Monday, September 24, 2012

Smell You Later Cataclysm!

That--- that feels like an appropriate title to start this post.

So with but only 17 hours left until the live launch of Mists of Pandaria, I took a nostalgic road trip through Cataclysm to give me a clearer sense of what I hope to accomplish.

For myself, this expansion really put me in the thick of things as I leveled not one but TWO (believe me for the altaholic empress, this is a big fuckin' deal) 85 toons, got the chance to see end game content and acquired a metric fuckton of gear to get me through Drunken RBG's (Master Sergeant Alicara here!) as well as Gurthalak for PvE.

In part, one of the biggest things to affect me in both this expansion as well as in real life was... I fell in love with my best friend. With that, I gained two families with a main still in my home guild <Northrend Travel Agency> US-Doomhammer as well as one <Conquest> US-Ner'zhul. Now I get the love of both PvE and PvP freely at my leisure! With that though comes choices.

The first of these being... what the fuck do I plan on doing tonight? Who will I carry in this expansion with me as priority? I had to sit down and think this through. My DK and I---- well we've been two peas in a pod the minute she hit 85. I vividly remember the night into the morning grinding that last level out. It took me to the point of drinking an entire bottle of wine to ding 85, but it was worth it. And with her, I learned how to PvP and Arena recklessly (thank you Xiil) but fell in love with the game and saw Azeroth with new eyes on her. Then comes my hunter who is a newly dinged 85. Heirloom-less like I roll, I expanded my horizons on her and started breaking down the boundaries my fears put up in the first place. On her I grew confidence in dungeons, raids, and even heroics and really sat down to learn the class, gear stat priority, and how to best optimize my damage output to become a valuable resource as both a solo player and in a group setting.

So with that I thought a lot about my frustrations, my excitements, the highs and the lows in both PvE and PvP on each toon and their respected class. After a lot of thinking and deliberation this evening the plan set in stone is that once 3AM hits, I'll log on to my beloved hunter with my beloved and together we're gunna make the grind to 90 as fast as we can. Is this a main change? Yes. Will the DK go into retirement? No----t yet. I made a lot of landmarks on her and have invested so much time and memories on her that she will NEVER get deleted. I think I'm just going to have fun on her. Whore myself for achievements, collaborate some transmog sets on her, RP, get her into a Greyfoo music video (well that's a far fetched one but if he ever needs a Night Elf DK? /wink wink), run some old school raids? All of the above. DK's have a great PvP and Tier set coming up so of course she'll get leveled up to 90 and will run LFR and BGs, she'll just hold a backseat spot while I focus a lot of my energy on my hunter.

What other goals do I hope to memorialize in this coming expansion? Well just a mini bucket list of sorts:

1. Level a Horde side toon to 90. My eyes on the prize? That would be my beautiful Blood Elf Warrior, Alisuna on US-Feathermoon. No rush. Just taking a moment to savor every bit of it. There's an achievement for it too! :)

2. The Pandaren Monk will mark the ONLY alt I make.  This one I am extremely serious about. I make a lot of alts that steer my focus away from what I could be doing. They all end up getting deleted anyway so the next course en route to 90 will be a Pandaren Monk. What faction will she go? Well we shall see, won't we? :)

3. 1,000,000 Gold. That's gunna be a big one. But damnit I want so many mounts and things! I'm going to take my time in this expansion to properly educate myself on working the Auction House and really learn how to utilize my professions to generate a solid source of income.

4. The Beloved. That title; I WANT THAT TITLE. Comes with grinding 77 reputations. It reminds me of one of my favorite bands and with that, I'm gunning for that one.

5. End Game Before The Nerf. This one is going to prove as my most difficult because the short end of it is--- I am not on a raid team. I may just LFR and try to jump in on random raids with guildies on an off night. I really want to see end game content as it is relevant. That's just going to help me build my awareness as a player and maybe one day I'll apply to a raid team. :)

6. Arenas. I WANT THAT. MUST FIND 3'S and 5's PARTNERS. The 2's spot is already occupied by the Mister. That tradition won't break ever. <3

7. A Legendary Drop. Yes! I have strived and strived for one and I've got my eyes set on Thori'dal. I'm making that run for both the bow and also doing a run on the Swift White Hawkstrider.

And this.... this is a long post. I'll see you guys tonight in Pandaria! :)


xoxo,
Ali

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