Sooooo...
I made a radical change to my wow game.
1. Sold my US account with a fully epic decked out human mage.(Gear from: heroic / kara / gruul / crafted)
2. Bought the EU copy + TBC.
3. Rolled horde.
4. Rolled on a PVP server. (Only ever played on PVE servers due to the fact that the SA raid guilds were on those servers.)
5. Went from primary DPS classes to tanking/healing hybrids. (Read: instead of playing a hunter / mage I now have a warrior and shaman I am actively leveling.)
6. This time round my wife is with me every step of the way with her own account.
All this saved wow for me, I rediscovered the game so to speak.
I can honestly say that PVP servers are teh bomb. You start all soft and cushy thinking you will NEVER gank a lowbie or do dishonorable things like killing guys on the STV boat right after leaving the docks.
I will exact my vengeance on any alliance I ever see. Gnomes are 1st on the hit-list.
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