Prelude to a Close

"Out with the old and in with the New Year!" my brother once told me. The more and more I think about it I realize he's right—it's time to throw it all away, to invite the unknown, to embrace the new. As many of you may know, I seem to reminesce quite often. While one can never move forward living in the past, history does have a tendency to repeat itself.

When The Burning Crusade was released I took my favorite character, a rogue, to level 70. I used the experience to have fun while learning about the game. After a while, I grew a little bored. I was interested in raiding, but it seemed like a lagfest to me at the time. I also had trouble with guilds and bad guild leaders which left a sour taste in my mouth (ever been called to fill in a raid, then told once you got there and helped clear the dungeon you were being replaced?).

It was at that time I took a renewed interest in my warrior, yearning to see what was beyond level 47. Tanking was a fun and rewarding experience for me. All I did was tank Zul'farrak when I saw people spamming and I had nothing else to do. Hop on my DPS warrior, tank a dungeon with a pick-up group. I probably tanked ZF at least 20 times and after each dungeon I would log out and not play that character again for several weeks. However, at this point in time where TBC had just been introduced, I decided I really wanted those Big Bad Pauldrons. One last run that week yielded the fabled epaulets and ended an era. I became a warrior.

In the beginning...

I was a druid. My name was Eridani, some sort of sub-star of a red one named Antares. It just so happened the name Antares was taken by a warlock on Illidan (US) server so I had to improvise. My druid was the love of my life. Back then, the only way to level was Restoration, but of course I took a talent near the top of the tree to gain increased stealth. You see, Illidan.us is a PVP server--and everyone was prey, and predator, over there. Don't even ask about Stranglethorn Vale.

So the time came to make my alt and at this time most players didn't make stupid names like Ssuperrogglol. Even if that was the trend, that isn't my style. I swapped two letters in Eridani to become Arideni.

Here and Now

So here I am, a level 80 rogue who can't participate in Naxxramas or certain areas of the game (I can't get into Dalaran at all, where at least I could visit the banks in Shattrath City). That pretty much cuts the entire Violet Hold experience out of the game for me. Also, my Internet can't handle Sartharion. I can do Archavon, though!

So I'm left with a little bit of PVP. While AB & AV are the mainstays, I've been doing those for years. I'm tired of that, and world PVP was my specialty to start with. So I'm reduced to riding my (wonderful) netherdrake around Sholazar Basin and ganking everyone who tries to mine my nodes. It's really very fun, but honestly...I have just as much fun on my bank alt, Missbanker.

A New Direction

Insert Iredani. This is my new, yet old, character which I'll introduce in my next post entitled "History of the Scarlet Sisterhood."

Sayonara!