Recently I've gotten the itch to play World of Warcraft (WoW) again. It's been about 4.5 years since I last played, though every once in a while I do get that nostalgic feeling again. The last time I got it, I went so far as to download all the newest content but never actually started my subscription up again. This time though, I'm thinking I might go back.
I've tried playing a variety of games since then, including League of Legends, Skyrim, Dragon Age 1 & 2, Diablo 3 (and xpac), Civilization 5, Torchlight, Wildstar, etc. Some have held my interest for long periods of times (LoL) other for shorter (D3-RoS), but none hold the same nostalgic value for me. I'm not even sure what started my nostalgic trip this time around, but it's been a steady onslaught since then (a lot of it self inflicted, to be honest).
Last time I played WoW, my dad, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousins all played (a co-worker that I was friendly with as well). It was quite the family experience! I did rated arena battles with my brother and we did pretty well considering I was an off-spec. On Sundays, the whole family raided together. Of course there were varying levels of skill and dedication, but looking back, I feel like that made it even more worthwhile (even if it was hard to deal with at the time). I still have some of the screenshots from downing raid bosses for the first time! Looking back through old screenshots is a terrible way to get rid of nostalgia, in case you were wondering.
I have a lot of questions and reservations about whether it's really a good idea to start playing WoW again. I'll share some of them tomorrow.
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