It has been a while since our last post. Things have changed quite a bit in the World of Warcraft and in this blogger wannabee’s life. Our raiding team successfully killed the Litch King, and on September 30th as originally planned no less.
We had to change things up a bit in order to get the kill. Our 25-man crew had dwindled to a reliable 20 or so, and with the 5 new-ish folks every week, we were really struggling to progress on the LK. So we canned the 25-man effort and instead went for the 10-man kill. After a few nights of practice we were victorious. It was pretty epic and really gave me a sense of great accomplishment.
Looking back on this past year with Wrath of the Litch King I can come up with some awesome memories and a whole ton of fun experiences, which is why I play video games of course. This was my first time living the “end-game” and being a legit (debatable) raider. Progressing through the end-game is an interesting way to spend one’s video game time. The pro is that one gets to work on challenging content with a group of friends (hopefully), and the con is that the game become very repeatable and often frustrating. It is this trade that the end-game raider has to balance in order to find enjoyment from the game after an extended period of time.
So what is next? Well, for me it’s time to take a break from WOW. When the pre-cata patch dropped two weeks ago and the talents, spells, etc… were completely re-worked, I found myself really struggling with the motivation to log in to re-learn how to play the game. So I decided that if I am not excited about playing, I shouldn’t play.
So this blogger is currently spending his video game time refreshing those once vaunted First Person Shooter skills in Halo: Reach. I’ll catch you after my WOW-break, but in the mean time get those last-minute WotLK achievements and enjoy Cataclysm!
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