I didn’t blog this morning in part I think because I didn’t want to write the post that was sitting inside my brain. First off I wanted to share this amazing image of my Elder Scrolls Online Imperial Dragon Knight that I commissioned Ammo to create for me. Secondly I ended up creating a big damned thread over on Mastodon and I just realized… it was the blog post I should have made this morning. So I ultimately lied to you and am going to largely post that thread over here since it is actually a post.
I am in a really weird place with WoW at the moment. The last several nights I have logged in mostly to do the Emissary quest and then largely logged back out. I rapidly reached a point where the World Quest gear isn’t really an upgrade unless its one of my dwindling number of 300ish items
The other main problem is… the Protection Warrior just doesn’t feel as good as it has in past expansions, especially for open world content. Sure after swapping around my build I can survive essentially indefinitely, but the time to kill just feels awful. Not to mention the flow of combat just feels off for some reason that I can’t quite quantify.
I am starting to feel like maybe I chose the wrong main this time around… but I am also not finding the oomph to level something else in its place because that is even more time being out of sync with my friends playing. The stingy nature of weapons while leveling, means that I don’t really have a viable off spec weapon set up to go Fury (my choice of dps spec as warrior), and even Arms would be super anemic since my single two-hander is pretty crummy.
I think if I force myself into chain running some dungeons I might be able to kick start that joy again… but right now I am in a doldrum the earliest I have ever been in any previous expansion. The last few nights have been a little odd and lead to me just not playing at all with friends so I think tonight I am going to see what a round of dungeoning feels like to see if it kicks me back into enjoyment phase. Otherwise I have to tackle the thought of leveling something else… or just moving on for now knowing that eventually I will come back.
Sometimes you just gotta be willing to let the post out that is inside of you even thought you maybe don’t want to be negative. It will get out one way or the other… either in a long thread on social media or in a series of private messages to friends.
Personally for me, I would say 90% of my blog posts are me clearing the air in my head. And I know what you mean. I cleared the last of the Horde zones last night, and got nothing major as an upgrade. A few points over what I had. Running the dungeon on Normal was exceptionally painful with a level 115 tank trying to act like he was 120 in Mythic raid gear. I lost count how many times I ran back. The adjustments to stats at this point makes playing anything feel underwhelming. Playing a Shadowpriest fully buffed with only 10% haste is like playing in slow motion and definitely not fun. Coming from an expansion with lots of utility for keeping myself healed to where we are now is depressing. But I keep at it year after year. Hoping it will all click in my head.