Comments on: Shared Topic: Starting Over http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/shared-topic-starting-over/ There's no bacon like Holy Bacon Sun, 12 May 2013 07:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Antigen http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/shared-topic-starting-over/#comment-1080 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:55:42 +0000 http://bossypally.wordpress.com/?p=1559#comment-1080 “Yes, I’m totally an animated blob IRL, didn’t you know that?”

What? Damnit, I thought you were my type… you know, human.

]]> By: Rhidach http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/shared-topic-starting-over/#comment-1079 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:28:29 +0000 http://bossypally.wordpress.com/?p=1559#comment-1079 Crusader Aura also helps a bit. I just got Skyshattered myself for the first time a few months ago (still working on getting exalted with them) and it was not a walk in the park. I wouldn’t sell your achievement short, it’s still somewhat difficult at 80.

]]> By: Will http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/shared-topic-starting-over/#comment-1078 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:33:14 +0000 http://bossypally.wordpress.com/?p=1559#comment-1078 It’s amazing to me as well when I think about how drastically my playstyle has changed since I started playing.

I was a solo player almost to the point of being antisocial when I first started. Very, very rarely would I group with anyone for anything, and I didn’t do my first “real” Instance until level 64, which was right after I joined my first Guild. Something that I almost didn’t even do, but now I think it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in-game.

When I first started, I never expected to do anything like a Dungeon, let alone a Raid. But when I did start doing those, I found myself enjoying it very very much. Being one of the top DPSers in my old Guild, and unquestionably the best chain-trapper (when that was relevant) made me feel very good. It’s always nice to know that you’re contributing to the group, rather than just being there. And even though I don’t Raid these days, doing five-mans hasn’t lost its luster. And doing them on my Death Knight now gives me a whole new perspective that I really like.

If I were to start over, and know what I know now when I did it, I don’t know if I’d really change a whole lot. I’d still be Alliance, probably. I might make my Hunter a Dwarf rather than a Night Elf. (I didn’t know the stigma attached to Hunters in general and Night Elf Hunters in particular when I started playing.) I might start grouping, or maybe even join a Guild, sooner.

It would be nice if I could change things that I never hads any control of. I was without a computer all of last summer, and so I wasn’t there when my old Guild fell apart. I’ve heard anecdotes and stories about it since, but I would really, really like to know EXACTLY what happened.

And you know, now that I think of it, I owe a lot of the things I’m happiest with in-game to chance. I didn’t pick my server; the game assigned it to me. I could have just as easily chosen Horde instead of Alliance; I had no real reason to pick one over the other. And I just HAPPENED to be in Zangarmarsh the same time as my old GM when I met him and joined that Guild. I just HAPPENED to strike up conversations in Guild Chat with people that I now consider very dear friends.

So even if I COULD start over, I don’t think I would.

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