/dev/games 18 Aug 2008 12:16 am
Dear Warcraft Diary (Part Eight)
What a week! My mages are 33-Going-On-34 and their XP meter isn’t really slowing down (plus they’re autolevelling my Warlock in the process). /played is at 32 hours. According to my math once they reach 38 they will have completely paid for themselves just in the levels they’re granting to the Warlock. They’re now the characters I’ve played the farthest into the game (although, admittedly, I’ve played other characters for much more actual time) and I’m getting to see all sorts of new stuff with them. Went to Arathi for the first time with them, for instance. Levelled them from 20 to 32 by doing all the Darkshire quests (it turns out I really like those!), and I’ll still be seeing all sorts of new things with them in the coming weeks.
As for the group buddies we started the week around 14 but after some questing we entered into the Deadmines (my first instance since coming back to the game last month). Let me tell you, I miss playing instances! Group tactics and razor’s edge difficulty spell for a pretty fun evening. The triple XP characters all levelled twice in the actual instance (so they’re all at 19 or 20 now), and we all got tons of new gear. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to Do The Deed, Seal the Deal, Mark the Territory, so to speak. We got all the way to the Ship, and were slain by Captain Greenskin and his Elite Doomsquad. Granted, I couldn’t hold aggro as my Paladin (needed to train some abilities and stuff), and yeah, Colin fell off the boat. We probably could have finished it off but all the mobs would have respawned and some of us were tired of playing at that point. Still, we did remarkably well, I’d say. We’ll be back to take out that Van Cleefy Weefs someday soon.
Doomsnuggler is now holding a fish in his offhand.
on 18 Aug 2008 at 10:14 am 1.Julius said …
You need a warrior!
on 18 Aug 2008 at 2:03 pm 2.Colin C. said …
I am sad to say that I MEANT to fall off the boat, but later found out that if I had only NOT fallen off the boat we may have survived. My bad!
Maybe also I shouldn’t have marked the Cap’n with the {Skull}. The other 2 guys probably would have gone down more easily.
Let’s do it again!
on 18 Aug 2008 at 2:09 pm 3.Ben said …
Well I’ve trained up all my weapon types and I’ve got DPS and DEF sets in outfitter (thinking of getting a few +HEAL or +INT items for a healing set). I also have a taunt and if I gain 40% of a level I’ll have Consecrate, which MAN OH MAN, will this be easier the second time. Not sure when everybody will be available to play, though. I mean, I’m always ready with either my druid or my paladin (both of which can be second healer or second tank). I also have a 20 priest that could run it, even!
Just not sure when Jack and the Funky Bunch can rock it out.
on 18 Aug 2008 at 5:08 pm 4.Jess said …
Might it be that we all have a hurricane day off AND the power might not go out? That would be the perfect chance!
We’ll see. I had fun and, after a little more practice, I’ll totally be the #1 killer for our noble little band of fantasy creatures.
on 18 Aug 2008 at 5:18 pm 5.Ben said …
Looks like I don’t get tomorrow off, actually!
But still, I’m glad people are enjoying this game. Both Jess and Jack, who at best thought the game to be boring and uninteresting, and at worst thought it an addictive waste of life, have been troopers and seem to have really started to enjoy what this is all about.
on 20 Aug 2008 at 2:25 pm 6.Jess said …
We DID end up having a hurricane Deadmines party and, after quite the battle with that green guy and his pirate minions we finally prevailed. Killing stuff over and over gets a little monotonous, but it was fun when we were all dying and my poor little Bedrest and Pillow had to fight for their lives all alone. If I’d given Ben the controls earlier, my mighty hunter might have made it. That’s ok. I’m level 22 now!