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| Kantra riding an Amperial Construct in front of her Nagrand portal in her Mage Tower |
It has been a long time since I last posted. I'm hoping to at least get back to a weekly post. Thank you for those of you who are still reading!
Sometimes in a game when I get close to completing something, I stop and do something else. It isn't a conscious decision, but I just don't want to do that last step. I'm not exactly sure why, but I think part of my unconscious reasoning is that I'm enjoying it, I'm not sure what to focus on yet and it's easier if I just don't complete it.
This happened to me with the Garrison Campaign. I have had one mission to complete for a few months now, but I finally completed it last weekend. In a month where Blizzard has taken some heat for losing 3 million subscribers and doing things wrong, I do think this was a good idea for casual players like myself. In previous expansions, it felt like the only way to get the end game story was to participate in a raid or a long set of daily quests. I do agree with others that it was advertised as well as it could have been, though I don't have a specific suggestion how they should have done it.
Almost simultaneously to completing the Garrison campaign, I also completed the Got My Mind on Draenor Money achievement which let me upgrade my Garrison Bank and have my own Traders for Transmogrification and Void Storage which is nice. I have upgraded most of the buildings to level 3 now. I may try to level the Trading Post since I have quite a few tokens that can help with the reputations. I am not at all interested in PvP, so I'll never get the Gladiator's Sanctum. The Inn is unlikely since I haven't been doing dungeons, but I guess there is still a chance I will do them with my priest who should be overpowered with Garrison gear. The Mage Tower doesn't seem worth grinding all those Ogres and we'll have to see if I ever decide to build and upgrade the Pet Menagerie. It's possible since it is a solo friendly activity.
Speaking of the Mage Tower, I did finally grind enough Ogres for one of the ports and chose the one in Nagrand since it's the most difficult to get to. I was trying to figure out what the Amperial Construct was for and read that it allows you to port between two places in your Garrison. I will definitely be using that to port to my Salvage Yard from my mail box since I do that everyday.
I will be sticking around to see WoW 6.2 and see what is in it, particularly since I can pay for it with game gold now, but I doubt I'll still be playing at the end of July. Hopefully more about that in another post.
Since my last post a month ago, I reached my three year anniversary on 5/5, as part of the original Newbie Blogger Initiative. The 2015 version will be done in a week, but you can still join at their web site. Maybe I'll even take part in the last talk-back challenge.
Good to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteFor me it's often leveling that I stop with, or just not make until the final level. Unlike my boyfriend, who always want to have every class at the top level, I get so sad when alt characters get to max level and are 'done with'. After all, there's only a select few that I regularly play in so-called endgame. I rather keep my characters hanging somewhere in between so it feels like they're still an on-going project that I can return to.
Silly sentiments, I know.
Thank you for stopping by! It may be a silly sentiment, but I've done the same thing. I starting playing World of Warcraft on the first day and after many months was within about 30 minutes of playing before I would reach the maximum level then, 60. At that point I started playing alts exclusively until finally I had the opportunity to participate in a raid and realized I needed to get that last bit of experience so I could join them!
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