Getting even more casual – a break for good
I didn’t post much recently, and that’s mainly because I didn’t have much playtime. I moved into a new apartment mid-december and will only get a solid internet connection by mid-january, so I only could get online through my cellphone. Which means: Slow & limited surfing. As often, having a glance at things from farther away reveals new aspects – about casual playing, for example.
A break is always good for re-evaluation. And I came to the conclusion that, with the new way blizzard layed out the endgame, I’ll try to cut down my playing.
I haven’t played all too much in Northrend, and am now at two weeks of practically not playing (I did the christmas achievement, but no tanking and such). Still, I sit at almost 26k unbuffed (almost 27k when 3.0.8 will skyrocket my brand new titansteel helmet), am uncrittable, near hitcap and basically am able to tank everything there is to tank as of now.
Practically, I don’t have to do anything at all. No rep-grinds, no resource-farming, nothing. So I’ll just resign to two WoW-days a week, probably wednesday and friday, with optional extra playtime on weekends. One of those days will become a guild raid night by end january / mid-february depending on how fast people catch up with their raid-viability, the other one just to get things done, slow & steady. Sons of hodir, for example, aren’t even on my rep-list by now.
Blizzard tuned the game towards more casual players. This not only means that casual players can get to see more than ever before, it also means that the more hardcore you are, the more you can use some of that hardcore-time to do some real-life-stuff. Way I see it, I’m not not gonna miss out on content due to less playtime. I’ll just miss out on the grinds, which are totally optional right now.
Well hopefully you still can find some time to post on occasion too :)
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Come internet, come playtime. And with playtime there’ll be stuff to talk about, for sure :)
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