Blah, blah, blah…so true…
Yes. I did. I spent all weekend playing WoW. I did do some chores though, be proud. I also went out Saturday night and hung out with real people. Alas, the depth of my addicted psychosis has developed to where my otherwise geekier coworker Jon now looks on me as reductive influence on his own stature. I logged in briefly just to see if I had won my Auction House bids, I got the 12-slot bag and the gun I bid on, but some Neanderthal-like prat out bid me on two very sweet 1H swords…(oh god, help me).
I'm level 23 now. I went through this funk after hitting 20; I termed it "post- level 20 depression", where I didn't feel much like playing last week. I also attribute the slump to having dumped my long time pet so I could get another one that I thought would be better. That didn't really prove to be the case, so after a few different pets I tamed a similar creature and named him the same. It's surprising the amount of attachment you can get to a virtual pet, I'm not sure what it says about me, but I'm choosing not to think about it and moving right along. Don't fret about my funk, as I fought through it with the help of Trin and Adam and as you can see I'm fully recovered now.
Now for the "so true" part, you'll have to replace Everquest II with WoW, but I think fellow addicts will find this frighteningly amusing. If you don't read CTRL-ALT-DEL, you should.
*UPDATE* Oh and evidently the pizza thing on EQII is for real...I'm not sure whether to be envious or shake my head at how sad it is.
Comments
The mid 20s suck, in my opinion. Things really get going again once you hit 30 and get Feign Death - seriously a fantastic life saver.
I also highly recommend Stranglethorn Vale for the romp in your 30s - tons of quests and a bunch of elite named cats you can tame through various levels. Plus the highly coveted Mageweave Silk drops there too off various humanoids. Plus here you can also quest from Booty Bay and thus improve your rating with the gnomes - always a good thing!
1k Needles is also good through your mid-late 20's and I hear good things about the Shimmering Flats.
I totally sympathize with your pet quandry as well. You do know you can keep your pet as you level, and just stable him while you tame various other pets to get your pet skill levels up, right? This way you don't always have to lose your favourite, but I would recommend ditching your current every 10-15 levels, and get an upgraded version where possible.
I'm so happy you're totally loving the game though - it gets a whole hell of a lot more frustrating in PvP, so be *really* stoked you don't play that route. LOL
Posted by: e | February 21, 2005 12:57 PM
Wooo, thanks for the advice.
I've thought about trying PvP, but I have such bad memories of PK's from my days on Ultima Online that I'm very hesitant to try it. In fact, PK's were the reason I ended up quiting UO.
Posted by: Jeff | February 21, 2005 03:56 PM