Archive for August 7th, 2008:
Instance Pride
News at 10, something incredible is happening, I am snatching up an idea from a posting of Mike Schramm, as opposed to him milking wow_ladies! Rar.
Today’s WoW Insider Breakfast Topic asks the question, which instance you have missed out on at the correct level. It fills me with a little bit of pride to say that I haven’t missed a single 5-man instance. There are people in my guild who used to tease me about my obsession to run instances in order. But I did. In vanilla WoW, I ran every single instance, in order, at the right level, with my warlock. We ran an instance every Sunday, always picked in order. Our instance group was so much fun. We spent like three consecutive Sundays in BRD, and never managed to make it through the Lycaeum, but not for lack of trying. We ran LBRS so many times, when the damn spider seemed like a real obstacle. I fondly remember discovering Maraudon for the first time and it’s colorful beauty. Of the 60s instances, Dire Maul was my favorite, I loved all of its wings. The tribute runs were genius.
In TBC I changed mains to Kadomi and from then on tanked my way through all instances, in order, at the right level range. We didn’t set foot into 70s instances until we were all 70. Didn’t skip a single one.
Discovering 5-mans, when they’re all fresh and new, that’s the best part. I can’t wait for the new 5-mans in WotLK. Wiping and overcoming obstacles with people you like to spend time with, that’s simply the best part of WoW for me.
