So I got back into WoW. For Free.
Level capped and building up my toon.
I attached a Starter Edition account to my currently existing Battle.net, and set out on creating a Level 20 twink. Since Alliance seems to grossly outnumber the horde purely based on gear alone (Level 20 quest gear is superior for Alliance, and it makes a great difference at this point), I chose Horde.
Now, being my first time back since Cataclysm launched, I know I need to choose something that I'd be able to enjoy and learn from. Hunter was my first toon when I first started playing, and I dropped it soon after. I created "Thirk", a Troll hunter on Aerie Peak US, which is where all the F2P action was happening.
I was quickly surprised when I came into the game. Hunters use focus? Arcane shot has no CD? Autoshot while moving? It was hard to wrap my head around the changes to begin with, but by level 10 it was relatively easy to get used to using Focus instead of mana. Far more burst, but generally more downtime. I suppose that makes up for the change that allows autoshot while moving.
Started doing quests for the gear I needed, and I finally gold capped my character!
Coincidentally, I also completed 100 quests at the same time!
So, I'm level 20 now and slowly getting gear. The few WSG games I played was mostly Alliance steamrolling Horde. A 24 twink here and there. Hopefully I can keep up better when I'm geared and closer to the Hunter skill cap.
Blood and Thunder,
~ Thirk
Woot, I just got wind of the free-to-play account in my email, and have been rumminating about firing up WoW and joining the twink folds. I used to play 49s exclusively and miss that sense of community the twink brackets had. My first twink was my main, totally self-made, and there was a great sense of satisfaction I got, grinding and doing the heavy lifting to do the best I can and then parking in the 49s.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking it might make sense to join the XP-Off 19s community. From your experience, is that bracket too saturated; would the gear difference be too much? Is the 20-24 that active? It would be fun to compete against returning twinks; I really miss WSG and the fun playing objectives against competetive players.
Cheers,
Naddia/Hetta
Sorry for the late response. From my experience, XP-Off 19s have too much of a disadvantage against F2P 20s, so I really wouldn't recommend it. 20-24 gets instant pops for WSG practically 24/7. It is absolutely FLOODED with free twinks.
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