Ahh WoW.A game I both love and despise at the same time.I started playing near the end of TBC.I met a couple of guys on Xbox live(both of who are still good friends of mine)and they would talk occasionally about it.It was always something I was curious about but when it first came out I didn't have a computer to run it.So they talked me into trying the demo(I used to tell them that if I ever got addicted to WoW I could blame them for it
). I tried the Alliance mostly at first,but then they told me they played Horde so i swapped over.
(A little side note,it was during this play period I had my first taste of how mean the community could be.I was playing a dwarf hunter,still getting the basics down and all,when this gnome,who I think was a mage but its been too long,tells me and I quote "I hope you die...No offense". I was annoyed to say the least.)
When I first tried Horde I wasn't really into any of the races with the exception of the Blood Elves who,unfortunately,weren't available in the trial at the time.So next time I was at Wal-mart,I picked up the WoW Battle Chest(Which came with Classic and TBC).
I remember the first real toon I tried as Horde was a Blood Elf warlock named Sabarel.I got him up to level 37 before I grew bored of him.I tired many different characters but none of them really clicked.Sure,I had fun with them,but I grew bored of them after awhile.
And then Wrath of the Lich King happened.And with it came a class that would be one of my favorites to this day...the Death Knight!Once I saw it,I knew I had to make one.Unfortunately
for me you have to have a level 55 character to make a Death Knight,and by this time I had deleted my warlock.So I rolled up a Blood Elf Paladin and set out on my quest to reach level 55.I spent many hours grinding through quests,rarely touching dungeons.
And lo,the day came when I did it.I hit level 55 and rolled a DK.And it was awesome.I took him to the highest I had gotten to at the time,71,before I,unfortunately,became bored with him as well.If I had known then what I do know,I don't think I would have stopped playing him.But I was young and stupid.
So I rolled a new character.A troll warrior named..Trollnar!And many adventures where had as I slaughtered my way across Azeroth,past the Dark Gate,and into the frozen north of Northrend until I finally hit that all consuming number.Level 80.My very first 80,who I still have though he has turned into a Dwarf and goes by the name Dwarfnar now.But more on that latter.
During my slow crawl to 80 I had developed a taste for tanking,something I would come to love even to this day.I would come to tank alot,from Naxxramas to Vault of Archavon to Onyxia to Crusader's Coliseum to Icecrown Citadel.
I still remember the first raid I went into was Onyxia.I was just going around Icecrown,doing dailies when the guild leader said"Alright no one else is on.Lets get Trollnar in here".And All I could say was..Wait,what?.And much fun and wiping was had.And on our third try she was dad and I won the roll for the bag she drops.
And I just realized I have rambled on for far too long.
I stopped playing WoW a few months after Cata,largely because I was bored with it.I had loved the feel of Wrath,though I didn't go to Dalaran all that often when I first started because my PC couldn't handle the lag.
Ya I have rambled for too long.I will finish my story if anyone wants as I haven't gotten in to how I would eventually go from Horde to Alliance then to a different server altogther.
