So there you sit in front of your character select screen.  You have your main guy.  You know, the one that is sitting with the full tier 5, 6, and tier 7 set.  He’s done a lot but there’s always time to do more right?  There’s a few achievements you haven’t gotten on him.  You’ve slammed down raid after raid and gotten a ton of achievements in that fashion, but you’re lacking severely in the PvP department.  But still, there’s something that’s stopping you from hitting that “Enter World” button.  What is it?  What is that itch you have?  No, it’s not the remnants of that special gift your ex-girlfriend gave you before she told you she cheated on you.  It’s the fact that you want to play WoW, but you want a change of pace.

Regardless of what you might believe, this feeling is alright.  Everyone gets it.  Their main is their baby and it’s what they want to spend time on.  It’s perfectly acceptable.  But it’s human nature to always be curious about what else is out there.  Is there a certain class or spec that you want to try out?  Are you afraid that you’ll like it so much that you’ll start neglecting that main toon that you’ve had since day one?  Don’t worry about all that shit!  Compared to a lot of other MMO’s out there, Blizzard has done a wonderful job at giving you SO many options!  You have 2 factions, 6 races, and 10 different classes to tide you over.  Starting an alt is a GREAT idea for the following reasons:

1)  It gives you a whole new perspective on the game.  Some different starting area quests (which is nice) and a chance to get a feel for your new toon.  You may go through the same old quests you’ve already just gone through, however, you have to kill the mobs a different way now.  The grind changes.  Before as a prot spec’d warrior you could go into a pack of 4 mobs and AOE them all down and live through it.  On the Mage you just started, it’s the kiting game.  It’s all about feeling out and getting total control of your character.  That’s when you learn the most effective way of taking down a mob and knowing when to use that big spell to bring them down for the count.

*on a side note, it’s because of that fact that I’m astounded when I get into a dungeon with other 85′s that don’t know REMOTELY how to play their class.  How the HELL did you level all the way to 85 and you have NO CLUE what your toon can do?

2)  This is your chance to make money!  The biggest gold making strategy in WoW is based on mats.  If you get your alt up to level 20 or 30, put him down for a little while and farm some stuff for him on your main.  If your alt is an enchanter, go run some lowbie dungeons, get the greens, send them to your alt, have him DE them and use the mats to level until he can’t level any more.  Then sell them!  There are SO many people out there who are too lazy to do something like that and they’d rather pay top dollar off the auction house for a mat as opposed to farming it themselves.  In the meantime, you’re making money AND skill points!

3)  As we all know, the two sides of the game that are specific to each faction are PvE and PvP.  I personally have always HATED PvP.  However, the start of a new toon with xp available in BG’s might just turn you onto that idea.  You may completely melt face with that shadow priest at level 25.  You may Fear the hell out of that Warrior with your warlock and love every minute of it.

The point of all of this is that Blizzard has really given us everything we need to keep ourselves occupied with this game.  And with content release being as slow as it is, you’re going to need some stuff to occupy your time until that new patch or expansion comes out.  People are very one sided.  When someone who has every class, and every race and every achievement says they are bored, it is THEN time for Blizzard to start listening.  I’ve yet to see that happen though.

Twizz out.

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