[BLOG] My WoW experience - Day 7
primesuspect
Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
More quests, ad infinitum.
Nothing new in the game except for a seasonal event - today I noticed that there were pumpkins and ghosts all over the town I was in. Turns out that it is the Hallow's End event from October 18th - 31st in Azeroth. In every town there is a pumpkin full of candy that confers special benefits to your player, such as increased attack power for 30 minutes, etc. A neat trick that helps remind people that this is indeed a living 'world'.
I was walking through the town of Crossroads tonight and a player came up to me and challenged me to a duel. I looked at him and saw that he was a level higher than me, but I was feeling saucy so I accepted.
I didn't know what to do next, and he was all over me in an instant, attacking me with an axe. I cast a spell to hold him in place and then stepped back so he couldn't hit me, and proceeded to pour nature's fire into his face. I did this three or four times, healed a couple of times, and ended up defeating him. Yay!
Later in the night, I saw an announcement stating that the Crossroads was under attack. I didn't really know what that meant, but I was heading that way anyways. When I got to town it was chaos - there were characters everywhere, fighting the town guards, the shopkeepers, and other players. I noticed by hovering over a few of the antagonists that they were all level 70 characters. Me being a lowly 16, I felt that I had nothing to do with this high drama, so I just went on my merry way. Next thing I know, I got hit with something, I have no idea what - but one hit killed me outright. I thought "HEY... I thought I was on a PvE server!" PvE = Player versus Environment. I thought I couldn't get attacked by other players. I must have been wrong. I got slaughtered instantly.
When I respawned the melee was still going on. Horde members were rallying other Horde members to the town and it was turning into a full scale war. It was actually entertaining to watch, until I realized they killed the shopkeeper I needed to see. I mean, he was dead. This was a new experience for me. They "broke" the game for me by killing a key non-player character.
I really didn't know what to do, nor did I know how to resolve my issue. I walked back to an old town - VERY far away. When I got to the old town, I flew back to the Crossroads and realized that the battle was over and the NPCs who were killed had respawned as well. Whew.
Three more days. I've met a few more people, and I've gotten a decent grip on the single player experience. I've still not raided or done an instance or a dungeon, but there's still time.
Nothing new in the game except for a seasonal event - today I noticed that there were pumpkins and ghosts all over the town I was in. Turns out that it is the Hallow's End event from October 18th - 31st in Azeroth. In every town there is a pumpkin full of candy that confers special benefits to your player, such as increased attack power for 30 minutes, etc. A neat trick that helps remind people that this is indeed a living 'world'.
I was walking through the town of Crossroads tonight and a player came up to me and challenged me to a duel. I looked at him and saw that he was a level higher than me, but I was feeling saucy so I accepted.
I didn't know what to do next, and he was all over me in an instant, attacking me with an axe. I cast a spell to hold him in place and then stepped back so he couldn't hit me, and proceeded to pour nature's fire into his face. I did this three or four times, healed a couple of times, and ended up defeating him. Yay!
Later in the night, I saw an announcement stating that the Crossroads was under attack. I didn't really know what that meant, but I was heading that way anyways. When I got to town it was chaos - there were characters everywhere, fighting the town guards, the shopkeepers, and other players. I noticed by hovering over a few of the antagonists that they were all level 70 characters. Me being a lowly 16, I felt that I had nothing to do with this high drama, so I just went on my merry way. Next thing I know, I got hit with something, I have no idea what - but one hit killed me outright. I thought "HEY... I thought I was on a PvE server!" PvE = Player versus Environment. I thought I couldn't get attacked by other players. I must have been wrong. I got slaughtered instantly.
When I respawned the melee was still going on. Horde members were rallying other Horde members to the town and it was turning into a full scale war. It was actually entertaining to watch, until I realized they killed the shopkeeper I needed to see. I mean, he was dead. This was a new experience for me. They "broke" the game for me by killing a key non-player character.
I really didn't know what to do, nor did I know how to resolve my issue. I walked back to an old town - VERY far away. When I got to the old town, I flew back to the Crossroads and realized that the battle was over and the NPCs who were killed had respawned as well. Whew.
Three more days. I've met a few more people, and I've gotten a decent grip on the single player experience. I've still not raided or done an instance or a dungeon, but there's still time.
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It's also fun to go to Hellfire Peninsula where all the 58-61 "lowbies" are, and make high speed low altitude passes over them! Sometimes if one shoots at me I'll kill him for more entertainment.