Lo-Quality WoW

So, what is a “main”? A “main” is your main alter-ego. The character you most identify with or the one you play the most. Does that mean that your “main” never changes? Nope, it can change several times over the years. WoW is always changing, players are always changing, so will your “main” will change at times.

So, what is an “alt”? Basically any character you have that isn’t your “main”. Is it necessary to have one? Nope. I know several people who have only one character. Making an alt means dedicating time and effort in working on a character who isn’t your main, going through all the pains of leveling up a new character and more than likely, learning a new style of play. So why make them? Because you may find a character you like more, one that’s even more fun to play or better suits your personality.
For me, my main is my hunter. Yes, he was my first character. I’ll explain that a bit more in another post but when I think of WoW, it’s my hunter who I think about. He’s the one I know the best, the one I have the most fun playing really. He’s the one whom I’m doing all sort of demented things to build up his achievement list. He’s the one whom I tweak and work hard on getting the best gear he can possible can. Heck, he’s the natural one who came to reality when I had a chance to make a FigurePrints figure.

In that case, why isn’t this blog called “Lo-Quality Hunter” instead of “Lo-Quality WoW”? Because I realize that someday, he may not be my main. I’ve seen other blogs, that start out primarily for one class but the blogger suddenly loses interest in the class or changes mains and then struggles as they end up talking about their new class more than anything else. I figure I’d head that off from the start and just make a general WoW blog and then having the individual classes written out as categories. Of course, hunters will see the bulk of the love for now, but I fully intend to write about the other classes as time permits.

Well, we’ve talked about “main” and “alts” so what’s the “others” mentioned in the title? For me, they’re my alt’s who I’ve actually moved to pretty high levels and I find myself playing them quite a bit. Not as much as my hunter, of course, but still a interesting chunk of time. For the most part, these are characters who I ended up leveling for external reasons, primarily my guild. When we started doing instances, we needed someone to be a tank and thus, my warrior got leveled. We didn’t have a high level jewelcrafter, so my mage suddenly found herself getting boosted. Our guild’s main rogue didn’t spend time on her lockpicking skills, so my rogue leveled up so that she could pick those pesky lockboxes.

So yes, going into Wrath of the Lich King, I had 4 level 70 characters. Then again, so did my guildmate who has a hunter, mage, druid and paladin at 70 when the Lich King popped up. What does this mean to you, the reader? Nothing really, other than to explain why certain classes will seem to get spotlighted more than others. I have played each and every class, and you’ll be seeing stuff on each, but naturally those I know best, the ones I play the most, will get the coverage.

We’re still starting out slow as I organize my thoughts that have been stewing in my brain for a while now. So, if you’ve somehow magically managed to stumble here, more is definitely yet to come…