Don't get overwhelmed

Despite feeling completely overwhelmed and lost when I logged in Sunday for the first time in almost 5 years, I managed to stumble across the Warchief's Command Board in Orgrimmar which pointed me in the right direction. I've been told that it essentially provides you with a quest to head to the right zone to continue leveling up. It wasn't until I got to the quest zone that I finally broke down and picked some talents and glyphs, something I had been putting off because I didn't know what to pick. I'm fairly certain I picked some of my talents wrong, but I just decided not to get bogged down in trying to make the perfect decision right away. There will be plenty of time later on to research the best specs and play styles!

Really I just wanted to get back into actually playing, do some quests. It was great. The new zone I'm in is essentially all under water. As a Druid with aquatic form (well, travel form under water) this wasn't an issue at all, though one of the first quests gives you under water breathing and increased speed. The landscapes are really nice, and I love all the wild life swimming around. I even saw a shark swimming around with a sea turtle in its mouth!

Once I started fighting monsters I realized that I needed to re-do the position of some of my skills. It's funny that despite having not played for almost 5 years I still have some muscle memory of old combos skulking around in the recesses of my mind. Some of the skills have changed though, and it was a bit hard adjusting to that. I was only able to play for about 45 minutes though so I am sure that will get better with time.

One of the first quest lines ends up giving you a new mount, a seahorse. I don't know if it's just the relative newness of the game or just some Pokemon style "gotta catch 'em all!" vibes going on, but I love this new guy. He's awesome!