The State of the Game: Post 4.0.1

Setting my priest aside like an old, well-played-with doll has left me feeling sad, disappointed and a little bit bitter. I've been running over the reasons I don't like the class changes in my mind, and reading and reading and reading other people's perspectives. One thing is certain, we've all taken the changes differently.

I've found folks who love the changes to priests and folks who hate it just like me, and others are sort of indifferent. But this kind of applies to all classes/specs. I've read blogs of people who are hating the changes to druids, and I personally am loving it. I've run across people who hate the changes to just about every class out there, and I've found others who feel the opposite. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason for it.

Then I poked around a little further out than my priestly circle, and found Big Bear Butt Blogger and Dechion discussing the fact that the dislike may be because these are the classes we are most familiar with. If you look a little more closely, the common thread is that the dislike is for the person's main or the class they play most often. Maybe we're all just too stuck in our ways at the moment, and there isn't currently a very good way of testing things. Heroics are beyond a joke, and even ICC isn't much of a challenge anymore (or so I hear).

The one person I know who hasn't been so shook up over his main's changes is my mage friend, and I think it's mainly because he was sick as heck of being arcane anyway and was ready for a change.

This actually gives me hope. Maybe if I just give Ama a little break then I can come back to her with a fresh outlook. Worst case scenario, I come back to the priest at a later date by re-leveling a new one.

Amaranthine Dream: Home

Last week's Blog Azeroth Shared Topic was Home Sweet.... While I am quite a bit late on this one, it sparked ideas in my mind. Each of my toons will be making an appearance with their ideas about what home means to them. Here's where Ama considers home.

I've been all over Azeroth, but I spent the bulk of my time in the land beyond the Dark Portal. The place I truly consider my home is Shattrath, home of the Aldor.

Shattrath is the one place where I truly feel connected to the Light. The Naaru are amazing creatures and having lived among them for so long, I feel distant from the Light when I am away. The Light is always with me, but Shattrath will always be my light at the end of the tunnel, my home.

Aside from that, there's nothing like the entertainment at The World's End tavern. Perry Gatner's impressions are spot on, and who can resist The Artists Formerly Known as Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain?

Vivaciously Yours: Home

Last week's Blog Azeroth Shared Topic was Home Sweet.... While I am quite a bit late on this one, it sparked ideas in my mind. Each of my toons will be making an appearance with their ideas about what home means to them. My main, Vivacious, of course goes first.

Home is feeling the earth solid beneath your feet as the moonlight shines on you from above. 

Home is resting in a tent in a hunting camp with Hemet Nesingwary (even if he does sometimes pretend I'm his favorite trophy).

Home is flying freely over the land, feeling the wind beneath my wings supporting me, watching the world live and grow beneath me.

Home is nestled in the branches of a tree for a midday nap.

Home is bathing in the open air beneath a waterfall.

Of New Beginnings

I feel as though I am embarking upon a new path where World of Warcraft is involved (not surprising with Cataclysm imminent). I have been feeling cluttered and disorganized with my blog. With these two feeling combined, I felt it was time to start over fresh.

Here I am. My new home.

Why "Specced for Drama" you may be asking? Well, because I think it's quite comical. My bank guild is of the same name. Because I try not to be a drama queen, but somehow I seem to find myself in that role. Because drama is a natural part of all good stories and all good roleplay.

This is only the beginning. More to come in good time.