Grumpiness with WoW: Growing

[thistlechaser]

I've previously said that RP is what keeps me happy with WoW. The game itself doesn't do much for me, but the fact that I can get lots of entertaining RP keeps me happy there.

I haven't gotten good RP in two weeks or more.

I don't know what in the world happened. People used to walk up to me, I used to be able to join random scenes... Now I try to join an ongoing scene and everyone ignores me. So much fun posing into a scene, posing at someone, and having them just go on with what they were doing! I've not met a good RPer in ages. (Sure most WoW RPers are average at best, but I used to run into good ones every couple days!)

Blah. Blah, I say!

That's only a small part of my grumpiness. I hate AV. I've hated AV from day one. Doing it every day, for hours a day, weeks on end, has not improved my opinion of it.

The only "good" thing about AV is that I can slack my ass off in it, and that's not really a good thing. I could work hard, fight every moment I'm in the BG, do my very best... or I could do nothing. I can just remain stealthed and near the battles, never drawing my weapon, and make the exact same reward. Same honor, same XP, as someone who puts their full effort into it. That's a stupid system. Plus, AV is Too Damned Big (number of people, not size-wise), and the people suck just way, way, way too much ass.

I love AB, I still love AB, but the problem is that AV is so much better for honor and XP. Blah. AB is much much smaller, every person's effort counts! It's much closer to working as a team, unlike AV where you're just part of a horde (ha ha).

So all in all: blah.

Edit: Blah, work distracted me and I forgot the whole darned point of this post! The biggest reason I was grumpy! The final straw of grumpiness! I added a bunch of new addons last night, and one of them had the unadvertised feature of selling all your greys for you if you click on a vendor. This would have been all well and good if:

1) The most important piece of my RP outfit wasn't grey.
2) The first time I experienced this behavior was in a BG.
3) The BG ended seconds later.

So: No buyback option. ARG! I nearly cried. (I was able to get a new mask, but it took me hours! D: Stupid annoying addon. I uninstalled it even though it had other handy features -- the selling part wasn't mentioned anywhere, let alone having an option to turn it off.)

Comments

[abiona.livejournal.com]

"I haven't gotten good RP in two weeks or more."

Too bad there aren't any fancy toys for that.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*snickers muchly*

[pomr.livejournal.com]

Easy fix -- play Aion instead! ^_^

It has sweet graphics, engaging play, and an amazing crafting system that will wow you. =) It even has the ability to make a personal store like in FFXI!

And don't forget you get to sprout wings and fly from Lvl 10 forward. =)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Nooo! No new MMOs for me! Not Aion or XIV!

...though wings are cool!

[pomr.livejournal.com]

If you preorder the Collector's Edition you even get a set of BONUS wings at level 30 that save you a TON of kinah and are superior to the ones you can buy in game as upgrades. =) Adds 40 seconds to your flight time -- +66%!

There's still time to preorder! The game goes live the 22nd. =)

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

I use Sell Junk (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7251-SellJunk.html) for getting rid of greys and what not. I think that might be better for you since you actually have to tell it to sell your greys by hitting the button in the upper right hand corner. Also it allows you to make, effectively, a "Do not sell!" list for any grey items you want to keep for whatever reason.

Just keep holding out! XIV will be here before you know it!

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I use this addon as well. While I don't do any RP, and all my greys go to feeding vendors and their families, I've taken note of the section that you can add exceptions.

I just wish I could set it to sell things under a certain iLevel, and on a character-to-character basis!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool! Thanks! I'll check it out tonight once I get home.

How's the kitty doing? You haven't been posting lately!

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I've been busy at work with the first two weeks of the term. =( That, and I spent a week on TV Tropes. Seriously, if you like not spending hours upon hours at a website, don't go to TV Tropes!

Otherwise it's a very entertaining website. =D

I'll post an update in the next couple days. =D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, that sounds handy! I'll check it out tonight. :D

Just keep holding out! XIV will be here before you know it!

Blah, I don't want a new MMO! D:

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Yes you do! Cause now like, blacksmith isn't just a craft, it's a job! Blacksmith 75, do you have it?!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

{Blacksmith 75, do you have it?!}

*whines* Stop tempting me! D:

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Plus I mean there is even talk about customizing your armor in XIV, just imagine the awesome RP possibilities that would come from that.

*tempt tempt*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You're a horrible, horrible person. :P

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

HAIL COBRA!!! :P

[peppygrowlithe.livejournal.com]

Unless things have changed in 3.2, all vendors should magically be carrying all the loot you sold away. It's probably too late now, but I'm pretty sure that unless you had a TON of greys, you should have been able to get your armor back from any vendor.

It's good news for next time, at least!

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

You can buy stuff back, as long as you haven't switched world servers between the time you sell it and the time you want to buy it back.

BGs are on a different world server than your main server, so Thistle couldn't buy it back cause the BG just ended when he did it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Achi beat me! Ha ha, shows me for answering my comments in reverse order. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Usually, yeah. But unfortunately this was in a BG, so it's not the same server as I play on. :/ I tried getting back into AV as quickly as the queue would let me, but the buyback tab was empty.

I'm guessing the battleground servers are some kind of special case. I thought about opening a GM ticket to request the item back, but figured it'd be faster to just spam the instance until it dropped.