Pippa managed to run into Krampus finally in The Secret World and blindly followed him into the portal he opened. He and his buddies immediately kicked my rear and Pippa was dead on the floor faster than wrapping paper on Christmas morning. She wisely exited the instance upon regaining her sense.
Pippa, the original character of that name, and the bevy of 90’s opened presents and rescued Metzen until one of them was lucky enough to get the Rotten Little Helper companion. He is decidedly evil and miserable looking. Can’t say I feel the effort was worth it. I will admit, I think I’m over WOW for quite a while. Yes, I still have characters I could level and I haven’t completed the loremaster achievement. But I’m not enjoying myself. I enjoy reading the lore in novels much more than I am repeating myself in game.
I can’t say I won’t ever be returning to WOW, I’ve made that claim too many times before and Pippa always get’s missed. I wish Blizzard would wise up and give the non-raiding crowd a reason to stick around, like adventure or quest packs.
I stopped into Guild Wars 2 again this year. Same even as last year it appears, I didn’t stick around that long to find out. I decided to try out one of the event instances and imagine my delight in learning my level 10 warrior was stuck (until I logged out) in an instance filled with level 80s. I can’t deny the game is lovely but there is no quest content and thus no interest for me.
I’ve dropped my LOTRO several evenings this week and completed the quests in Frostbluff for cosmetics. Luckily, LOTRO will run on the Surface Pro well enough to do things like festivals and crafting so I’m not trapped in the office. I think I’ve gotten almost everything I want from the festival this year. Trying to decide if I want this year’s horse or not. I’ve gotten one, not sure how interested I am in the other.
I stopped by Star Wars: The Old Republic this week. I activated one character, my Consular. She’s on Hoth and I want to finish her story line. I didn’t play her, I browsed the Cartel Market and realized that I need to change her gear out if I’m going to play her without subscribing. Two years after the game launched and I don’t have a character at max level yet, but I keep wandering by for the story which speaks to how compelling the quest writers at Bioware are.
This time next year, I imagine I will still be happily immersed in Elder Scrolls Online. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas. Happy New Year and may all your football teams be victorious!
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