Ah hear tell o’ trouble on the horizon, somethin’ big brewin’ in the frozen lands.  Ah can feel it in my bones, my heart.  Darkness is spreadin’ again and I have a feelin’ it’s gonnae get  a lot worse afore it gets better.

Pookies inspired post inc, get those hots rolling, this may be a bumpy ride!

So, my latest alt has hit 70, I’m plowing through quests for gold and pondering what to do when the expansion comes.  A fever has overtaken my brain since the first ’serious’ beta notes began to come out.  I’m having a hard time being enthusiastic about any one of my current 70 characters - knowing they’ll very soon be undergeared and underlevelled again.

I’m dreaming of Death Knights.  This annoys me as it’s so horribly ‘common’ and I hate being so utterly intrigued by the Mary Sue of all classes but, goddamnit - those videos, the class abilites, the niche and, of course, the BIG SWORDS are making me drool.

One of the biggest turn-offs for rogues in the expansion for me is that they are pushing daggers and dagger spec/abilities heavily and I just don’t like daggers! Odd, for a rogue, I know, but I picked the class based on ’stabby stab’ and then realised I liked my stabby-stab to be from a rather large sword.  I know many might see this as a silly thing but as a mechanic and how I see my character the new stuff just doesn’t work for me.  There’s a few nice things they’re adding for rogues but nothing that totally grips me. I am not blaming Blizzard or whining at them -  I know things may change, yet, but unless they change substantially then I will change how I play.

I’ve even ‘created’ my Death Knight already, reserved a name and decided on professions tentatively - not worthless as I will have one as an alt if I don’t have it as a main.

I’m a little torn as I want to level a Death Knight when the expansion comes out but this will mean I lag a few weeks behind the other fast levellers in my guild - I’m also not even guaranteed to like playing one! (Hoping for an open beta in the last few weeks).

Also, there are going to be three billion Death Knights out there.  This particular fact bothers me less than it once did as I reckon the majority will lose interest very quickly (much like all of those abandoned belfadins and squid shammys).  I want a more complex class to play in a raid setting and one which has more raid utility so even if I don’t go for a Death Knight I’d want to switch to one of my other alts.

Just some ponderings.

The Burning Crusade Goes On!

On the other side of things, though, as the great BBB has said it’s at least a few months away and I’m certainly not going to totally lose interest in what I’m doing - hell I want to down Archi and work on getting further into BT - I know we may not see Illidan but I’m on the path and I ain’t stepping off it until the Lich King drags me by the beard (or ponytails…)!

Like Leafy I probably won’t be spending much time pondering over Wrath stuff on my blog until Wrath actually hits us.  I also like to be surprised by new zones and the general feel of a place so although I’ve had a peek at screenies and some professions / class info I am dragging myself away from Siha of Banana Shoulders’ video posts - have a look if you’re ravenous for every Northrend fix y’can get.

Perhaps not a complete anti-wrath blanket like he’s done but generally I concentrate on the here and now posts anyways.  The only change in this will be if my beloved world events get a mention from the beta.  I loves my world events…