The biggest WoW name in my view would be “Big Red Kitty/ Brain Needed Space.” But alas, he doesn’t do much WoW blogging any more. Still, if he every left a comment I would definitely do a double check! He was my favorite of all WoW bloggers.
Now, among those who are currently blogging… I have a few folks that I would love hearing from.
Not that they’ve not ever spoken with me. I’ve been blessed to communicate with these folks. But, I’m always a little starstruck when I get a comment or tweet from them. Here they are, in no particular order.
I’m also thinking that I want to start blogging again. It’s been a little while, so I’m dusting off the keyboard.
Anywho, here is my “Sixth” picture!
I had just tamed my first Spirit Beast. I thought it would be cool to get him underneath the troll god Har’koa, since he’s: “Loque’nahak <Mate of Har’koa>”
Anyway, this is my sixth…
If I were to tag some other bloggers, of which it is wwwwaaaayyyyy to late to do it…
Just to warn you: this was me and my guitar, all recorded on my iPad. But, it is for Alas and AT, and the rest of the Effers.
<3 you guys!
Eff the Ineffable Song by Zwingli*
Lyrics~
The Unexplainable The Inexpressible The Ineffable Eff the Ineffable
v.1 There was once a heroine A defender of others Flames from her fingertips Named Alastroina
v.2 He was her shield Her avenging wrath Her guardian Her Ataraxaven
v.3 They traveled our war torn world Gathering comrades in their train Bringing righteous fury They were the Epitome of the Eff (the Ineffable)
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*I make no claims of talent, musician ship, or knowing the Eff about what I’m doing. She threatened to eat all of my Hunter Kitty Pets if I didn’t post this! I LOVE MY KITTIES!!!!! /sob j/k… >.>
This week’s Shared Topic over at Blog Azeroth was suggested to us by Martha over at Perish Twice. But, I actually picked it up because I have Spellbound on my Google eReader.
Do you think I need to check out this “Blog Azeroth” thing?
Anyway, the question is:
While there are some quests that specifically call for grouping, most don’t… but do you group anyway? How many of you pick up a friend or guildie to quest with and how many grind the lonely roads alone?
Hunters are Never Alone!
I’ve done the vast majority of my leveling via questing, and the vast majority of my questing alone.
Part of this stems from the games that I played before. While I started with the PnP D&D game so many years ago, I began playing D&D computer games back in high school. These were all solo games, well before MMOs got my attention.
FYI – This year will be my high school graduating class’ 20th anniversary! Yes, that makes me feel old.
But, back on topic. I come from the solo-questing environment.
Now, my first MMO was actually a self-hosted NeverWinterNights server. I think I played that for a couple of years, but even then I soloed almost everything. It was a small population server, geared to RP, so leveling up a character was a secondary priority for everyone on the server. Also of note, my favorite class was the old style, D&D Ranger. So, I was never really alone, as I always had my trusty animal companion around.
So, enter into 2006, and I roll my first baby hunter on WoW. Hunters have always been leveling/questing machines, so I had no need to play any differently than I had before. I knew nothing of WoW, I knew nothing of “grouping,” and I’m sure I died a horrible death on my first “group” quest!
However, I did figure out one thing early on…and that was how to “friend” someone. There were three of us running around the starter zone together, and we “friended” each other. We often talked in the /w, and I eventually learned how to group because of those people. It wasn’t until much later that I learned about guilds, and even had the beginning idea of leveling “with” another person.
One last thing that keeps me leveling alone, and I do that a lot since I tend to be an altaholic, is my weird play schedule. While I tend to be online almost every night, that is only for a couple of hours. I can play some in the morning, but I’m usually the only one from the guild on at that time. I’ve since learned to put a shout out in general chat for others if I find myself in need of two or three for a group quest. I’ve found that I can usually find someone who has the same quest I need to get done.
My lack of group experience limited my gameplay as well. WoW really has an emphasis on group play, and for those that don’t experience it, they are missing a phenomenal part of the game! It was well into the Burning Crusade expansion before I learned the value of grouping while questing (not including instances). It wasn’t that I needed help in the questing.
To be honest, questing has always been notoriously easy in my opinion.
But, that was when I began grouping with guildies and non-guildie friends for the fellowship aspect of the game. We could have conversations in /p that were more personal, and the more slapstick conversations in /gchat. I’ve come to find great value in grouping with other people for a variety of reasons. It has also taken me right under six years of gameplay to figure this out!
I’m a slow learner.
So, yes I am willing to group while questing, but I still tend to quest solo. What do you do?
