid. You want me to give up my Blacky the wolf for some cat or ravager? Let me put it to you this way…touch my wolf and die. I’m probably way too attached to a bunch of pixels but people have also told me that I’m way too attached to animals. I am who I am and I’m not giving up my pup to go to some dank dungeon. That’s what other people like and that’s fine. It’s just not my cup of tea…like in the same way I’ll only drink water and milk and would never touch any soda pop or coffee (I’m weird that way).
- There is PvP but that’s not something I enjoy doing full time and I can do it at any level, not just level 70.
- Yes, I want stuff like a flying mount and a ghost wolf but they aren’t urgent things. They can wait.
- I am an incurable altaholic. If I was only playing Nicora, I would get burnt out real quick. It’s different in say a game like Neverwinter Nights, where you’re constantly progressing and moving through the storyline smoothly. Grinding is not a fun task. So I change it up to keep myself interested.
- I see the game as something to be enjoyed. Which to me means exploring all the content and doing as many quests as I can. Minus dungeons of course 🙂 Again, why I have my alts.
- Really, I just don’t seem to have a lot of time. I’m going to school full-time, working part-time (like 30 hours a week, mainly on weekends), and then there’s this blog and all the other blogs that I read and other little hobbies…I really don’t know how everyone else keeps up with it.
Now, this isn’t directed at anyone in the WoW community but rather people I know IRL who play WoW. For some reason, those are the people who bug me about it, especially my significant other who has just recently started playing again after about 4 months of WoW burn-out. He’ll play for hours and ding another level practically every day and tells me…every…day. Surprisingly though, due to all the time I spend outside WoW doing WoW-related stuff (like reading all those blogs), I sometimes know more about the game than he does. I sure has heck knew more about gem sockets and flying mounts than he did the other night, and I haven’t even gotten Nicora high enough to experience that stuff. Take that Mr. Level-64-Human-Paladin-who-refuses-to-play-anything-but-his-Human-Paladin. 😛
Both of these bloggers have HUGE blogrolls going there…I wonder if mine is going to end up looking like that?
Le Repaire de Sellia – A french Canadian hunter who is doing a very good job posting in English (not her native language). A /wave to my fellow WoWer north of the 49th!
One Among Many – Hooray for more altaholics! This one also has a tauren hunter main. We’re so similar, it’s frightening.
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