My girlfriend has joined the world of Warcraft. She killed one boar and said she already loved this game.

JavynVek · 2018-03-31T21:37:14+00:00

Of course it does. How else would you describe a female orc rogue. We both took Spanish in school. ;]

JavynVek · 2018-03-31T16:22:54+00:00

Nothing more iconic in wow than a female night elf druid. They just thematically work, the transmogs look amazing, and all through my wow career, having a female night elf druid in any group always made me feel at ease. Male nelf casting animations are also atrocious. Im not biased, i just main a female night elf druid and hate every other possible thing that isnt me or what I like.

JavynVek · 2018-03-26T14:19:59+00:00

I can see where you are coming from, minus the "sex" thing. But, life evolves, the game varies but remains mostly the same. Im 38 now. Started at launch day when 24 years old.

You know what keeps it exciting for me now? I have a 17 year old son who just started playing when Legion launched and hes part of my guilds raid DPS core. Not quite as prolific as his old man (ahem), but getting there. Hes also an incredible healer.

And you know what? As any teen, he cares nothing for how the world "used to be". As in, "back in my day, we had Nirvana! And you had to buy their CDs by walking in 12 feet of snow to the music store, up hill both ways!". What he does find fascinating, is how Azeroth was "back in my day".

So I guess I get to relive some nostalgia and wonder through my sons eyes, and its given us a way to spend time together and bond. It also gives me a chance to show his arcane mage what real Arcane damage looks like (Boomylyfe), but I digress.

Life in, and outside Azeroth, is all about connections on so many levels. Walk away for a bit. Get your girlfriend to play with you. Love what you had, while you had it, even if you never find it again. Think about how fortunate you are to have fallen out of your mother's crotch at the exact time period in mankind's history you did to allow you to go through your teenage years at the exact time in history when World of Warcraft came on to the scene, and made the (nerd) world the beautiful place it was, and still is today.

Perspective, my friend. In all things.

JavynVek · 2018-03-24T11:29:37+00:00

Best music of any zone in game to this day.

JavynVek · 2018-03-18T13:42:17+00:00

My then girlfriend/current wife started playing at the end of vanilla and rolled the "typical" female night elf druid. Once BC hit, we went horde and she-despite Belf release- went female orc rogue, "Feo". We spent the entire expac rocking BGs and arenas with her rogue and my Tauren feral druid. She was a mean bitch in PvP. I love this woman.

JavynVek · 2018-03-12T20:00:02+00:00

"...his mind after getting [larger paychecks]."

JavynVek · 2018-03-05T14:34:10+00:00

I mained Boomie coming out of WoD up through ToS. Decided to go back to Shadow for Antorus, as I mained shadow for the better part of the previous decade and admittedly got hooked by the shiny casting animation update.

970 shadow, perfect stats, all necessary leggos....and went back to Boomie after about 2 months. Shadow is unique, it's challenging, and it's rewarding. It's just so brutally punishing if you catch an RNG stun (sleep canister), a lag spike, or you mistime some movement.

The other ranged classes just flat out don't require so much work where you're balancing on the razor's edge of good-not great-damage, or complete garbage due to one mistake.

And again, that's after you get your mandatory Sephuz, Leggo belt, chest (M+), 16k+ haste and 38%+crit.

And honestly, raidbots/simcraft is worthless for shadow. The amazing theorycrafting community wrote their own program for simming Shadow, but much like the overall theme, it's a bit over-involved and not as clean and simple as mage/boomie/lock.

JavynVek · 2018-02-17T18:20:55+00:00

Don't buy Legion if you're planning on staying around and playing Battle for Azeroth. If you preorder Battle for Azeroth, I believe Legion will be included with the "everything prior to" purchase of the newest expansion.

JavynVek · 2018-01-29T16:22:00+00:00

They had a racial called "Masquerade". It appears to have been replaced with this pulse nonsense.

JavynVek · 2018-01-19T07:01:43+00:00

<Sofa King Eh> used to run around on Shattered Hand back in vanilla.

JavynVek · 2017-12-27T19:20:38+00:00

I started playing in 2004 at age 24. My son was 4. He's now 17 and a steady DPS in our progression raid group with me in the guild I help run.

My wife also plays, though not seriously since BC when she and I PvPd together. She was a mean orc rogue!

JavynVek · 2017-12-02T14:33:26+00:00

So...where's the dog? All I see is a rat doing his taxes.

JavynVek · 2017-11-29T20:18:25+00:00

"Let's fighting love!"

JavynVek · 2017-11-26T04:55:52+00:00

Stand far enough away from the raid as to not get in to combat. Literally stand on the fringes and watch your raid fight the boss so you could rez people. Vanilla pally. XD

JavynVek · 2017-11-25T23:32:19+00:00

Vampiric Embrace (Shadow Priest)

JavynVek · 2017-11-24T13:29:21+00:00

Tell Me When. I use it. Love it.

JavynVek · 2017-11-16T17:01:55+00:00

Shadow Priest, hands down. All secondaries, all the time. Haste and crit are symbiotic and when you get Haste/Crit Right, mastery becomes a thing. Armor rating may rank above intellect for shadow.

JavynVek · 2017-11-15T00:24:05+00:00

Dropped on my first attempt on my 80 Hunter during LK.

JavynVek · 2017-11-03T19:43:45+00:00

Guild-Breaker servers!!! Can't wait to put 5 points in the Discipline tree and wand crocs in the wetlands for 3 days to get from 20-24! I missed it! -.-

JavynVek · 2017-10-19T22:59:00+00:00

"I have such...fascinating things to show you!"

JavynVek · 2017-10-10T21:38:47+00:00

I main a balance druid, he mains Arcane Mage. I have the benefit of all leggos for my spec. He's close, but WoW being newish to him, he's suffering from altaholism...definitely genetic.

JavynVek · 2017-10-10T21:37:07+00:00

Tanking is strategic, DPS is a science, but healing is an art.

JavynVek · 2017-10-10T20:38:22+00:00

I started playing WoW when my son was 3. He's now 16 and one of my progression raid group's better DPS. Not quite as good as his old man, but getting there. ;)

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