Imaginary Skies

Note: I’ve actually written this post some time ago, it’s just that picking out the screenshots took it’s time…

My poor, poor hunter.

There she is,  stuck in Northrend and doesn’t get much playtime lately. Or more accuratly: almost none at all. Poor Chally.

Why? Well…

That’s why.

I have to admit, I’ve fully gone Paladin. And Belf-paladin at that. I just rolled one to try it out and well, I fell in love with that class and especially with their tanking tree.

I mean, what’s not to like? Shiny skills, high survivability, bubble, a pretty horse to ride inbuilt into my skillsets… I’m loving it. I can throw my shield at my foes! And it bounces and whacks them! I can make the ground all holy and shiny to hurts the enemies! I can round so many of those bastards up and BURN THEM DOWN.

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

*cough* Sorry for that.

Needless to say, playing Samus¹ is fun. Especially when my pocket shammy is around to actually keep my slightly suicidal ass alive while I go and abuse Azeroth’s inhabitants².

I love my not-so-little-anymore pally.

So what does that mean for Chally?

I don’t know yet. Her current fate makes me a little bit sad. Once so beloved, now abandoned in the snowy and dreary Northrend. Cold. Wet. Neglected. Left with nothing but the memories of the fun times we had. Sorry Chal, it’s not you, it’s me – I just find the Beastmaster playstyle boring. Having to press the same three buttons over and over again as fast as possible, preferable a fraction before they light up? Not my idea of having a good time. It’s all the annoying parts of healing, just without actually having visible influence on the outcome of a fight.

It’s not all lost yet, though. Recently I pulled her out and tamed a white lion³ to go with her black one, just as a little apology because I neglected the poor gal for so long. She’s finally level 77 so that she can fly in N0orthrend. And maybe, just maybe, the class changes of Cataclysm rekindle my interest in hunters – going from mana to focus sure sounds interesting. Maybe I could respec her as marksman to have a more interesting skillset, although she really should be troll then. Maybe I can server transfer her to have an highlevel alt to play with my friends. Who knows? But whatever happens, Hunter-Chal’s here to stay. Why?

That’s why. Ain’t he pretty?