Wrath Thoughts
Okay, as of this writing Ruk is 56.
Thank you, thank you.
Still, that means that the expansion doesn’t offer much to me. Most of the things that would have been interesting, were offered up in patch 3.0.2 with Hunter talents and skills. So I got all the goodies I knew I could use, pre-expansion. Yes there’s new zones, new quests, but those are at least ten levels away before I can even think about them.
So what did WotLK provide?
Queues. Wrath has changed the way many of us play, and by that I mean waiting 15-45 minutes before we can access our Character Select Screen. Get home from work, log in, go have dinner, clean up, come back, and see how much waiting time is left.
What’s even more frustrating is that I’m waiting to get into the “Vanilla WoW” zones.
The other thing Wrath offers, and it is now something I can make use of, is the Death Knight. I tried one. I did a few of the introduction quests. Then I logged off, and Ruk went out and killed Yeti. Because that’s how I roll. I’ll probably try DK’s again, but I can’t see myself giving up the toon I’ve spent months and months leveling with, training professions with, questing with, just because the flavour of the month has some neat bells and whistles.
If I want a tank, Marv the albino gorilla will take care of it.
In Other News
I grouped with another Hunter yesterday. We were working on the same quest, which resulted in the spawning of a level 60 kitty that had to be killed. I figured I’d be a nice guy – he was hunting for the piece of meat needed to spawn the cat, and I’d just gotten mine – and we grouped up so he’d get credit for the kill. When he ran over to me, I noticed he had a cat. The cat was in prowl mode, crawling up behind him. I know there’s a bug with cat prowl, so I made a joke about it. He told me that’s what cats did.
Good grief. Stereotypes exist for a reason, kids.
Feel the Wrath
Last night I briefly contemplated picking up my copy of WotLK from EB Games. It was almost midnight, and I was driving in the cold and freezing rain hoping to buy some kind of patching goop from Wal-Mart. Seems one of the windows in the sun room decided to spring a leek at 11 at night, letting a steady stream of ice cold water piddle on the carpet.
There I am, driving around, and I see people lining up at Best Buy. I see them at Wal-Mart. I think to myself, “I’m out anyway. Why not swing by my EB and grab the game?”
That’s when my inner orc spoke up. “Do you NEED it tonight?”
“Need?”
“Yes, need. Can you start a Death Knight on the server you want?”
“Well, no.”
“Are you a high enough level to use the content in the expansion?”
“I guess not.”
“Then buy that tube of goop, get your @ss home, and let the game wait until tomorrow. Oh, and you probably won’t be in any big hurry to install it tomorrow, will you?”
“…”
Fixed the leak. Picking up the game today. Installing it when I can use the content.
That’s the kicker. I’m waiting for the point where, other than being level 66 or so, I’ll need Wrath content. Patch 3.0 pretty much gave me most of what I’d want (aside from zones and levels) – new talents, new professions, new pet skills.
For now, Wrath will sit on my desk as a reminder to keep grinding. Keep my eye on the ball.
