WoW: the off again on again (off again) MMO love affair

So it seems like I will be steppin into Akarius' boots once more. I cannot deny that I am excited.


In video gaming there are characters that are already fleshed out (Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Niko Belic, John Marston, Naked Snake) and there are characters that are left blank, for you to create. Normally, and because of technology restraints, you are only able to flesh out the appearance of a character and left to imagine a personality. Some companies have taken steps toward a more interactive approach, such as Bioware, where you are able to flesh out your character's temperament through choices in conversation responses, as well as actions, and subsequent repercussions. I normally have a love/hate relationship with making my own character. On the one hand, it allows for better suspension of disbelief, on the other, it makes connecting with a character in itself more difficult. Maybe you made the character look too dumb, maybe you didn't put too much thought behind the character creation process...all in all, it's led me to have a lot of characters on WoW that I never really played, because I didn't " feel" them.

I normally didn't like the nelf models, and the nelf lore is sorta boring to me. I tried making a night elf druid, a night elf mage, a night elf hunter etc. Why? because as much as I could have disliked night elves, I disliked humans and gnomes more. =/

I made a night elf rogue that took me a long time to level, and I finally made a night elf warrior. At first it was odd, it felt like an odd choice (a spindly, nature loving being doesn't strike me as spartan in nature) but he eventually grew on me. And I eventually learned to play the class somewhat well, even with crappy gear. And I eventually geared him correctly. And right before I quit the game, he was becoming incredibly powerful, even for his level, to the point where we could be bullies in pugs (got tank? will pug)

And now, given this on again off again attraction we have to WoW....it seems we will be stepping into Azeroth again, after a quite brief respite...and I will be able to take my shield up yet again, and get hit in the face, be it for praise, be it for glory.


Good hunting!