Sunday, June 21, 2009
'Congratulations, you've been WoWed!'
'That's it! You're going down, green-skin! I'm gonna make you wish you'd never ran into me.'
Well, at least that's what I'd like to say when I'm flailing magical bolts at orcs and trolls -- or when they're running behind me with their gigantic cleavers swinging wildly in the air.
It's been almost 2 years since I've last stepped into the realm of Azeroth, or more widely known as World of Warcraft. It's been such a long time that I've lost touch with most of the stuff in there with the crazy rapid updating they've been doing. Heck, I'm not even sure if I should be happy to see a member of the opposing faction or cower and turn tail.
The reason why I quit previously was because I didn't know a single player out of the millions in there. I was a lone wolf prowling the world, slaughtering any enemy that falls in my way. As time went by, the aimless roaming of the lands grew tiring and as a result, I quit, leaving my character in there to age and accumulate dust. Didn't even bother to look back.
But, now, I have colleagues who are WoW players and huge ones at that. Most of the time, they'd be talking about the raids or quests that WoW has to offer and some of the epic adventures they went through. At first, I didn't really listen much but as it went on, the interest I had began to surge. I started checking back on what they've done to the game for the past 2 years and damn, I've really missed out on a lot. It equates to having been put into a state of suspended animation in reality and then only waking up 50 years in the future to find everything so different and distant. However, all that I did was just purely information gathering. I did not step back into the game...yet.
It was until my colleagues learnt that I used to play WoW and invited me to join them did I really set foot into the game once again. I dumped my previous character aside and started out afresh since almost everything has changed within the time lapse. One of my colleague also started a new character with me and for once, there was actually something to look forward to in WoW. I competed with my colleague to see who'd level faster and I had an aim to shoot for the top, where I can then join my other colleague in his raids and stuff or help out some newcomers. Besides that, there was also social interaction, rather than just running about and questing in silence. I mean, you might as well become a bot.
Ok, so I started leveling all over again, spending hours each day grinding through the levels and as much as I hate to admit it, getting killed countless times in the process. Well, whaddya' know? I'm a priest. Priests are weak. They can't take hits like a warrior in plate does. A small prick from a dagger would send you screaming for help, whereas a warrior could stand stabs from it without faltering. But well, that was just for the starting phase of my character. Right now, I think I can handle 2 to 3 mobs at a time. Then again, against an enemy player, I might as well turn tail and run cause I'm not geared for player versus player. I have much too low health to survive continuous attacks from them. Right now, I'm 3/4 up the ladder and hoping to reach the top by the end of next week. Hah, brace yourselves, greenskins! I'm gonna come get y'all!! For the alliance!!
Great, and here comes the part where I tell myself, 'Congratulations, you've been WoWed -- again!'
Wow, never thought I'd be hearing that again...
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