Champions Online, Cataclysm and The Sound of Madness

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The past few weeks have been interesting. We been jumping into Champion's Online and kicking ass. The open beta, and the early start program has been surprisingly stable. Granted it's not without it's problems, but hasn't had the severe problems most MMO's face at launch. The game has been quite fun and a much welcome change from the fantasy genre that has me quite burnt out. After playing CoH/V I was initially hesitant about jumping into this game. My money was well spent on this gain and avoided another AoC debacle.

The gunslinger has been my favorite hero so far, added in a few force powers to boot. It's a great feeling to mow down bad guys with a machine gun, then turn around launch up into the air to take on the next baddies. Oselot will be my main for the remainder of the game, though Grexis may make an appearance sooner or later.

More than likely, I'll be sticking with Champion's Online until Cataclysm is released. As good as Champion's Online is, I feel I will get bored with this game in the long run. World of Warcraft will always hold an important part of me. I have made many friends there, best of all you all here, the lore of Azeroth is very dear to me, and just the amount of time I have devoted to mastering that game. It's just not something I can easily walk away from. Though I have been taking a break from the game, for the most part. I know I'll be back to playing for Cataclysm when it's released.

This time around when I start playing WoW regularly again. I won't be rushing things like I have in the past. WoW 1.0 was a lot of fun, and I really just took in all the sights and lore. I cared about the npc's I was interacting with, picking up quests and learning more of the story of the world. After getting into raiding in Molten Core, I sort of lost that sense of wonder, and excitement. It was about raiding, being the best I could be, and taking on the challenges of the raids that lay before me. Though, the best part of raiding was the comraderie, and hanging out with you all. To this day I remember why VanCleef was a renegade, his betrayal by the city of Stormwind, how he helped rebuild the city only to get a "Thank you" as his payment for his services. What do I remember of BC? Illidan is in Black Temple. I don't even remember why, lore wise, why we even went into Karazhan. I leveled two toons from 60 to 70 within two weeks and focused on leveling, and getting the gear I needed to try to be the best paladin in the guild. When Wrath came out, it was leveling as fast as possible, get my gear for raiding, and dailies to pay for it all.

When I first heard about the worgen being the next race in WoW, I was kind of blah about it. I felt Blizzard was starting to be lazy, and not coming up with anything fresh. Little did I know that there is a rich lore behind them, and their history in Gilneas. Not to mention the fact that they are not always worgen looking. They actually go through transformations like a werewolf does. Loving the werewolf stories and movies when I was a kid. The kid in me is now excited to play such a race and learn the story behind them. Along with all the cataclysmic changes to the world of Azeroth. I plan on taking my time, leveling from level 1 to 85. I want to do something that I haven't even done with Grexis. Complete every quest, complete every 5, 10, 25 man instance starting from the beginning. I want to learn the new stories of the world, and why we fight the big baddies in the group/raid instances.

So this time around, I'll be starting out at level 1. Starting over from scratch. A new main, carrying the Advent Knights banner, making a name for himself in the world (of warcraft).

The sound of madness seems to be pretty fitting for me lately. Not only have I been battling my own demons, but have been dealing with others as well. So today I dedicate the following video to my sister and others who won't listen to reason, and only think the world is out to get them. Enjoy :)



7 comments:

Devandra said...

When you start that level one toon again, let me know I'll create a new one to run with ya. That's the part of the game that I liked best - running quests and doing small group stuff.

Draokx said...

Definitely. I'll keep everyone posted on what I'll be doing with WoW leading up to the launch. I don't expect anyone to follow my lead, though leveling with you all will most certainly be enjoyable. I just don't intend on rushing things. It's going to take me a while to get to the point of raiding again, and I almost like the idea of doing raids at level. Though it will be pretty tough to do without 25 to 40 other players. So if I have to wait till max 85 then so be it. I don't want a single instance, quest, and non-pvp achievements unturned. lol :)

Modon said...

I have been so waiting for an oppurtunity like this. A chance to start from level one with a guild and group of ppl I get along with...or at the very least, understand and tolerate me. Let me and Shay know when and what realm you want all this to happen on, altho I can't picture y'all leavin Doomhammer behind, but if thats the way it is, so be it. No joke, we are in, at the very least I am.

Kirathis said...

I'm in like a fat kid in a cake eatting contest. Mmmmmm CAKE!

If we leave Doomhammer for it, no major complaints aside from lack of funds. At the same time, a totally fresh start might be nice.

Goroxx said...

I too have been waiting years for them to refresh lvls 1-60 with new content and quests. I'm with Modon; just let me know which server everyone's using and I'll be there. Although I do have a soft spot for Doomhammer, its been my on-and-off WoW home ever since the night of the original launch in 2004 - because it was the only damn server that was up at the time.

Nick Brown said...

I'm all for redoing everything again. It's been a long time since I actually paid attention to anything. Personally what I would love to do is see everything from the Horde side. The only time I've done that is when I powerleveled a character and didn't really read any of the quests. I would also love to do this on a brand new non-transfer server though I doubt that will be possible.

Squeanet said...

That sounds like fun to lvl as a group again. Last time kind of sucked with everyone with recruit a friend but me.. so anywho let me know what server or what ever.. if its doomhammer i might have to make room..
Yes Im an altaholic and proud of it:)

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