Carebear No More?
I was contacted recently by a couple of old WoW friends that I haven’t seen in some time. They are planning on rolling some new toons on a PvP server when Wrath is released, and invited me to join come them. I was initially ambivalent when they first brought this up. I would definitely enjoy playing with them again, but I wasn’t super thrilled about leaving my current server, with all of my gold and alts. I started over on a new server when BC was released, and I’ve been looking forward to just leveling from 70 to 80 with Wrath, instead of 1 to 80.
On top of that, I’m really not sure what to expect from leveling on a PvP server. I’ve mentioned before my dislike of most world PvP (and more specifically, the ganking that comes with it), and leveling on a PvP server sounds like a great way to get corpse-camped a lot.
However, I am starting to come around to the idea. Leveling on a PvP server is one of the few things that I haven’t done yet in WoW, and I’d like to at least give it a shot to see how it is. I also think it would be a blast to level up with a solid group of players that you already know. No time spent LFG, you’re always able to do your group quests and run any dungeon that you want, always have someone on to chat with… it definitely sounds like fun.
The biggest question I have is how to split my time between my characters. The whole point of leveling with my friends on the PvP server is to make the process more fun and enjoyable (and quicker), so I will need to stay close to their level so we can quest together. On the other hand, I don’t want to wait too long before I start leveling one of my current 70s so I can see Northrend and all of the new content.
Another question this raises is just how much time do I want to spend playing this game? I obviously enjoy WoW, but I have this problem of wanting to do every single thing possible. Do you know that feeling? I want a 70 of every class, and sometimes every spec, so that if my guild needs another tank, healer or DPS, I can fill whatever slot is needed.
I want to have every profession maxed out, and I want to have a character of every race and sex possible. I want to raid with every single one of my characters and get them all decked out in purples. I want to be Horde and Alliance, I want to be on PvE and PvP. I want to dominate in the Arena, and be running in the hardest raid dungeons. All at the same time.
Obviously I can’t do all of this, or even most of it, and I have to remind myself of that at times. Even if I had the time to spend on everything, you could easily devote your life to WoW and still not do everything possible.
It’s difficult enough as it is splitting my time between two guilds. Throwing a new server and a third guild into the mix will definitely make things even more crazy.
But anyway, back to the original topic before I went on that tangent. I will definitely roll a new character on the PvP server, if for no other reason than to hang out with my friends in guild chat. How much time I spend leveling there will remain to be seen.
Of course, all of this was put into a whole new light when Blizzard announced yesterday that they would be allowing PvE to PvP transfers. But that probably deserves its own post.
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