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What to do....
I just don't know..
My warlock's nearing 70. So far it's been a dreadful run to say the least. Complications all around prevented me from leveling her nearly as fast as I would have liked to, and now several months after beginning I'm wondering if I even should have.
I've got a couple 60s from pre-BC time. I know what it's like to achieve the Epic Level--it's always exciting. I've always been very excited by character progress and things like rep grinding, gearing, professions grinding, etc are always at the front of my mind around these stages. But with my warlock they're not. To be honest, with my warlock, all that's at the front of my mind is "oh god do I REALLY want to level this to 70?"
I'd expect myself to be more excited, but I just can't be. The class itself is beginning to bore me once again (and the state of the forums and the PvP balance issues they argue over doesn't help). I'm not interested in my progress at all; gear, rep, professions and all the other details of near-70 progress just can't capture my attention. And I'm beginning to think about quitting. But I don't want to..
The game is an escape and a hobby. It's fun. It gives me something to do and I've become attached to it as a whole. Leaving it is something I'd rather not do. But it's looking like I have little other options.
So now here I am months and months after BC, with a level 64 character just showing off all my failure game-wise for the last few months. It's taken so long to level and I truly dread doing it again--and I'm not sure I can stand it only to roll a class I'm entirely unsure about at this point.
So what should I do? What do you guys think? Keep up with the warlock, and hope my slow point ends at or near 70, and I can find some fun in it? Or reroll and take a swing at speed leveling it, in hopes I can have a well established 70 soon that I can be excited about? Maybe you guys can give me some advice, because I really have no idea what to do on my own.
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I think you answered your own question =D. You play the game to have fun, but your warlock just isn't fun to you. So why level something while you're not having fun doing it? I know you are really close to 70, but you don't have to have a 70 RIGHT AWAY. I say start a new character, fiddle around with the different classes a bit. And who knows, after doing so, you might decide you like the warlock better after all. And if not, you always have your new toon to level that you actually ENJOY leveling, so that leveling turns out to be less of a chore and more of an enjoyment.
Nefarion, it has taken me almost one year to level from 1 to 70. (Yeah, I have some 150 levels in alts scattered around ... but still) The time to get to 70 is irrelevant, because the game itself is meant to be fun. Each and every level has content that is appropriate to it, that is fun and so forth. 70 doesn't magically make it more fun. In fact, to me, it feels a bit the opposite. That sense of progression slows down and leaves you wondering "Why am I doing this?" a whole lot.
I'm in agreement with Nickster's wisdom there. If you're not enjoying something don't torture yourself with it to the point that you want to quit. Dabble. Find what makes you happy character wise. Try a rogue or a Shaman or even a Hunter. Or maybe a Mage or that versatile shifting Druid. Lots of choices. My only suggestion to add would be, try it on a different server. Sometimes you just need to step away from what is familiar to get a proper fresh start. I know the time I broke away from VeCo to Lightninghoof was some of the best fun I ever had in WoW. Now if only my friends hadn't lured me back :)
I think Tanitha said it best with "...try it on a different server."
Personally I wouldn't switch servers. Many friends and guildies have done that and almost all of them came back within a few months, because they never really felt at home at their new servers (but they were players that were part of the history of the server. Even people that left because of hostilities came back and were often WELCOMED back by friends and enemies alike.. general feeling often was : "Thank god XXXXXX is back, life was dull ingame and on the community forums and irc without XXXXX. Ok he is an ass and a moron and we hate him, but at least he is OUR moron. To be honest this occurred only a few times, in 95% of the cases it was friendly, but I remember it clearly
ok this only applies when you are active in the server community, if you rarely post on the server forums, or hardly ever interact with people outside your own friends /guild circle, it might be easier to start over in a new home
To be honest I've been back-and-forth. Doing shit like Halaa really makes me love the time I'm spending on the warlocks but I still have my lows and it can be disappointing.
I'm going to level to 70 though. With 2.3 coming up leveling will be buffed so switching should be easier and I'll have a chance to try out new classes all the more effectively, while working towards some level 70 character progression on the side and see if I can rekindle my love for the warlock.