My Azeroth Life

I’ve played a little bit of most of my favorite classes on World of Warcraft Forever, and I’m trying to decide what to main. Somehow it always comes back to Paladin. Personality-wise it just fits me best. I do love mages, mostly for the teleports, because who doesn’t want to skip the boat ride? But I think pally is going to be my thing.

I’m an ex-soldier and a Baha’i, which puts me in a funny spot: I enjoy a good fight, but what I really want is peace and unity. It’s a great contradiction. A Paladin covers both. Hit things with a hammer, then heal everyone afterward.

And let’s not forget the Horde side. My goodness, what a redemption story Forsaken Paladins have! Undead turning back to the Light is better than any 80s comeback montage. I’ll probably play a Forsaken on the PvP phase and a Human for PvE, so I get to see both sides. Once those two hit sixty and are decently geared, I’ll think about leveling that mage. A man can only resist free teleports for so long.

Hi. Hello. Is this thing still on?

This is a reboot of sorts. I used to own this domain and ran a little blog on it. It never went far. Then the domain quietly expired, like a Tamagotchi I forgot to feed. I’m honestly surprised nobody grabbed it while I was gone. Hard to believe the internet didn’t snap it up, but here we are, together again, like a band’s reunion tour nobody asked for.

Then Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Forever, and it felt like a sign. Everything’s new, and on November 4th everyone starts from zero at the same time. No head starts and no gear gap. It’s just all of us standing in a starting zone, looking at the quest givers and wondering who has the exclamation point. I can’t think of a better time to start over. Full disclosure: I’ve already been poking around in the beta, so I may have a map or two folded in my back pocket.