As opposed to previous releases, I did not stay up late for this, nor did I get on paid time off to play like a madman. I leveled for a couple of hours and then decided to let the first few days fizzle out. I don't want to know much about the game beforehand. I want to go in and discover the thing on my own. I look at some clips online and talent calculators, and I even watched the duel tournament in the beta, but there are no other plans forward. Just to play for fun.
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As always, I spent a hefty amount of mental energy choosing my name, but I did find one. Keep in mind we had to choose a last name too this time; otherwise it would have been much easier. And the best one I could conjure was Libradu Ravenwake, a play on words on Libra, my zodiac sun sign, my actual name, house Ravenclaw from the Harry Potter universe, and being awake spiritually.
The WoW Forever character symmetry matrix
Choosing the race and class was also a bit of a hassle. But I went back in time and recalled that in Vanilla WoW I played a male dwarf; in The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King, a female human; in Classic I still play a female dwarf. It stands to reason, to keep the symmetry and all, that in Forever I should play a male human. They were all paladins. Retribution paladins, of course. Sending a nod to this quiz I took and wrote about here, that helped me out a lot in understanding and deciphering my archetype.
Moreover, in Vanilla, my 'Gecko' dwarf paladin on Agamaggan US was PvE-oriented. 'Ruthlessness' was PvPing all day in TBC and Wrath on Sylvanas EU; that's where I got the Justicar title, by the way. And in Classic Era, 'Zena' is equally invested in both PvP and PvE on the Firemaw PvP realm. Stands to reason that 'Libradu Ravenwake' is meant to do both PvE and PvP.
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Well, what I can say, I'm a stickler for symmetry. |
Regarding the graphical side of things, I'm really bummed out that my aging Radeon RX590 can't handle max details at all, and I feel like I'm missing out a lot. I'm leaning toward waiting until I get a better GPU so I can squeeze out every last bit of graphical immersion. That being said, I also don't feel a lot of interest in this flavor of the game right now. I'm still heavily invested in Classic Era. I do like new beginnings, though, so I'll probably play it for a while still.
Anyway, these newly AI-made websites centered around the Forever release look absolutely fantastic. Pretty to look at, but useless at the end of the day. But hey, that's just me!
Websites I found on the topic of WoW Forever
WoW Forever Builds: WoW Forever Talent Calculator & Guideshttps://wowforeverbuilds.com/
Wowhead.com
https://www.wowhead.com/forever
WoW Forever Tools: Talent calculators, world maps and class pages
https://wowforevertools.com/
WoW Forever: Overview, Tools & Guides by Zockify
https://www.zockify.com/forever/
World of Warcraft: Forever updates, patch notes, talents, and game changes
https://foreverchanges.pro/
Talent Builder by haaxor1689
https://www.talent-builder.dev/
WoW Armory
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever/us/armory
See you in Azeroth, my friend, potentially forever!
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