I've been leveling a new character in World of Warcraft, a warlock named Helke.
I've tried leveling warlocks before; from a lore perspective, they are incredibly interesting. Sadly, after getting my warrior to 70, it feels like all the fun went out of it. I play on Earthen Ring, which is a fairly mature server (meaning the bulk of the playerbase has hit maximum level on one or more characters), and it's hard to find people to level with whose answer to everything is not 'Let me get my main, we'll burn through this place'. I miss the time when my friends were at roughly the same point in advancement as me.
That being said, I'm still enjoying Helke. Soloing at low levels involves a lot of not terribly interesting quests, giving me a lot of time to think about her backstory. I plan to roleplay with her, but I haven't quite got her fully fleshed out. Thankfully, roleplaying doesn't have level requirements, so gaining experience while I ponder is no harm done.
I'm using Helke right now as the character to hide out on. I've been having a lot of those days when I want to play, but I don't want to deal with the attention that logging on to my main character attracts from guildmates and old friends (I have it easy, people just want to say 'Hi'. I have a guildmate who needs to beat off the raid invitations with a stick every time he logs on with his paladin). In some ways, divorcing myself from the more social aspects of the game has made it more enjoyable for me again.
Something to think about.
I've tried leveling warlocks before; from a lore perspective, they are incredibly interesting. Sadly, after getting my warrior to 70, it feels like all the fun went out of it. I play on Earthen Ring, which is a fairly mature server (meaning the bulk of the playerbase has hit maximum level on one or more characters), and it's hard to find people to level with whose answer to everything is not 'Let me get my main, we'll burn through this place'. I miss the time when my friends were at roughly the same point in advancement as me.
That being said, I'm still enjoying Helke. Soloing at low levels involves a lot of not terribly interesting quests, giving me a lot of time to think about her backstory. I plan to roleplay with her, but I haven't quite got her fully fleshed out. Thankfully, roleplaying doesn't have level requirements, so gaining experience while I ponder is no harm done.
I'm using Helke right now as the character to hide out on. I've been having a lot of those days when I want to play, but I don't want to deal with the attention that logging on to my main character attracts from guildmates and old friends (I have it easy, people just want to say 'Hi'. I have a guildmate who needs to beat off the raid invitations with a stick every time he logs on with his paladin). In some ways, divorcing myself from the more social aspects of the game has made it more enjoyable for me again.
Something to think about.
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