Leveling and Growth?

Well hello again my friends, it sure has been a while since I last wrote a blog, if it wasn't for my friend Elder Cabral I think the last post that I did would not have been posted on time. Today I want to talk to you about probably one of the hardest things for me personally in World Of Warcraft and that is leveling. Now Leveling is not as hard as it once was, in fact they made it really easy for someone who is new to the game to level up to 85 way faster then before, but it still doesn't change the fact that I hate leveling. Now what does leveling mean? Well I am going to give you my own definition on what I believe leveling is. Leveling in WoW: When leveling in WoW a player does quest,dungeons and battlegrounds to gain Experience points (XP) to gain a level (LVL). When we level in WoW we gain one level at a time, which brings us one step closer until we reach out ultimate goal of 85.

Now when it comes to relating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this post I chose to do it on something which I think everyone can relate to, and that topic is growth. Just as we level in World Of Warcraft we level up  in real life. "Just how do we level up Theo?" you might be asking yourself, well let me share with you how we level up in real life...

Epic Guild (Part 2)-- The Restoration

Continued from Epic Guild (Part 1) --The Apostasy...

Cataclysm drags on and the casuals have completely disbanded the epic guild. The GM has not logged on for ages, and the officers are no longer on the server. It seems like there is no hope left. People are confused, and it seems like new raiding guilds pop up almost everyday, spamming trade chat to try and recruit raiders. With all this confusion what would a newly dinged level 85 do? Does he risk trying to join one of these sub par guilds, and subject himself to nights of fail and repeated wipes? Probably not.

The GM logs back on

Time continues to go on, and miraculously one day the GM logs back on. Instead of inviting fully-epiced out level 85s the GM starts to /who players who are under the level cap. These people are basically noobs (I mean come on its been this long into the expansion and you're not even 85!), but he knows they are humble, and devoted, and that he can mold them into the officer core that he needs. Time goes on, and the guild starts to progress. All the officer core has been trained in the ways of raiding from a pro GM, they have a solid guild, and its time to recruit. Many people are unsure about the guild. The officers get questions like,"Aren't you that one guy that was spamming trade asking where your class trainer is?" or "Weren't you the noob I qued into a heroic with in greens and pvp gear?" But the guild has a way for everyone to resolve their concerns. It is to try it out. See for yourself if it works. And then if you're good enough, and can make the commitment, you can join up.

Christ's Church Fell into Apostasy

As mentioned in the previous part to this blog (Epic Guild (Part 1) --The Apostasy), Christ's Church fell into a state of apostasy after Christ's apostles died...

Our Quest Hub

Patch days very well might be the best days to play and not to play WoW. On one hand, you have a bunch of new content that you would like to experience. Maybe some new quest lines that end up in epic gear, new battlegrounds and pvp gear, or especially new raid instances (firelands) that your guild wants to get server first kills on. Then on the other hand you have the lag. Then more lag. Then the server crashes in the middle of your boss fights, or you get ganked at the new quest hubs,  and so on and so forth. 

You'll see a lot of these at quest hubs

I have quite a bit of experience with the lag, quest hubs, new raids and battlegrounds, but out of the aforementioned things, probably what I have most experience in and has caused the most grief to me are new quest hubs. For one thing, new quest hubs always have a bunch of Alliance there. Then, when you actually go out of the neutral zone, you have to deal with the possibility of being ganked while questing...

Taking a break from WoW=Keeping Sabbath Day Holy

So there was a time in my life when I used to play World of Warcraft a lot.(and when I say a lot I mean a lot.) So one day as I was playing WoW I chose to stop playing and go do something different. I told my friend Jake what I was going to do and he agreed that it was time to take a break from WoW for a while. So Jake and I decided to stop playing WoW for about two years. During that time I did quite a few things. I did some traveling,  played some other games, as well as going out and hanging with friends. I have often times looked back and said to myself, the break was well needed. Now I wont lie to ya, Jake and I did go back to World Of Warcraft after the two year break, but let me tell you something that I was able to learn. Not only was a break needed, but I was able to learn that taking a break from things can be well needed...

Blizzcon! and Gathering

"Blizzcon" Convention 

Well, today is that day when Blizzcon tickets go on sale (or the day the world ends)! For those of you out there that don't know what Blizzcon is exactly, it is a convention (hence con) held every year by the gaming company Blizzard (hence Blizz). Elder Butler and I talked briefly about  Blizzcon, and how cool it would be to actually go and attend one.

I think the draw of an event like Blizzcon would the aspect of gathering. A whole bunch of people that love the same thing gathered together to celebrate, dress up funny, and see what's in store for the new year sounds spectacular!

Rested XP IRL

Do you see that purple leveling bar at the bottom of your (WoW) screen? Do you wish that it would go faster, and you could level quicker than normal? This might blow your mind, but if you logout in an inn or a major city that purple bar becomes blue! The blue bar means you gain more xp from questing and killing mobs!

Rested xp makes a lot of sense to me...