Tuesday, August 19, 2008

First impressions

It's kind of odd how first perceptions of a class can change pretty radically. For example:

Classes I hated at first and now love: Hunter, maaaaybe druid*
Classes I loved at first and completely lose interest in by the early-to-mid-20s: Rogue, paladin, priest**, warlock
Classes I loved at first and still love: Shaman
Classes I hated at first and still hate: Mage, warrior

The only class I have loved from the moment I rolled it to this day is shaman — I'm not quite as enthusiastic about playing Ahami as playing Ideale, except for the healing part, but I do love playing a shaman.

Am I the only one who does this? I dabbled a little with each class when I first downloaded the trial version and got most of them to the 20-30 range (not as impressive as it sounds — I was deliriously ill the week I downloaded it and unable to do anything else but watch TV, so I got my Whisperwind rogue, priest and shaman to 20 right quick, plus my paladin on Laughing Skull and a warlock on some other random server I don't remember, before I rerolled), but all of the classes I thought I would love, I didn't, except shaman, and two of the four classes I hated at first I'm now fond of (well, maaaaaybe, for the druid).

*It's too early to tell, at level 8, but I'm playing her exclusively with my roommate's priest and I'm finding the class is much more fun as a "team" class than a solo class — I always deleted around this level before, not counting my bank druid. I'm having almost as much fun with her as with Ahami! I'm going to try tanking once or twice (with both BFFs now leveling toons on VeCo, we have half an instance, and with a priest and pally between them, we can work it so we always have a tank and a healer), but I will probably switch to resto if I make it past the 20s.

**I am leveling this toon with a friend, also. I was having a lot of fun with her at first, but I am starting to get bored already. I like physical action or healing. I'm not real interested in playing a holy priest for the same reason I got bored with my holy paladin — the Light just seems bland and sterile compared to NATURE POWAHS! — and shadow is just not cutting it for me. I'm going to hold out for mana burn at 24, and if I'm still bored after that, I'm switching back to a hunter. Too many kitty-less classes makes MW something something. ... Like I didn't get a silver tabby off the neutral AH.

EDIT: I apologize for the blah blogging lately. I joined the Blog Azeroth forums in hopes of inspiration, but I'm too nervous to actually log in now.

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