Notes from your friendly Huntard.

I’ve played Hunters in World of Warcraft from the outset, with some side dabbling in Shamen and the occasional druid. Hunters remain my favourite, despite the fact that in WoW, hunters are considered “easy mode” and are referred to as Huntards. Once you get to level 10, you can start to choose talents depending on how you wish to play. For hunters, there’s marksmanship, survival and beast mastery. The lowest considered of these is Beast Mastery.

Hello from your Beast Mastery Huntard.

I really enjoy WoW, I like to wander and explore and level up. I don’t take it as SOOPER SERIOUS as I’m supposed to. I don’t group with other players, I don’t run dungeons or battlegrounds. This is why i’m Beast Mastery, because then I don’t have to put up with the other people.

Why play an MMO if you don’t want to play with others? Thing is I DO want to play with others, but overall I find being abused for pulling the wrong creature or walking into the wrong place or just existing in the wrong general area is tiresome, and not what I want to pay my monthly fee for.

See, for me, WoW is supposed to be a fun break from life. Escapism, something to get sucked into and forget your problems.  With the vast majority of players now treating it like life and death importance, I think old school players like me – casual, in it for a laugh, are getting jaded. Well I am. What’s the point in running a dungeon if the party leader spends the entire time screaming about retards and spastics who can’t play.

So I reckon the time is here to really and honestly consider where I’m heading with WoW. Finding people who don’t care about dying in a group is getting too hard, and I don’t pay a monthly to be abused. I would have liked to get my main toon up to level 80, but I think I can put her to rest at 75, knowing she was fun while she lasted.