Gotta beat 'em all! (WoW)

[thistlechaser]

The following statement is not exaggeration: Outside of RP, I had more fun in WoW over today's lunchtime than I did in all of Cata.

I didn't want to love you, Pokemon Pet Battles, I've been in love with things like you before. Oh, I don't regret my affair with Pokemon itself, but FFXI did pet battles years ago, and after that I promised myself I wouldn't get burned on a Pokemon knockoff again.

But I really, really, REALLY like WoW's Pet Battles.

Alas something about my setup is bugged and I don't see pet dots on my minimap (tracking is enabled, I can be standing right on top of a battle pet, but no dots). I'm going to have to disable addons to try to figure out what's causing it, because if I can find pets to battle faster, it will be even better.

I can't even put my finger on what I like about it. I don't have to interact with other people to do it (though I do want to try battles against another trainer sometime). It's nice, it's calm. It's easy to find wild pets to battle (even without my minimap tracking)! It's just nice and calm. (Edit: I noticed I said "nice and calm" twice. Isn't that an odd thing to want out of a game, especially a MMO? But really, that is what makes me happy in games: No stress, not too hard, not frustrating -- I get enough of those things in RL, I don't need them from a game as well.)

I think there's an issue with it, we were supposed to get XP for the character through it (through the dailies, maybe?), but I've gotten no XP yet.

I've done nothing else in MoP yet. I've not set foot in the new lands, not leveled any professions, nothing. And I wonder if I ever will. I could happily play at World of Pokemon and never level up again.

And know what? Having done archaeology on ten alts, eight of them being Professors, has paid off. Literally. I can sell all the extras of the pets!

I really hope I don't get bored of pet battles or finish with them too soon.

It's so odd to be enjoying WoW again. To not want to go back to work after lunch not because I feel I have to sit and camp the AH because otherwise I'll be undercut, but because I'm having fun.

Comments

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Best, expansion, ever! FALKORE AWAY! (http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm132/Veloxe/WoWScrnShot_092512_143915.jpg)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, is that you? I hate how that mount model moves (makes me sick to my stomach), but it's so beautiful! The whole shot is.

I have no interest in pandas, but I do hope to see the lands once day sooner or later. Maybe after I hit 90 so I can fly and explore without dying. :P

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Yep, I had to take a picture of it cause it was just so awesome. I agree the way they move can be a little weird but if I got to ride one that big around I'd forgive it :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yes. Give me the mount and all will be forgiven! :D

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

I haven't had much time to do anything on WoW since Kassie likes to "help" me play, but ohmygodpetbattles. I really don't know why it's so stupidly fun, and I've never been one of those "Gotta catch 'em all!" types, but... for some reason I just gotta catch 'em all.

Alex thinks I'm absolutely insane, but I love it. It's so stupid, but so fun. I'm actually not even ashamed to admit this: the pet battles have made me happier than I've been in months.

Also, PANDAS! Their /flirts make me giggle. Luvz me sum pandaren monk!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yes! I don't get why it's so fun either, but it really is. (Until I got into a gazelle vs gazelle battle. Lasted FOREVER. Nothing like a battle between two pets with no good attacks but multiple heals! I couldn't switch out for one of my others, they were both dead.)

It must be good to do with Kassie's help, too. Since the turns wait on you! (I love that feature.)

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Yaaay, I'm so glad you're enjoying something again! I haven't played any of MOP yet, Greyspell and I are both hellaciously busy, but we're going to try and play a little next week.

Just the being able to name my pets has basically made me happy. I will probably never battle them, but I have had SO MUCH FUN naming them. Even if someone beat me to The Cat and Son Of The Cat, so I could not name Lu's cats that. (The Cat is, instead, Fattington, Esq.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, pet names have to be unique? Sad!

And yay! Hope you two get to play soon! And until then have fun in RL. :D Rarely Greyspell pops onto the server, but he always idles out without comment. I suspect the Guppy one keeps distracting him.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Pet names don't have to be unique. There are names that are off-limits for various reasons. I expect the letters "cat" must be in one of those and thus it refused the names.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! That makes sense.

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Huh, weird. I tried to name the scorpion Princess and it told me that was dirty (?), but when I tried to use The Cat, it said "That name is reserved." I just assumed it was taken? I guess it is something else though! It definitely isn't the letters cat, I have another one named Cattitude. Because I think I am way cleverer than I actually am.

I'm pretty happy with Fattington, Esquire though, so it all turned out for the best.