{"id":700,"date":"2006-09-26T22:03:39","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T02:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/09\/26\/world-of-warcraft-begins-part-4\/"},"modified":"2006-09-26T22:03:39","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T02:03:39","slug":"world-of-warcraft-begins-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/09\/26\/world-of-warcraft-begins-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft (Begins Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think this the last post in my four part series detailing my experiences with WoW.\u00a0 The articles were intended to give you my perspectives on the game, document my early struggles and successes, and focus on the fact that I am a MMORP and PC gaming novice.<\/p>\n<p>Last night made for some interesting gaming.\u00a0 When we last talked about the game, Chris suggested that I go in a different direction than a hunter.\u00a0 Tuldar (dwarf hunter, L6) was a decent character once I started learning the game, but I took Chris\u2019 suggestion and created Faltutin (gnome mage, L2).\u00a0 I met up with one of Chris\u2019 characters, who looked like a total bad ass, but he was nice enough to \u201ctrade\u201d me some gold and invite me to join his guild.\u00a0 While that was nice of Chris, let me be honest, I do not like the looks of the WoW gnomes.\u00a0 My dud looked a lot like Dopey; in other words, very lame.\u00a0 Thus Kaldur (dwarf priest, L5) was born.\u00a0 Chris kicked Faltutin out of the guild, and invited Kaldur to the elite membership.\u00a0 I figure it is elite because it looks like there are only 67 members.<\/p>\n<p>I spent a couple of hours with Kaldur, completing quests, killing an assortment of beasts, and randomly healing folks.\u00a0 I even joined two short lived parties.\u00a0 As the Falcons\/Saints game got out of hand, I grew sleepy, and eventually called it a night, but I did make it to level 5 in relatively short order (about two hours).\u00a0 I figure another 2-5 hours should have me ready for the real fun, which Chris says starts at level 10.\u00a0 I guess I will find out soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in the game I have a few observations, which follow in no particular order.<\/p>\n<p>First, I really like Tuldar, mostly because I like the idea of the gun.\u00a0 The hunter seems like a fun class, but I have been repeatedly told that hunters are pretty much dime and dozen, and hunters are really easy to play.\u00a0 I do not think there is anything wrong with someone new to the game playing with a class that is perceived as easy, but I guess I do not want to get boxed in with Tuldar later in the game.\u00a0 I will play with him some more, but it sounds like he may not have a true future later in the game.\u00a0 At least he is not going to be invited to join Chris\u2019 elite guild.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I really like the fireballs, but I do not like the gnomes.\u00a0 Much like the elves in WoW, the gnomes look pretty ridiculous.\u00a0 Since I have no desire to play as a human, and I really want to do something with a mage, I am sure we will be hearing more from Faltutin before it is all said and done.\u00a0 I guess I could give Horde characters a go, but for now I am going to stay away.<\/p>\n<p>Third, I could care less about playing with a bunch of anonymous folks.\u00a0 That is really a topic for another day, but I think this game could be a lot of fun (and really deep) if you are playing with friends.\u00a0 Why not get some friends together and start your own guild?<\/p>\n<p>Fourth, there is a lot to learn, so reading the manual is a must.\u00a0 That is crazy talk coming from me.\u00a0 Since my realm server is down tonight, I have snuggled up to the manual (except for this post), which has actually brought about a few \u2018so that is why (or how)\u2026\u2019 moments.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth, I am still not comfortable with the $14.95\/month fee.\u00a0 I would much rather have some sort of pay as you play model.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it is pretty entertaining watch all the havoc in Coldridge Valley as new players are everywhere blasting an assortment of creatures.\u00a0 Gnomes zipping left and right, followed by little purple imps (or demons or whatever) doing all manner of strange stuff.\u00a0 Interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, before I forget.\u00a0 I am sick of other players challenging me to duels.\u00a0 Shouldn\u2019t they have something better to do?\u00a0 Like maybe build up a party and get something accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure there will be more to come later.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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>I think this the last post in my four part series detailing my experiences with WoW.\u00a0 The articles were intended to give you my perspectives on the game, document my early struggles and successes, and focus on the fact that I am a MMORP and PC gaming novice. Last night made for some interesting gaming.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/09\/26\/world-of-warcraft-begins-part-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World of Warcraft (Begins Part 4)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><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=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}