Been a while since my last post. Haven't really been up to a lot.
World of Warcraft
We did some more raid and dungeon achievements. We've been trying to get all the achievements in Siege of Ogrimmar, but we keep accidentally killing things we shouldn't. Garrosh and Thok were our banes, especially as it was so hard to wipe. We did get Garrosh, but Thok eluded us. We almost had it, but our paladin's Avenger's Shield killed Thok and bounced and killed the snail. So we'll have to do it again some time.
I also finished the Horde story with my Blood Elf paladin. My regular Blood Elf Warrior is a Sylvanas loyalist, so I made this one to see the story from the Saurfang side. There wasn't a lot of difference, mostly you defend Saurfang from assassins, and then you don't keep talking to Nathanos who directs you to pretend to be a traitor.
World of Warcraft Classic
I'm still playing the Horde priest. Up to level 32 now. I find that one of the problems with Classic is that whenever I get "blocked" on a quest, I tend to lose the desire to continue with that character. For example, I have an elite quest, The Den, in Stonetalon Mountains, and I just cannot get a group for it. Soloing it is pretty painful, as it is one of those twisty night elf barrows, but all the mobs are elites.
Retired Games and Services
I uninstalled and unsubscribed from Final Fantasy XIV and The Old Republic. I'm not really enthusiastic about the non-story gameplay and activities in both of them. Maybe I'll check in on them in a year or so.
I also deleted my Reddit account, and removed all bookmarks from my browser. I think I've spent an excessive amount of time on that site over the last few years, for little gain. Though I do wonder how hard it will be to keep up to date with the various fandoms.
I am leaning to the view that any social site where you accumulate "internet points" in some manner leads to undesirable outcomes. That perhaps the best sites are just old-fashioned forums and blogs.
I'm the same with levelling in Classic - as long as you've got goals to work on it's positively addicting, but if you lose steam due to a sudden roadblock, it's equally easy to just drop out and start doing something else. I find that being unsure what zone to go to next can have a similar effect by the way.
ReplyDeleteAs for that specific quest, I'd recommend just biting the bullet and ditching it; it's not even like it rewards anything particularly exciting...
Yeah, zones can be an issue, especially if there's no breadcrumb. I've been making an effort on the priest to get quests from all the zones. I focus on the green quests mostly.
DeleteI'll probably will end up ditching that quest, unfortunately.
> I am leaning to the view that any social site where you accumulate "internet points" in some manner leads to undesirable outcomes. That perhaps the best sites are just old-fashioned forums and blogs.
ReplyDeleteAnd it enforces echo chambers as there either are no different views or they are hidden because of a bad comment score.