Girl vs MMO

I haven’t logged into WoW since I think June. When my computer crashed I didn’t even reinstall. Yet for some reason I still follow WoW Insider (I don’t care that they changed the site name) faithfully. I still read WoW related blogs. There is something that still draws me to the game so much that I just can’t let go. ’sigh

I started playing WoW back in August 2006. At the time I was alliance because the friends I had playing were all alliance. I remember creating my very 1st night elf and watching as the intro cinematic came on and finally the camera landed on my character. It took a good long while before I realized that the people I saw running around weren’t part of a cinematic but actual players. I’ve always thought that was damn cool. I got caught up in the excitement that was the upcoming Burning Crusade but WoW didn’t really stick for me just yet. I still pre-ordered BC anyway and decided to take a break until it was released. During that time I found WoW Insider and read it everyday, as I still do. When BC was finally released I was ready. More importantly I made a character and I finally became connected to the game.

It’s a strange thing what a few well placed pixels can do for your gaming experience. Alyania as you see up there was my very 1st main. I left WoW back in June with her becoming my main again after I took a Death Knight to 80 and tried my hand as melee dps in the end game. In the end though its always been Alyania, my often misunderstood Warlock. I created a story based around her and her sisters, my various alts. I don’t roleplay but i felt it fitting that she have a story as dramatic as the one that I seemed to be playing out. I never did finish their story and that’s something I still regret. But now that I’m well into Aion a creeping little thought keeps coming up in the back of my mind and it shocks me. I miss WoW. I don’t know why, well ok that’s a lie I do know why. I just don’t care to admit it out loud. Perhaps sharing it here will help. I don’t feel at all connected to my character in Aion. Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy the game. I love a challenge but there is something lacking. I find myself not even reading quest text anymore. Which for me is a shocker. The lore for Aion is all there. I’ve read it, i’ve researched it and I do enjoy it but for some reason I’m not connecting what I’ve read to what I feel about my character. Perhaps that’s just me and hopefully this will pass. None of my friends plan on going back to WoW and I don’t really blame them. But if I don’t get connected to Aion soon I might find myself for the 1st time in a very long time going it alone in game and going back to WoW.