I ended up spending most of the weekend in EQ2 with the significant other, but last night I jumped back into World of Warcraft. I was still running solo, taking my shaman from level 9 to 11. I’m not so used to Bloodmyst Isle that I can stack quests efficiently or I probably would’ve made a bit more progress.
I’m *loving* being in the WoW branch of the Casualties of War guild, more so (sorry CoWs!) than I ever did in the Warhammer branch. I feel much more connected to my guildies by dint, I think, of achievements. I know that sounds odd, but people are constantly getting these achievements (which I admit, I poo-pooed pretty strongly before I started playing again) and each one garners a round of “congrats!” and these in turn often spawn some chit-chat via blessed, quiet, text.
Honestly I’m very comfortable soloing in MMOs, which I know sounds really bizarre to some people (“Why not just play a single player game!?”) but with a single player game, you get what’s in the box and never anything more, whereas MMOs are living systems, always changing and growing. So being more or less alone on Bloodmyst Isle isn’t bothering me a bit, but it IS nice to have a guild to trade items with, to chat a bit with, to give and take support from. CoW WoW is currently what I’d call a mid-sized guild… plenty of people on, but not so many that you get lost in the crowd.
The only tiny fly in the ointment is that Rexxar isn’t an RP server, but you can’t have everything. Most of the guildies chose reasonable names (my main reason for preferring RP servers is naming conventions), and only one person has gone with something that really makes me cringe (have I mentioned that I’m an MMO Name Snob?), but that name is so bad I assume the person will end up getting it reported and have to change it. I’d report it if I wasn’t a guildie, but I do have some sense of loyalty. 🙂
But yeah, that’s a teeny, tiny fly. Otherwise, it’s been nothing but good feelings and good times logging into WoW again. And Winter’s Veil starts in a couple of weeks. I love Blizzard’s events!!
Remember, Casualties of War is still recruiting!
I too am one who will solo in a MMO as well, good to know that I am not the only one who feels that way!
I’m alot like you when it comes to names as well. During the WAR beta I made a few characters with goofy names cause I knew that they were going to be wiped. One of my staple names for female chracters that I really like is Collyssa, a combination of my wife and daughters name, Colleen and Alyssa!
Honestly coming up with a name is part of the fun I have during character creation!!!
Hey, I didn’t realize Collyssa was you! I’m playing Gilgillain and Gillain in WoW. Gillain is a long-time ‘staple’ RPG rogue name that I came up with back in the days of BBS RPGs. When I made Gilgillain I was just trying to make it easy for everyone to associate that both characters were mine. And typically guildies abbreviate Gillain as “Gil” so that’d work for both of ’em.