Last night I dinged the big Eight Five on my warrior, Amukamukamuk! It was such a great feeling. I had not played him for about a month since I had switched over to playing my Druid. I was having too much fun being a feral cat and questing and getting to 85. Anyway, I had been a bit disappointed that I had taken so long to level up. But I really wasn’t in a rush. Real life has been keeping me busy. I’ve joined a new guild this year and it’s been fun getting to know them and I have been enjoying the new content. I even started a Worgen Druid to see that starting area. So the time I have played has been fun. But last night was really a lot of fun. I just meant to log on to see if I needed a shield spike someone offered to send me and maybe do a little mining to unwind. It had been a busy day, with some extra running around – taking my son back and forth to an after school activity. As I glanced at my experience bar, I noticed that I had just a little over one bar to go to 85. I actually did a double take. I didn’t remember being so close before. Why I didn’t finish up leveling over a month ago I have no idea. I guess that is what happens when you get really busy with life eh? So with just a bar to go, I picked up some of the quests in the northern part of Twilight Highlands, the ones that start you killing a few tentacles. Well by the time I dinged, I was being transported to Thrall to help defeat Deathwing. My achievement pops up as I stood helpless to defeat the big bad guy that caused all the problems in Azeroth. Yep, and as I feel it important to let folks know when you caused the wipe, I informed my guild that I failed to defeat him and doomed us all. Sorry, my bad! They were pretty understanding and all and congratulated me on getting to 85. I was like, hey I just dinged, Thrall, I’m not geared enough for Deathwing my man. You’re going to have to give me some time to get my rep up and stuff. Well after dooming us all, I accepted another quest where I ended up falling into the maw of the tentacle thing and doing those quests in there. Awesome fun folks and you get an achievement for surviving – excellent. So really just wanting to unwind and gather some ore, I head into a section of Twilight Highlands guarded by some dragoons. Hey, no biggy, I’m sure I’ve been here before. No wait, one of them guys grabs me and what the… I’m going to be ripped apart wait… I’m just here for some ore man. Ah, must have stumbled into a new quest chain for Grim Batol. I haven’t had that much fun since I started playing a couple of years ago. I was surprised by the content. I hadn’t looked up what gear I needed and grinding quests to get that gear, I was just exploring and taking things as they came. I’m sure folks will tell me that I’m doing it all wrong and my daughter told me I’m still a noob, but that didn’t diminish all the fun I had last night. So, to all of you who may have stumbled across this blog of mine, and maybe you are reading it a year from now – don’t let others tell you you’re doing it wrong. If you are enjoying yourself, you are doing it right!
