{"id":781,"date":"2007-01-24T12:51:28","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T16:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/01\/24\/sleepy-time-wow\/"},"modified":"2007-01-24T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2007-01-24T16:51:28","slug":"sleepy-time-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/01\/24\/sleepy-time-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleepy Time WoW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One nice thing about taking time off for Joseph, is that I am getting a lot of time to play WoW.\u00a0 I guess \u2018a lot\u2019 is relative, but it is nice being able to play for 30 minutes here and there throughout the day.\u00a0 I figured I would take a break from doing all the baby stuff and post an update of where I am with the game.<\/p>\n<p>Faltutin is my main character; level 29 gnome mage.\u00a0 After playing in a group of four mages (myself plus three front mages) last week, I am very tempted to re-spec my mage.\u00a0 Fire is nice, but these guys knew what they were doing.\u00a0 They made frost a thing of beauty; devastating mobs from here to Texas in the process.\u00a0 I am sure a group of fire mages could do the same thing, but I have yet to group with three other fire mages; experiencing frosty goodness first hand made me a believer.<\/p>\n<p>Kaldur is my priest; level 14 dwarf priest.\u00a0 Probably my least favorite character, but that may have more to do with me not really knowing how to solo a priest.\u00a0 I may have to spec this guy as a shadow priest just to pick up some fire power.\u00a0 That or get someone from the guild to game with me.<\/p>\n<p>Tuldar is my hunter; level 12 dwarf hunter, with Snowpaws, my level 11 snow leopard.\u00a0 I like this guy because it is almost like playing in a group (almost).\u00a0 It is probably easier to solo with a hunter than my mage, and definitely easier than soloing with my priest.\u00a0 For this reason alone I am thinking about starting a warlock, but I really want to spend some more time with my mage and hunter before starting something new.<\/p>\n<p>Chris already mentioned that he changed from Bronzebeard to Arathor as part of a free character move to alleviate congestion on Bronzebeard.\u00a0 I went with him (and the guild), so now I am playing on a server with an extremely low character population.\u00a0 There have been two immediate differences that I have noticed.\u00a0 First, there are not as many people around, which is good and bad.\u00a0 This is good because I do not have to wait for anything.\u00a0 This is bad because it is helpful to have others take out certain mobs (or just have someone to group with).\u00a0 The second thing I have noticed is the young economy.\u00a0 I made a killing on Bronzebeard selling all manner of things, but it is rough going on Arathor.\u00a0 A good example is that I used to be able to sell a stack of herbs, linen (and other cloth), and copper for a decent amount of coin, but no so much now.\u00a0 This is not that big a deal for Faltutin (97.5 gp), but it is hurting Kaldur (1.873 gp), and killing Tuldar (0.246 gp).\u00a0 Tuldar is so cash poor that he cannot buy a couple of skills that are now available.\u00a0 I think it will be worth the move just to experience a young economy grow.<\/p>\n<p>Overall I am still having a ton of fun with the game, doing all sorts of crazy stuff that I never figured I would care about.\u00a0 Buying a silver tabby, improving my cooking skills (and looking for recipes), fishing, and learning first aid.\u00a0 On Bronzebeard I also learn that I could either pay 1-2 gp for stranglekelp to make lesser mana potions, or I could buy a stack of lesser mana potions for .06 gp.\u00a0 The dynamics of the game keeps me coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p>If I am disappointed in anything, it is the lack of group participation from the guild for lower level characters (i.e. my three characters).\u00a0 Not pointing a finger at you Chris; just an observation that I have yet to have someone from the guild respond to a request to group.\u00a0 This could just be a matter of timing or it could be that I do not actually know anyone in the guild.<\/p>\n<p>All for now; my turn to get a crying baby.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One nice thing about taking time off for Joseph, is that I am getting a lot of time to play WoW.\u00a0 I guess \u2018a lot\u2019 is relative, but it is nice being able to play for 30 minutes here and there throughout the day.\u00a0 I figured I would take a break from doing all the &hellip; 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