What’s that you say? A World of Warcraft update? Yes, it’s true. I decided to make a few moves tonight with my World of Warcraft account in hopes of greener pastures with that game. For those that don’t know, I played World of Warcraft pretty hard core after it was released in 2004. I played a dwarf priest and raided 40 man zones such as Molten Core, Onyxia’s Lair, Blackwing Lair, ZG, and more. I really enjoyed the game back in those days as there was significant challenge to it and you felt like your efforts were rewarded with unique items and accomplishments. As the Burning Crusade expansion approached and the raiding game changed, I created a new Blood Elf Priest on a pvp server and leveled him up to 70 only to get disenchanted running Karazhan over and over in 10 man mode. After a while, I put my character on ice and went off to play other games.
When the Lich King expansion hit, I soldiered on to level 80 but really got into Vanguard and EQ2 so I left WOW once again. I tried coming back a few times over the last year or so but my old guild was so far ahead progression wise and I just needed a change of scenery. To be honest, I never really did get as attached to the Horde as I did to the Alliance. A few days ago, I was listening to a podcast and the guy was going on and on about how much fun he was having with a guild called Gamers with Jobs on the Blackhand server. I started kicking the idea around of doing a server transfer and faction change with my priest to join these guys. I have a lot in common with them and tonight the pieces fell into place. My priest moved over to the Blackhand server and then switched to the Alliance faction – becoming a Dwarf. No more sissy Blood Elfs for me!
After joining the guild, I decided to go kill the Headless Horseman in the Scarlet Monestary. The Horseman is a seasonal boss mob that drops a nice epic healer ring (among other things) and since I’m just starting to gear out this character I figured it would be a quick and easy place to start. Luckily, he dropped the ring and my “new” dwarf priest was on his way. It was a long night of talking to the new guild, deciding to make the move, getting all the moves processed, figuring out how to play my priest again and then going out and downing the Halloween boss mob. I was pretty impressed with how quick and easy it was to move servers and factions. All in all, I had a lot of fun and look forward to playing more WOW in the near future with these guys.
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