Urbin
2019-09-18 07:04:00 UTC
I've played WoW from some time in early 2005 until just after Pandaria
launched, then I went cold Turkey with about 180 days /played. I came back
for the expansion that brought Garrisons (whose name I can't even recall)
and skipped the following expansions. Came back briefly earlier in the year
during the free weekend but found my high level characters had changed so
much that it was not worth investing any time in them and left after a few
hours. I have occasionally come back to level characters from 1 to 20 (which
is possible without sub) for nostalgia's sake and to go through all the new
starter zone storylines and I did play the "teaser" part of the Jaina
storyline during the free weekend. However, it was very clear to me that I
would not come back for any upcoming expansions, I had just lost touch with
the high level game.
However, now that Classic has come out, I could not resist. I've resubbed
(though I'll cancel at the end of the month) for some heavy duty reminiscing
:-) and I've had a blast.
I decided to go the same way as back then, so I rolled a dwarf hunter named
Urbin. Obviously some of the fascination is gone, the absolute novelty, the
sense of wonder and the awe for the size of the world cannot be repeated
with what I know today. But despite that, I've had a blast.
It is amazing how much I'd forgotten. I did recall having to go back to the
trainer every two levels to train new skills or new level of old skills.
However, I had totally forgotten, that the skills on the action bar did not
upgrade automatically, so despite having level 2 of some skills, I kept
using level 1 of that skill for three or four levels :-)
I rememberd all the walking of course and all the go hither and yonder
quests that became an absolute nuissance when levelling your third or fourth
character. However, knowing I'll only be doing it for a month and knowing
much more about the game world I found it is relatively easy to plan ahead
and minimize the running for thouse courier quests.
I also decided (with heavy hearth) to use a bear as a pet instead of my
beautiful snow leopard, it's just so much more efficient to have a tanking
pet while soloing. I've taken up skinning and herbalism (as opposed to
herbalism and alchemy back then) to optimised cash flow and have decided to
totally skip cooking, fishing and first aid.
I've levelled through Dun Morogh quickly, went into Loch Modan at level 12
and then got stuck when I hit 15 and all my remaining quests were orange. It
seems that knowing where to go makes questing so efficient that I had to
kill significantly fewer mobs to complete my quests so I am probably a level
or two lower at the same questing stage as the last time round.
So I've moved to Westfall, a zone I was always of two minds about, to gain
some levels before returning back to Loch Modan. Last night I hit level 17
and am looking forward to three more weeks of casual play!
I agree with Lewis (who won't see this post :-) that there were many
annoying things in classic that were much improved with later expansions
(much of the micro managing) but by the time I quit in Pandaria, I felt too
much had been taken away (I love spending a talent point every level for
example). Even if I'd resub for more than a month (which I won't) I doubt
I'd continue playing all the way to 60 and enter endgame content again, but
it certainly is a great coming back for good memories.
I have no idea if and where any of my "main" guildies are playing in classic
and have not logged in on any of my high level characters. Also, my mains
are all on a German speaking server whereas I have now decided to play on an
English speaking one. I find it refreshing (and it greatly helps keeping
things casual) to just plod along on my own and occasionally group with
strangers for some quests along the way (something that seems to happen way
more often than I recall from the old days).
Anyway, I just thought I'd give a /wave to everyone who's still here and
remembers me ;-)
launched, then I went cold Turkey with about 180 days /played. I came back
for the expansion that brought Garrisons (whose name I can't even recall)
and skipped the following expansions. Came back briefly earlier in the year
during the free weekend but found my high level characters had changed so
much that it was not worth investing any time in them and left after a few
hours. I have occasionally come back to level characters from 1 to 20 (which
is possible without sub) for nostalgia's sake and to go through all the new
starter zone storylines and I did play the "teaser" part of the Jaina
storyline during the free weekend. However, it was very clear to me that I
would not come back for any upcoming expansions, I had just lost touch with
the high level game.
However, now that Classic has come out, I could not resist. I've resubbed
(though I'll cancel at the end of the month) for some heavy duty reminiscing
:-) and I've had a blast.
I decided to go the same way as back then, so I rolled a dwarf hunter named
Urbin. Obviously some of the fascination is gone, the absolute novelty, the
sense of wonder and the awe for the size of the world cannot be repeated
with what I know today. But despite that, I've had a blast.
It is amazing how much I'd forgotten. I did recall having to go back to the
trainer every two levels to train new skills or new level of old skills.
However, I had totally forgotten, that the skills on the action bar did not
upgrade automatically, so despite having level 2 of some skills, I kept
using level 1 of that skill for three or four levels :-)
I rememberd all the walking of course and all the go hither and yonder
quests that became an absolute nuissance when levelling your third or fourth
character. However, knowing I'll only be doing it for a month and knowing
much more about the game world I found it is relatively easy to plan ahead
and minimize the running for thouse courier quests.
I also decided (with heavy hearth) to use a bear as a pet instead of my
beautiful snow leopard, it's just so much more efficient to have a tanking
pet while soloing. I've taken up skinning and herbalism (as opposed to
herbalism and alchemy back then) to optimised cash flow and have decided to
totally skip cooking, fishing and first aid.
I've levelled through Dun Morogh quickly, went into Loch Modan at level 12
and then got stuck when I hit 15 and all my remaining quests were orange. It
seems that knowing where to go makes questing so efficient that I had to
kill significantly fewer mobs to complete my quests so I am probably a level
or two lower at the same questing stage as the last time round.
So I've moved to Westfall, a zone I was always of two minds about, to gain
some levels before returning back to Loch Modan. Last night I hit level 17
and am looking forward to three more weeks of casual play!
I agree with Lewis (who won't see this post :-) that there were many
annoying things in classic that were much improved with later expansions
(much of the micro managing) but by the time I quit in Pandaria, I felt too
much had been taken away (I love spending a talent point every level for
example). Even if I'd resub for more than a month (which I won't) I doubt
I'd continue playing all the way to 60 and enter endgame content again, but
it certainly is a great coming back for good memories.
I have no idea if and where any of my "main" guildies are playing in classic
and have not logged in on any of my high level characters. Also, my mains
are all on a German speaking server whereas I have now decided to play on an
English speaking one. I find it refreshing (and it greatly helps keeping
things casual) to just plod along on my own and occasionally group with
strangers for some quests along the way (something that seems to happen way
more often than I recall from the old days).
Anyway, I just thought I'd give a /wave to everyone who's still here and
remembers me ;-)
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Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Taalas (85), Shaman | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (100), Hunter | Sunh (81), Priest | Vargal (42), Warrior
Greeta (90), Rogue | Surana (75), Mage | Gera (26), Paladin
Mymule (85), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Tunyatgong (12), Monk
Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Taalas (85), Shaman | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (100), Hunter | Sunh (81), Priest | Vargal (42), Warrior
Greeta (90), Rogue | Surana (75), Mage | Gera (26), Paladin
Mymule (85), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Tunyatgong (12), Monk