First!

I achieved a first for me a couple of weeks ago. For the first time since I started playing MMOs 5 or 6 years ago, I got a character to the level cap. The game in question was WoW and its taken me since the release of TBC to get there but I finally did it. OK, so its no real achievement when compared to pretty much anyone else that plays WoW but none the less I was pleased. My timing was near spot on, patch 3.0.2 hit just as I was tackling the last 3 levels and they just breezed by. I've still got a couple of zones of unexplored content in Outlands to go through if I decide to take another character to 70. And of course, the nerfing of some of the end game content was great to because it means that I've been able to see things that, if I'm honest, I didn't think I ever would. In fact, hitting the level cap really motivated me to play WoW and over the last few weeks I've sunk more time into WoW in a short period of time than I probably did for months leading up to hitting the cap.

Then 6 days ago, I reinstalled EQ2 - since then I've barely fired WoW up. Its great to be back in EQ2 - I dinged 33 last night and there is this massive new world to be explored, along with mechanics to learn and just this almost overwhelming world to be part of. It is utterly absorbing and I'm really enjoying it.

Will it last?

Of course not, WotLK is less than a week away and I'm absolutely certain that it'll absorb me in for a while. I'm also absolutely certain that I won't hit 80 anywhere near as quickly as most because after a while, I'll want to play something else.

All this serves as a great example of how I play my MMOs and more importantly on what this blog is going to be about. It serves two things :

1) It'll be like a journal of what I'm playing, what I've achieved and what I'm experiencing in MMO-land. This is almost entirely for my own personal gratification but I hope it'll prove to be an interesting read that anyone stumbles upon.

2) Occasionally, I'll offer thoughts and opinions on various MMO topics - anything related to MMO-ness that I might feel inclined to talk about. Its this that I hope might prove to cause a little more debate should anyone read it.

So please settle down and enjoy the slow paced ride and do feel free to chime in with comments if you feel the urge.

Happy gaming,
mu.