Tuesday, Tuesday. (RL then WoW)

[thistlechaser]

Yesterday's LotR page-a-day calendar picture is the funniest thing. Three men, all with long hair, one in front and the others behind each of his shoulders. One in back has his eyes cast down, the other is looking forward sadly, and the one in front has his chin lifted a little. Between their poses, the lighting, and the black-draped background they look more like one of those Christian rock bands than they do characters in a movie.

Hope kitty's not getting sick again. Or rather, she got sick so I hope she's not getting worse-sick. She threw up all over the bathroom rug while I was in the shower. It was such a mess I decided to throw out the rug because I couldn't get it clean enough. Plus she just started having diarrhea. :/ I switched her back to her old food and will see if hopefully that clears it up. If it does, I'll try switching her to the new food more slowly (I did it over maybe 4-5 days last time, which I would have thought would be slow enough...). Bah. *snuggles her*

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I really can't explain why I'm having such a great time in WoW, but I am. It's just so easy and non-stressful and non-demanding. I would have thought the lack of a sense of accomplishment would really hurt my enjoyment, but it doesn't. (I finally hit my goal of skinning 200 last night, but while going from 1 -> 2 in any craft on FFXI was harder than 1 -> 200 of skinning on WoW, I don't care! I never broke a single synth or had to buy a single crystal on WoW! Just two extra mouse clicks after I killed something for XP or for farming!)

Both Fluffy and I hit 22 last night (went from a third of the way into 21 to a third of the way into 22 in a couple of hours). I really feel like such a slacker next to him: He's an outstanding tank (I never even need to heal him anymore, not unless we're fighting multiple mobs), and as a DD he blows me out of the water. But the biggest nice thing is that I almost never, ever get hit! Maybe once in the beginning of the fight before his first growl (provoke) goes off, but never more than that.

doxxxicle, this is the bar I mentioned last night, way up at the top of the screen. (Don't mind the arrows in the screenshot, they were for something else.) Not only do you get all that displayed info, if you hover over it you get more (like your gil/hour figures and such). I love it to death. You can find more info and a download link here.

Comments

[pomr.livejournal.com]

I hope kitty feels better soon. :/ Poor thing. You must be horribly worried. *snugs*

As to WoW: CHEATER! ZOMG U R such the Haxxor! Sploits! Sploitz!

[peppygrowlithe.livejournal.com]

WoW is an "easy" MMORPG, and people agree with this. Stuff is, as you have noted, sort of "spoon-fed" to you, it's not complicated, and the grind past your 30's, while slow, is not a crawl. I hit max level in like four months, *totally* not trying (PvPing like half the time, and PvP is poor for experience).

I would so not have it any other way. If there is one thing, just one thing I've learned over the past year, it's that a game shouldn't be work. Period. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If there is one thing, just one thing I've learned over the past year, it's that a game shouldn't be work. Period. :)

That would seem to make sense, wouldn't it? But... but... but... Feeling good because you worked hard for something is nice, too. And while you could say "You should work hard at work and get that feeling there", that's not exactly an option in my case. (Eh, not the working hard part, the getting good feelings from work.)

I'm just very confused. For more than a year I had fun on FFXI. Yeah it was a crapload of work, often stressful, very often frustrating, but somehow I had fun. But now I'm having fun doing just the opposite...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I am worried, yeah. Thanks! *snugs back*

As to WoW: CHEATER! ZOMG U R such the Haxxor! Sploits! Sploitz!

Ha ha, not! WoW encourages you to use plug-ins! They make them easy to install! (You just drop them into a directory the game installs by default for you!) It boggles my mind!

[zubis.livejournal.com]

WoW seems like a vacation to most people.

I know many, many people that play WoW, get a class to 60, get bored senseless and go back to FFXI.

Oh, by the way there's a plugin for FFXI that calculates your hourly exp too. Exp per hour doesn't really concern me though.

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

*POINT* PINK PANTS! OMG you have PINK PANTS! *DIES laughing!!!!!*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

WoW seems like a vacation to most people.

That's exactly how it seems. It's no work, no stress, no effort, no frustration, and you don't even need to interact with anyone else. It's darned nice.

I know many, many people that play WoW, get a class to 60, get bored senseless and go back to FFXI.

Yeah. That (among many other reasons) is why I won't delete my FFXI character just because I'm currently only having fun on WoW. I'm really, really hoping that I can start enjoying FFXI again one day, and I darned well want my character there for me when I do.

Oh, by the way there's a plugin for FFXI that calculates your hourly exp too. Exp per hour doesn't really concern me though.

I'm pretty sure there's a bar just like that for FFXI too, but I agree: In FFXI it doesn't matter as much. It takes so darned long to level that it'd probably be depressing to see your "to next level" time always in front of you, plus something like an ammo-count couldn't be kept since there are so many different kinds.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

c.c They're red, woman. Red. Not pink. *sniffle* Even though shirts do nothing, I bid on a blue one last night. Darned game was down this morning though, so I don't know if I won it or not.

But hey, even if they were pink, they'd still be better than a subligar. Could you picture WoW me in a subligar? Fear!

[draymor.livejournal.com]

{Bibiki bay} {bees wax} {yes, please}

Thanks, you just ruined my morning XD

[pomr.livejournal.com]

You're just making that up! J/K. :)

That's kind of neat. :)

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

Join the club! I have no idea why, but recently I've become obsessed with WoW. It was never this bad before, but with work I come home so tired and unwilling to think that it's an absolute joy to just sit and mindlessly kill things.

You might consider making a character on Emerald Dream -- it's RPPvP, so you'd have to get used to the idea of getting ganked in higher levels and whatnot, but I've not had too much trouble with it (so far) and the "RP" isn't anything as intensive as MUSHing, but it's sort of a corny, light, fun break from the monotony of ripping through mobs and/or crafting. I recently met a girl trying to start an RP-based guild and she's looking for good people. Just a thought, if you feel like having a reliable group every now and then.

[barahir-ffxi.livejournal.com]

Thistle... it amazes me that you and I tend to lock in on so many similar things... Yesterday's LotR Calendar page! I cracked up... I took one look and the first thing that came to my mind "Boromirian Rhapsody" ("I see a little sillouetto of a man... Faramir Faramir, do you think it is Smeagol?") Wow... I think I need more sleep...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*rolls* Yes, indeed. Think of all the fur! Sticking out of... everywhere. Heeheehee.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heehee, no joking! And it's very neat, too. Of course, on the other hand, if they even suspect you're cheating (botting, whatever) they ban you. Period. End of story. No strikes, no suspensions, no chance to argue it. It's odd that S-E is the softer one on that.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the idea! My problem is that, as in MUSHing, I really don't want more than one character at a time. Nevermind that I do zero RPing at all, I like putting all my time into this one so that he keeps making good progress.

It was never this bad before, but with work I come home so tired and unwilling to think that it's an absolute joy to just sit and mindlessly kill things.

Yeah, it's so nice to be able to just shut off your brain and kill kill kill. (Ha, and doesn't that sound odd?)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! I was wondering if you would see this post and had noticed that picture, too!

The reason I thought 'Christian rock band' more than "Boromirian Rhapsody" (*snicker*) was the guy on the right (in the back, darker hair, eyes forward). He looks so much like that lead singer from Creed (http://eur.yimg.com/i/xp/premier_photo/2/24b53d7411.jpg)!

[kalin-nestar.livejournal.com]

they look more like one of those Christian rock bands than they do characters in a movie.

LOL...like that episode of South Park where Cartman makes a Christian rock band and talks about posing in *just* the same way for the album cover...so it must be true! lol

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, exactly!

WoW status bar thingy

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link! It looks like it could be useful.