More boring WoW stuff :D

It's been one of those weird-for-blogging kind of weeks.

I get good ideas. I get near a computer. Bam. All the good ideas are wooshed out of my head.

Luiz got here that Monday, after that post, and left a week later, Memorial Day. It was a really cool week, we did a lot of stuff together during the day, and gamed alot in the evening. He got me to pick up Call of Duty, which is a really twitchy immersive little shooter. We also learned the art of farming (killing the same group of creatures over and over and over, with the sole intent to earn money from the stuff they drop, for the WoW uninitiated) from the floor. It's a boring task, so we managed to make ourselves very comfortable, and chill on his air mattress, and farm for hours, from the floor. Fun stuff, the epitome of lazy geekhood. Watched more anime, a lot of movies, saw EP: 3 (omg...excellent! Darth Vader RAWKS) hit up Red Bank, hung around a bookstore, just lots of low key, quiet fun.

All that farming was for a reason, we were aiming to get our epic mounts, on the same day. We got them, a week later. When I host, I'll post screenshots. A paladin and a regular epic mount, to get, together, was a HUGE task. I will *never* mention the free normal paladin mount, again. His was easily three times harder to aquire, than mine. But that's the stuff that keeps me motivated, in game, at max level. Setting far goals for myself, and reaching them. Today, I tamed a new cat, level 50, so my new far-reaching goal is to get her to 60, and have an increcible jet black cat, to follow me into battle. To go with my jet black epic mount, and my black armor, with my black hood. I'm a hunter that looks like a Death Knight-ninja! Oh man...I named the cat Sambuca...I should have named her Ninja.

The game is still as fun as ever for me. I have moments, (like that last intense week of farming money for the epic...800g in 7 days. No loans.) when I say to myself "when I'm done with this, what else is there for me to do?" Every time that question comes up, it's answered in spades. After the epic, all of a sudden now, I have this burning desire to level Gossamer, my mage alternate char. I want to gain PvP rank, and get the hot-damn pvp armor, like Drawl has and Luc will. I want to get the huge kickass best bow in the game. I want a full set of Beaststalker armor. I want Dragonscale boots. I want to finish all these quests, and go into every raid instance, with a 5-man crew. Just when I think "60, yep. End game" it feels like just the beginning. Yes, it's easy to get to max level. No, it's not boring, once you get there, as long as you have things to keep you motivated, and interested in the game.

I'm having a lot of fun too, because a good wave of the guild just hit 50, and they're all doing quests and stuff in my neighborhood, so I'm back in my old role of shephearding the babies
(well, now level 50+ babies) through, and helping out the masses. It's great, helping really *is* fun for me. As long as I get a break, and can go be selfish once in awhile. It's all about a balance.

I started playing this game...what, September? Late September, as I recall, in Beta. Here it is, June, and I'm still as enamored with it as I was, day one. Sure we've had ups and downs, any MMO does. But, I LOVE the game, and the people in it, for everything it offers, both good and bad. Hell, I even like being a gimp-no love-hunter.