| Alliance |
| Pallanen |
Dual Spec.: Arms/Protection Guild: Club de Jolie Filles Profession #1: Grand Master Blacksmith/Weaponsmith/Master Swordsmith 450/450 Profession #2: Mining 450/450
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| Sairalinde |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 275/375 Profession #2: Skinning 450/450
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| Jaelle |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Alchemy 290/300 Profession #2: Herbalism 291/300
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| Merenwen |
Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Enchanting 352/375 Profession #2: Tailoring 350/375
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| Miriel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Mining 316/375 Profession #2: Engineering 100/150
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| Earanel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 67/75 Profession #2: Skinning 133/150
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| Granuaile |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Blacksmith 300/300 Profession #2: Mining 289/300
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| Horde |
Rubacuori |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Herbalism 111/150 Profession #2: Alchemy 93/150
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| Ki'Leanna |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Mining 450/450 Profession #2: Enchanting 340/375
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| Noob 101 |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
I made Elenai last Thursday. By Sunday she was 21. I didn't even try very hard and she had already done all the quests in Elwynn Forest and in Westfall. She did the Rogue quest for Lockpicking in Redridge and did several little quests she got in Stormwind. So without much work she leveled to 21 in 4 days.
Now for some people, 4 days would probably be enough to level a lot higher. Or for some it may seem like a lot. For me, once I realized where Elenai was, I was kind of impressed. The reason is simple, I still remember what a major Noob I was when I first started playing WoW 2.5 years ago. LOL What I mean is that I really had a hard time when I first started playing. I was the epidomy of Noob! and now, when I have a new character and I can level them up efficiently and quickly I am still reminded of just how long my learning curve for the game was.
Now keep in mind that I was not a Gamer at all back then. I had messed around with Civilization and CIV 2 for a while but I didn't play games much. That's why it took Lisa 6 months to talk me into trying WoW out. I knew I would have a hard time figuring things out. So be nice when you read this stuff.
It's OK to laugh though. :P
When I started playing and Pallanen was my only character, I really didn't have a clue. I knew nothing about the game, how to use her abilities, what gear would work best or even where the heck to go to find quest stuff. I remember when poor Pally was still in Shadowglen how I would start fighting a mob and didn't even know to use her spells/abilities to overpower them. I would run up to them and stand there letting her just hack away, hoping she would outlast the mob. The Warrior has the Heroic Strike from the start but I didn't use it. I didn't have a clue. Sad really.
Maybe I shouldn't admit to my uber-Noobness here? Reading this it's a little embarrassing already. hee hee
Once I figured out how to use that ability I was happy, to say the least. But I remember Pallanen dying a lot in her early days. I remember being in the Ban'ethil Barrow Den and struggling mightily to survive there. I was thinking that it shouldn't be so hard. Then I watched a Warrior one level below Pallanen come in and charge some mobs. He killed 3 of them and survived. So I swallowed my pride and asked how he did what he did. He was pretty nice about it and explained the abilities to me. Told me how and when to use what skills Pally already had. He even helped me practice while we quested. Pally had the Charge ability already but I didn't even know she did. Duh! Pallanen came out of the Ban'ethil Barrow Den a much better Warrior thanks to that nice person who took time to help and not make fun of my Noobness. I think that a person like that is rare in the game now. I wish I had known about saving their name in my friends list back then.
But my Noobness didn't end there. I was much more careful to study abilities afterward but once Pally got to Darkshore another world opened up. She now could choose Professions and also had Talent Points to apply. Neither thing did I understand well at all. My friend Lisa, who at the time had a level 50ish Hunter, was surprised to find that I wasn't doing any professions yet. She suggested that I take up Mining and Blacksmithing since those things could help a Warrior. So that's how Pallanen became a Miner and Blacksmith.
Pallanen was never well geared back then. I had no clue what buffs worked best for her. I looked at armor numbers and chose the highest. I did the same silly thing with weapons. Whatever was fastest I chose. No clue about damage, DPS, buffs, nothing. Pally struggled a lot unnecessarily.
I remember finding my first copper node as a miner. I had forgotten to buy a mining pick and was so pissed at myself for not knowing that. I ran all the way back to Auberdine and got one, then ran back to the node only to find that it was not there anymore. Naturally I also ran across that elite stealthed cat Shadowclaw just north of Auberdine. (He was elite at that time anyway.) Needless to say that didn't go well.
During her many quests in Darkshore Pallanen gathered a lot of copper and stone. I was taking them to the vendor and selling them, thinking how nice it was to make some free money. Duh! again. One day I opened my Blacksmithing up and noticed that I needed copper bars and Grinding Stones to make stuff. Thats when I realized that I was way off base again. So in short order I figured that part of the game out. That's when I noticed that Pallanen had crap gear. Some of the low level stuff she made was nicer than what she was wearing. Sad really.
Eventually Pallanen was nearing level 20. One day another player came by and asked me to go into Blackfathom Deeps. I had never even heard of it but I agreed to go. Then they asked me if I could Tank. I had to ask what the heck that meant. That's when they asked me what spec I was working on. Again, I was lost. So they just said goodbye and that was that. Looking back, I don't blame them for giving up. lol
But the lightbulb had gone off in my head. Apparently I had something else to learn. I had missed something else. So I asked Lisa and she explained to me about the Talent Tree and applying the points. So I spent a long time reading all the possible talents I could apply points to. It made my head spin trying to decide. Eventually I decided that most of the cool sounding stuff, the "Warrior" stuff in my mind, was all in the Arms Tree. So that's how Pally became an Arms Warrior.
Things were starting to get better now for Pallanen. But getting back to my first paragraph, Pallanen was not yet 20 and it had been a couple weeks of playing already. A couple of weeks and she wasn't 20 yet. Compared to 4 days now. :P
I also had a really bad problem back then with exploring. I would get Pally into deep trouble back then just by exploring areas and taking it too far. But I just couldn't resist exploring everywhere. From the beginning in Shadowglen I remember running her through the forest just to see what was out there. I ran her down to Lake Al'Ameth somehow when she was maybe 3-4. Those nasty elementals didn't want her there. They kicked her butt many times before I could escape the area. lol
I also ran her through Felwood before she was 20. Needless to say that once I got a good way up that path I had a real hard time getting back out. Then once I got her back out, after several trips to the Graveyard, I ran the road all the way to Aszhara. She got in hot water there too. :P
I remember my first trip through Arathi too. I just decided to run and find out where the heck that long road went. Well, after a long run I found that it went to Undercity. I didn't know what Undercity was so I went inside to see. Pally was in her mid-20s then. I tried exploring Undercity but that didn't go well. I also rememeber one Saturday afternoon trying to swim around the notherern area of Darkshore to get to the places on the map I could not run to. I wanted to see Moonglade and Winterspring. I spent a couple of hours trying to get there and never could. Why did I do crap like that? I have no idea but I did it. LOL
Eventually someone noticed me in Ironforge one day, mid-20s level, and asked me if I could Tank. They wanted to go into Gnomeregan. I thought about it and told them I would try, still not having a clue what a Tank really was. Pallanen was dual wielding 2 swords all the time then and she didn't even have a shield. So when the group finally assembled and we went inside, I charged the mobs with a sword in each hand, thinking we would wipe the place up. Yeah, right. It took us 3 deaths just to get inside the Instance entrance. (Everything was elite back then. I don't think it is now.) Once inside, we never made it past the first turn.
I accepted another offer to do Gnomer shortly after that fiasco and we did better but more or less, we got the same results. I was telling my friend Lisa about how hard it was doing Gnomer and that I thought I wasn't doing something right. That's when Lisa mentioned looking up the term on the net. It's also the same day she mentioned Thottbot to me and that turned out to be the best thing she did for my WoW gaming.
So I looked up Tanking. I was stunned to see just how far off I was. I immediately read up on everything I could about the subject. Turns out, there was a lot of stuff on the web. Soon I was working on being a better Tank for groups.
Eventually I started getting the game. Pallanen was Tanking instances well by the time she was in the 30's. She Tanked Scarlet Monastery & Gnomer many times. She Tanked the Stockades a lot. She Tanked Zul Farrak a few times. She has done Sunken Temple way too many times. (I really don't like that one.) She also began to level faster and with less trips to the GY.
Let's just say that I eventually figured out the game. I figured out how my Warrior girl was to be played. But for me, it was a long learning curve.
I look back and think that the game has become easier for me. Mostly because I learned everything the hard way. In my defense, I had never played a game like WoW before. Learning all of it has been a quest in itself. But it is an easier game for everyone now too. A lot of the quests have become much easier to do. All the elites have disappeared from some of the areas where they once were. I think Arathi is a great example of that. The Keep there was all elite. Everything in it. Now nothing in there is elite.
At any rate, my girls these days are happy that I have figured out the game. They die less, grow faster, prosper better (even though I am still not good at the money part) and generally are good in groups. I have never called anyone a Noob either. I was one long after I should have been. So when someone asks me for help, normally I will give it.
But boy, was I ever a Noob once. Sheesh! lol |
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Lol nice blog lady ;)... You don't have any warlock :(... Maybe you should try with one (Y)... Bye!
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About Me: I started playing WoW after my best friend bugged me to play. I soon learned that I really liked it. Now 2 years later I still play and have 20 characters. LOL I am no gaming expert. I am no WoW expert. A lot of the terms and "how to do's" elude me still. But I love to play. All you will find here are the adventures of Pallanen and her sisters. I love them all and they really kick butt. So stay tuned and maybe we can learn stuff from each other that we never knew. xoxo
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Lol nice blog lady ;)... You don't have any warlock :(... Maybe you should try with one (Y)... Bye!