I have officially gone back to World of Warcraft as my main mmorpg. The secret is out. Yesterday I couldn't pass up the cheap prices for the Battlechest during Black Friday. I really wanted to wait for Cataclysm, but the recent boredom from Aion, and Warhammer gave me no choice.I have to start my characters from scratch. The good part about that is I can get the feel of the game down again. I never thought I could ever forget how to do things in World of Warcraft, but I remember almost nothing after being away for over 2 years. I somehow forgot all the keyboard shortcuts, and stuff.
Luckily I remember most of the beginner quests, and which quests to avoid like the H1N1 virus. I played for a few hours last night, and my Warlock is now level 10. The xp seems to be moving at a pretty good pace, but I am tempted to do the recruit-a-friend. How can you resist triple xp for both characters until level 60? It is a dream come true.
The one part I forgot about, and still drives me to want to pull a No Russia Modern Warfare 2 on people is the mana regeneration. How could I forget the necessity on food, and water in World of Warcraft? It is the worst downtime ever. Luckily I have lifetap as a Warlock, but it still slows down the leveling process. It seems a little pointless to be able to almost instantly spam your spells if after four spells you are out of mana.
It feels good to be back, and playing with other friends again. Hopefully I hit 80 fairly quick, and can see all the Lich King content before SWTOR comes out, or I get accepted into beta.
