WoW

So I think this is the post where I change the blog to Maul’s Blizzard Blog. Or maybe Maul’s SC2  WoW Blog. I like the second better. Partially because I don’t play any other Blizzard games.

But this morning, I really want to type about the World of WarCraft. First thing, I have to say is that this is the best version of WoW ever made. It really is good. They’ve taken out so many annoying aspects of the game, and streamlined the fun.

But long ago, I made a rule about how I play WoW. The rule is that I’m not going to play the same game, the same quests, the same dungeons, over and over again. I’ll play it through once, maybe again on an alt. But I won’t grind for them, like some sort of game bot monkey.

So I leveled my Druid to 100. I leveled all of his professions. I upgraded my garrison. I got Nat Pagle and all the fishing related stuff. What’s left?

Well last night I tried out the raid finder. I que as a Tank/Healer. I got healer, which I’ve never really played. The raid was MC, Molten Core.

Fun fact, Molten Core was the only raid I ever did in Vanilla. I remember after the grind to 60, I was eager to see what the endgame content looked like. MC was the raid. I couldn’t even keep my assigned tank up. We wiped repeatedly on the first mob of the raid. It was so bad, I decided then and there that WoW wasn’t fun anymore, and that I would stop playing.

So in a way, it was nice to return to MC, as a resto Druid, and avenge that earlier loss from a decade ago. We wound up bulldozing through the entire raid, and I upgraded my helm. It was a great raid, and I’m happy that Blizzard has streamlined the game to a point where a player can casually raid.

But there’s only one raid left. Once I do that, I fear, it may be time to cancel my WoW subscription. Maybe I’ll bring it back after they release more endgame content. It’s hard to say, because I really like playing. But then, there’s that StarCraft tournament at the University.

I started using my Razer Naga again. I want to win a StarCraft tournament.