When I first hit level 80 during Wrath of the Lich King, I didn't really know what was going to happen. A friend of mine who enjoyed bear tanking on one of his toons invited me to group right after I dinged, and then we went flying from one instance to the other. Back then, there was no dungeon finder, so we had to go the instance in question and enter the portal, and when we were done we had to actually fly all over Northrend till we got to the next one. So in this form of instance hopping, we started at Utgard, went up through the troll ruins and dwarven-like instances, all the way across the continent to finish up at the Nexus. It was a very interesting experience for me. Being a kitty druid at the time, My friend told me to just stay back and relax. But as the first dungeon we went into wore on, I saw that my friend was not only tanking, but the others were helping. Players we either helping to smash the mobs into pieces or were attacking from afar with spells or ranged weapons. A healer was keeping the tank, and the tank himself was making sure nobody else got hurt. Well, shoot! I thought to myself, if all I have to do is attack and never fear dying, OKAY THEN! and I jumped into the fray.
Would you believe that the first day of heroics, not one dungeon dropped ANY leather items for my poor druid?
I have to admit, sometimes it's kind of hard. I usually never look on the internet to see what gear drops and where and whether it would be good for my role. Sure, I have atlasloot, but I rarely use it. As a result most people were geared for the Argent Crusade Tournament by the time I was able to understand and do Naxaramas. I learned to dance and learned the difference between positive and negative charges. Most of the time it was fun, but I was probably kidding myself. I didn't really start getting into the real endgame stuff until Icecrown raiding came along, when it was possible to kill the Lich King. Finally I got to kill him... after the Cataclysm came out. Only when he became a pushover did I get to kill him. Only when the rewards became obsolete did I win.
Must I always? Maybe so. I am a casual player, which means I only rarely go into any raids, but then they are the most difficult at the moment, and when I do go in, I am probably one of the numerous who's never been in there and has no idea what happens. I don't spend a night raiding and winning loot, I spent hours wiping and crying over repair bills. But then again I do get experience. What I started doing in the later days of wrath, and what I might start doing again, is asking to tag along with an experienced raid. In this way, since they probably already have the best gear, the odds of me getting loot that nobody needs will have increased. Plus they'd know the fights to a T and would be able to coach me on what to do. Thus I'd learn, and then I'd get to tackle the more difficult things in the end game sense and actually come out on top.
You might wonder why call it end game? The game never ends really. Heck, it's going on right now with millions of players online at this very moment. End game is in reference to the content that is available at the current highest level. Some of it is very challenging, some is easy, and some is downright annoying as hell and damn-near impossible. But then when you do all these things and accomplish everything, what else is there to do?
That's when Blizzard will raise the bar. Patch 4.1 will be released someday, and with it comes new dungeons, new gear, new mounts, and new changes to make the game more interesting. On that day, I'll que for a heroic troll instance, I might not even que for it as a random, and I'll gladly learn the ropes and hope for the epic drops with ya. And maybe when I get them, then the level 85 raids will be a little less punishing.
See you then!
Till then, I'm gonna keep up my archaeology and hope I get the ilevel 359 staff. Chao!
No comments:
Post a Comment