They have the family disease

So, since WoW Classic was released a few weeks ago, that's the only thing I have been playing. It's nice to be excited about a game again, but I will probably start playing other games again soon. I guess I wouldn't need to mention that this fall is going to be extremely busy again for me, but I hope I'll be able to fit in some gaming here and there, as usual. School started again, and with it came a lot of homework. I also have a job contract made all the way until next summer, so I suppose that's where my free time will go. On top of everything, this is my last school year, so that means I have some additional stuff to finish up before I can even dream about actually graduating. Busy times, yo.

I chose to play as a night elf druid this time, and I'll probably tank mostly, but I'm not yet sure what will be my offspec. It's either healer or boomkin, but that's a tough choice to make. I'm currently level 21, and I just finished my first dungeon, Deadmines. Leveling has mostly been a lot of fun, but there are of course some things that are different to retail WoW. I have been struggling with gold for example, it's hard to get by, and since you have to buy all your spells and abilities, it gets very expensive. Another thing is the endless running, there are fewer flight paths than in retail WoW, and you do have to spend a lot of time running between different places. I have also been very stubborn and not installed any questing addon yet, so that make things a bit harder. There is only one addon that I really, really had to install to avoid completely going nuts, and that is TomTom, which shows coordinates on the map. Without this I would have NEVER found certain quest objectives.

Anyways, I have been enjoying this old school Azeroth very much, and I'll certainly keep on leveling all the way to 60. I just hope I have time for some other games soon too, it gets a bit mind numbing otherwise. Now I have to go do things again, cya later..!

Siamese Dream

For once I have actually had time to make some new content, and since my last post, I have even managed to upload 2(!) new videos..! Both are WoW-related though, so I'll try to make something else next. So my latest video is all about WoW Classic though, and since release day is just around the corner, it was important to get it finished fast. As I mention there, I played on the open-for-all stress test, and I have to say I liked it. Up until now I have been avoiding the Classic hype-train, and really not thinking much about even trying it out, but one evening of gameplay was enough to make me think otherwise. I am obviously not quitting "regular" WoW, but I would really like to have at least one maxed out character in Classic, just to see what it's like.

I also finally started writing my review on Disciples II, which I have been postponing for a few months now. I hope it'll soon be ready, and then I can once again decide which game to pick next. I also got a bit further on my Pokémon Crystal, I think my party might be ready for the Elite Four now. I shouldn't be too confident though, I can't really remember how tough they were...

I'm going to keep it a little bit shorter today, I don't really have too much news other than WoW Classic. And since I already talked about that so much for the video, I won't repeat myself more than necessary. I am still not sure what character to pick though, in the stress test I made an orc warlock, so probably not that again. I am not even sure about Horde or Alliance, in one way I would also like to play a night elf... It's going to be a tough choice in any case, but maybe I have it all figured out before the 27th of August..!

Escape

I have been playing quite a lot of WoW these last few weeks, I'm really liking the new patch. Nazjatar is such a beautiful zone, and I haven't even went to the other zone yet, Mechagon. All in time I guess, right now I'm focusing on grinding rep with The Unshackled and collecting more Prismatic Manapearls so I can upgrade my gear. I really have to say I am surprised how much I have enjoyed questing in this new zone, it hasn't felt like this for a while. I know I also have to continue with my raiding soon, so I can try out the latest one.

I started thinking about for how long I actually have been playing WoW, and had to launch a small investigation. My Battle.net account didn't show any data older than 2012, but after a bit of research, I found a link that gives access to history older than that. So next Spring I have had my account for 10 years. That is, however, not the point when I played WoW for the first time. I started way before that, with leveling a character on a friends account. There was a way of finding out that date too, by going to Warcraft Realms. I still remembered the name and server of this character from long ago, so I could easily trace the date. Turns out that on 5th of August, which is next week, it is officially 10 years ago since I played WoW for the very first time. What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been..!

I also continued a bit on Pokémon Crystal, I'm currently pretty much done with Johto and I'm trying to level my Pokémon a bit more so I can fight the Elite Four and continue to Kanto. I decided to capture Suicune as well, since it would be a nice addition to my party. I had postponed this until I got to Blackthorne City where I could finally buy some Ultra Balls. I had to try a few times, because I just couldn't believe how many balls I had to throw before the bastard would finally get caught. I had him down to only a few HP, and he was also kept asleep all the time, but it took 33 Ultra Balls before he gave up. Well, now I'm a happy camper, and I'll just need to level a little bit more before I can kick some serious ass. Now I'm going to bed, cya..!