Hunters FTW

[razzleccentric]

This will mean absolutely nothing to the vast majority of you, but it's my journal and I'll WOW-geek out when I wanna.

In glancing at my favorite World o' Warcraft-related website (Petopia) for updates, I noticed the site owner now keeps a blog.

"A WoW hunter-focused blog? How diverting!" thought I. Then, "I wonder if there are more of them...?"

Well, DUH. A quick bit of surfing revealed the unmitigated genius of Big Red Kitty, the leatherworking insights of The Hunter's Mark, the pinkness of Gamer Mommy, etc. etc.

I am tickled, tickled I tell you. To find other people geeking out on your own highly-specific subgenre gaming fetish is REALLY NICE.

The hunter class is what keeps my attention in World of Warcraft. The other options just don't do it for me (although rogues *are* pretty sweet for exploration). I'm not one for instances or raiding, so I spend most my time solo questing. A big chunk of my motivation is being able to tame the rare or unusual animals in the game as pets. I think, "Ooo, one more level and I can get that really cool windserpent!" or "I wonder if I can find that rare spawn boar around here..." That's basically what keeps me coming back.

Sadly, I know precious few people who would appreciate the fact that I just ran a level 10 night elf all the way to the blood elf starting area (through Hillsbrad, Alterac Mountains, and both level 50-60 Plaguelands) just to tame a level 7 Springpaw lynx (a very pretty cat with a blood red coat color found no where else in the game) - and then went back a second time to pick up a dragonhawk hatchling there (again, a unique color pattern on a critter you won't see again until level 67 in Outlands). It was long, frustrating, and fun - and it had nothing to do with any of the actual quests or dungeons built into the game. Playing a hunter means you make up your own quests sometimes, with awesome new pets as your reward. :)

So here's to solidarity, my Hunter brothers and sisters of Azeroth. I look forward to reading your blogs.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/astriana_/]

I am totally showing this to B. He shares your feeling about hunters. :)

[ellison.livejournal.com]

I love being a hunter, too! Wow, that never occurred to me to run different places to tame cool pets. Hats off to you!!

[zaekyn.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, see this is why I love certain games. There are options that aren't even a core feature of the game that can be fun. I'm thrilled to see CoH get inventions...adds that most dreaded loot factor, but it also seems fun to collect all the weird salvage pieces :)

I miss the time I've had in the past to play my games. WoW is fun, and I could just tinker away and relax with it. Time just keeps slipping....and slipping.

Go Hunters!!! They are so much fun :)